Marketing Assistant (Lifestyle Brands) London 2024

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey!

Glanbia is a global nutrition company, grounded in science and nature and dedicated to providing better nutrition for every step of life’s journey. The company takes pure and clean ingredients including milk, whey and grains and using expert knowledge and capabilities produces high quality nutritional ingredients and branded consumer products for customers and consumers worldwide.

At Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN), our mission is to inspire people everywhere to achieve their performance and healthy lifestyle goals! We are a global leader in the performance nutrition industry and have a portfolio of ten brands, including Optimum Nutrition (ON), BSN, Isopure, SlimFast, Body&Fit, Nutramino, Think!, LevlUp and Amazing Grass.

Our brands are sold in more than 100 markets worldwide. With growing global interest in healthy, active lifestyles, our products appeal to a variety of consumers with a wide range of fitness motivations. We’re an agile business led by brands and inspired by consumers. We are a values-led organisation focused on driving sustainable business performance.

Headquartered in Dublin, with a workforce based across multiple locations, including London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Mumbai, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, Manila, Melbourne, Illinois, and California. GPN employs more than 2,000 people globally.

The opportunity

There has never been a more exciting time to join the lifestyle brands team at GPN. The biggest lifestyle brand is SlimFast which is now enjoying strong sales performance following a recent repositioning. There are also other brands in the portfolio this role will be helping support to drive strong growth.

Reporting to the Marketing Manager, the Marketing Assistant has responsibility for helping to build and execute the go to market plans for multiple brands. The Marketing Assistant will also work closely with the Senior Brand Manager to roll out innovation, including supporting on building the future pipeline.

Supporting the wider marketing team, the Marketing Assistant will also work collaboratively across functions to execute the SlimFast & other lifestyle brand marketing plans in the UK.

Developing housekeeping standards, task lists and auditing compliance to 5S standards

• Support the Marketing Manager in the rollout of the brand plans, with a focus on the SlimFast brand and other lifestyle brands in portfolio.
• Lead SlimFast renovation projects including executing portfolio maintenance activities e.g. label refresh, reformulations.
• Support Senior Brand Manager on innovation projects: from concept ideation to artwork roll outs.
• Marketing team support such as planning team days and organising marketing activity calendars.
• Championing bringing trends and new product launches to the wider marketing team and proactively sharing key opportunities and trends.
• Perform day-to-day business management activities such as budget tracking, PO management, document organisation.

The skills you will bring to the team

• Strong interest in the health and wellness category.
• High energy and creativity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail. Able to plan and organise effectively.
• Proactive and can do attitude. Strong motivation and ambition with an ability to work under own initiative.
• Experience and / or education in marketing is a nice to have, but not essential.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please apply!

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in London, with hybrid working arrangements available through our Smart working model which allows you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health plan, pension.

• Great future career growth potential, both locally and internationally, working with the world’s No1 sports nutrition company.
• Opportunity to make a difference, to challenge thinking and make a real impact with a business that is open to change.
• Local role within a global organisation: opportunity to experience first-hand the benefits of global branding and localised activation

About Glanbia

The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritional's, and Joint Ventures. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 6,000 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading products in 130 countries worldwide.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.