Customer Brand Manager – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract – Leeds

Job title:

Customer Brand Manager – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract – Leeds

Company

Arla Foods

Job description

We are hiring a Customer Brand Manager for our Leeds head office. This key role is the primary contact for retail customers on own label product development and launches, managing NPD and EPD both in-store and online. You’ll also lead Sustainability initiatives across our products.Working closely with Sales, Marketing, and other teams, this fast-paced role is perfect for someone organized and a problem-solver.This role offers a chance to develop skills in project management and product marketing, working directly with retailers.How will you make an impact?

• Acting as the first point of contact for the customers on their OL brand development with Arla across all categories and representing the customers brands within Arla.
• Owning the relationship with the customers product developer and helping to build strong relationship with their technical managers in collaboration with Arla’s technical manager.
• Developing and maintaining a clear understanding of the customers priorities, strategies & communications platforms to help fuel category/Own Label strategy
• Team lead for our Commercial Sustainability plans, working closely with our Sustainability team, leading key projects such as DRS (Deposit Return Scheme), EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility for
• packaging) & Packaging Roadmaps within our customers.
• Supporting Business Managers in leading strong retailer engagement sessions including strategy, portfolio evolution including engagement on benchmarking and for NPD including submissions/panels.
• Taking responsibility for consumer benchmarking on aligned category to evolve OL strategy & portfolio as required
• Facilitating NPD pipeline via ownership of ideation sessions in collaboration with the customers & Arla marketing / sales team to deliver long-term pipeline to drive the category, meet the customer’s category strategy goals & grow both businesses.

What will make you successful?To be successful in this role you will have significant retail management or brand management experience within an FMCG environment and a proven track record of effective project management and delivery of results. You will ideally have experience of working with own label and will also have worked closely with major retailers. You will have high levels of commercial acumen with strategic and creative thinking and problem solving skills. With a strong team work ethic, you will also have outstanding influencing and relationship building skills and will be comfortable liaising with a range of internal and external stakeholders.What do we offer?

• Competitive salary (Salary discussed at application stage)
• 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
• Up to 20% Bonus
• Bupa private healthcare
• 26 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Employer pension matched up to 6%
• X4 annual salary life assurance cover
• Flexible Benefits- Option to purchase additional holidays, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
• Strong career development & training (internal and external training)

At Arla Foods, our “Lead, Sense, Create” values thrive on diversity and inclusion. We are a famer owned co-operative and are all about being open minded, curious and learning from each other. We know that diverse perspectives fuel innovation, which is why we actively seek individuals from all backgrounds to join our team to help us lead the dairy industry into a more inclusive and sustainable future. We’re committed to providing equal opportunities to all qualified candidates, irrespective of unique characteristics. Our ambition is to create a working environment where everyone is valued and feel that they belong. Join us at Arla Foods, where your diverse perspectives will be valued and can make a meaningful impact.Would you like to join us?This advert is due to close on the 27th January 2025 However please apply as soon as possible as we will process applications on a continuous basis and close the recruitment early if the right candidate is found.Please contact Talent Partner – Oliver Hickson-Burr with any questionsPlease note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency’s terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.We have a purpose for Good
At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?BEWARE! RECRUITMENT FRAUD!
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Location

Leeds

Job date

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:26:21 GMT

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