Associate Marketing Manager – Health & Nutrition

Job description

Associate Marketing Manager

Level 3 – Up to £42,000 + Fantastic benefits

Welwyn Garden City – Easy access by road or rail

1 years fixed term contract – Maternity cover

Cereal Partners UK is a powerful alliance between Nestlé and General Mills, producing some of the biggest names in breakfast cereals. As a bright, forward thinking company, it's always striving for new ways to develop and market better products, helping to enhance the lifestyles of consumers and stay on top in the highly competitive cereal aisle.

Due to the incumbent being on maternity Cereal Partners UK have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Marketing professional to join the wider team for a fixed term 12 month contract starting ASAP.

Your duties and responsibilities will include;

·  Contribute to business volume and share targets for the Brands working closely with cross functional teams to deliver budget.
·  Manage brand/business P&L and budget.
·  Develop and execute plans for Health & Nutrition and HCP plans. Constantly evaluate the programme's effectiveness / efficiency and adjust plans accordingly.
·  Develop and manage in conjunction the relevant agencies in the following areas of activity:
·  Advertising, Media, Health & Nutrition, PR, Consumer promotions, Packaging, Sampling, Digital
·  Determine brand spend to deliver strategy / objectives. Manage resources within this agreed amount.
·  Developing all brand related initiatives e.g., nutrition events, cause related marketing, sampling, couponing and brand specific promotional ties
·  Briefing the marketing teams on H&N brand strategy and activities, so they can align and develop collective H&N events.
·  Supervise all artwork changes and communication with print manager.
·  Lead the regulatory requirements for the Marketing department to ensure that all marketing activity complies with the latest regulatory and legal guidelines.

Who is the right person for this role?

Due to being a fixed term 12 month maternity cover it is essential that the successful applicant is an experienced Marketing professional with the ability to hit the ground running;

·  Degree level educated and proven marketing experience is required. Knowledge in nutrition would be beneficial
·  Early signs of good interpretation of data and ability to translate into marketing strategy and vision. Some exposure to the creative process and media buying
·  Demonstrated ability to lead projects to fruition.
·  Good interpersonal/communication skills across all levels of the company. Pro-active and enthusiastic and a keen ability to tackles problems straight on.
·  Demonstrable experience of above and below the line Marketing activity
·  Candidates with an FMCG Marketing background would be looked on favourably

What you need to know

Nestlé has a strong benefits package which includes, for this role, a competitive salary + Up to 8% bonus + attraction pension contribution, Individual private medical insurance and Nestle flexible benefits and discounts

Nestlé UK & I is committed to equal opportunity for all. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.

Our Story

Nestlé SA is the world's leading health, wellness and nutrition company, with over seven thousand employees in the UK and Ireland alone across the 19 sites of all our business. We are proud to produce some of Britain's best loved brands such as Kit Kat, Nescafé, Smarties, Buxton, Nespresso, Go Cat and Shreddies. Around 95% of UK households consume our brands and more than two billion Nestlé products are sold in the UK every year.