Sales & Marketing Jobs In Cambridgeshire

To lead and develop the category plans for the brands within our clients drinks, fresh cut fruit and Sandwiches. This is a role which puts the candidate in the lead seat to grow and expand the drinks, fruit and sandwich business. The candidate will be responsible for the brand development.

KEY ACCOUNTIBILITIES

Strategic Planning
To proactively question and make recommendations to the marketing director to answer the strategic issues that face the 3 categories and the foodservice channel.
To work with the customers and create joint business plans together for mutual benefit of both parties. Understand the customers strategic agenda and make recommendations that fit their agenda and push the business forward.

Project Implementation

To drive projects through the business to a set process.
Drive cross-functional working across the business and influence key parties to deliver the project objectives.
Identifies and manages political impacts upon the project.
Identifies and aligns required sub projects with the programme goals.
Develops appropriate project standards where appropriate.
To report to customers across the categories on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
Brand Planning
Formulates marketing plans that fulfill company strategic objectives.
Clearly understand the categories and the key value levers and proposes marketing tools that pull the right levers and drive value sales.
Presents plans to Sales, Board, NPD, Operations, Supply Chain to gain Company wide acceptance.
New Product Development
To construct plans for the new brands or the stretching of existing brands in the drinks, fruit and sandwich category. There is a particular emphasis on launching new drinks.
A cross functional approach needs to be applied.
Working with a set of design, research and branding agencies.

Brand Planning

Formulates marketing plans that fulfill company strategic objectives.
Clearly understand the categories and the key value levers and proposes marketing tools that pull the right levers and drive value sales.
Presents plans to Sales, Board, NPD, Operations, Supply Chain to gain Company wide acceptance.
New Product Development
To construct plans for the new brands or the stretching of existing brands in the drinks, fruit and sandwich category. There is a particular emphasis on launching new drinks.
A cross functional approach needs to be applied.
Working with a set of design, research and branding agencies.

Requires travel to Peterborough, Leeds, Luton and Headcorn. (manufacturing plant in Leeds, Headcorn and Luton.
Must live within commuting distance of one of the sites.

This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.

To drive profit through the exploitation and management of the brand. This is a role which puts the candidate in the lead seat to grow and expand this latent brand with support of the brands family. The candidate will have full responsibility of the marketing mix and will be responsible for the strategic development of the brand within existing channels (frozen) and the development into new channels (chilled and others). Reports directly to marketing director.

KEY ACCOUNTIBILITIES

To proactively question and make recommendations to the marketing director on strategic issues.
This includes aiding the Marketing Director in the completion of the strategic plan, working with the brands family and agents to gain family commitment to plans as well as owning strategic projects and implementing them through the business.

Project Implementation

To drive projects through the business to a set process.
Drive cross-functional working across the business and influence key parties to deliver the project objectives.
Identifies and aligns required sub projects with the programme goals.
Develops appropriate project standards where appropriate.

Marketing Planning

Formulates marketing plans that fulfill company strategic objectives.
Clearly understands the brand and the key value levers and proposes marketing tools that pull the right levers and drive value sales.

Presents plans to Sales, Board, NPD, Operations, Supply Chain to gain Company wide acceptance.

Budget Control
To monitor the marketing expenditure on a weekly basis and manage to the budget or latest forecast
To be rigorous on returns for every £1 spent - however small.

P+L Control
To monitor every element of the P+L above fixed overheads and make recommendations to improve profitability whilst maintaining the product values in the brand.
Set up cross functional teams to address cost savings where appropriate.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Degree in any subject

CONDITIONS OF ROLE

Requires travel to Peterborough and Norfolk.
Must live within commuting distance of either site.

This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.