Brand Manager

1 day ago

Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom AWD online Full time

**Category / Brand Manager**who has previous Brand and Category FMCG experience with excellent communication, organisational and time-management skills is required for a well-established company based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

**SALARY**:Competitive

**LOCATION**:Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

**JOB TYPE**:Full-Time, Permanent

**WORKING HOURS**:A hybrid working model is in place. 3 days in Bury office / customer sites and 2 days working from home

**JOB OVERVIEW**

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Category / Brand Manager who has previous Brand and Category FMCG experience with excellent communication, organisational and time-management skills.

Working as a Category / Brand Manager you will be responsible for developing brand strategies, marketing plans, and pricing / promotional strategies to drive profitable growth. This will involve both working cross-functionally and with multiple stakeholders.

As a Category / Brand Manager you will be required to increase the sales and profitability of your branded portfolio through marketing, sales, and range/product management (pricing, promotions, NPD etc)

**APPLY TODAY**

If this job looks like your ideal position, then please send in your CV as soon as possible for our Recruitment Team to review.

**DUTIES**

Your duties as a Category / Brand Manager will include:

- To constantly seek opportunities for brand sales and profit growth in collaboration with brand principals
- Range management (extensions and range reductions)
- New listing opportunities with the sales team
- Marketing opportunities
- Pricing and Promotional strategies
- Managing consumer marketing activity by guiding the marketing team to develop brand marketing strategies and plans, within negotiated budgets, to drive sales
- Ensure that your principals and suppliers provide us with the service levels and support needed to satisfy customers and develop the business
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of your brands, markets, trends & competitor activity
- Manage discontinued and clearance lines to make way for potential NPD
- Fully support, and where appropriate lead, the Sales Team by providing powerful brand stories
- Plan, monitor and control the new product launch cycle including pack/product design, sourcing, forecasting and liaison with all relevant departmental teams (supply chain, customer service etc)

**CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS**
- Brand and Category FMCG experience
- Have excellent numeracy and literacy skills
- High levels of competency in the use of Microsoft Office, particularity Excel and PowerPoint
- Problem solve and make decisions after exploring alternative commercial options
- Be able to multitask a variety of products and prioritize workload
- Be commercially aware and understand the impact of actions on sales and profits
- A team player who builds effective relationships
- Communicates positively with others in a professional, engaging and positive manner both internally and externally
- Lead by example, with a 'can do attitude’
- Remain positive and resilient under pressure, adapting to change
- Be self-motivated and use own initiative

**HOW TO APPLY**

JOB REF: AWDO-P9112

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