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    Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

    As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

    To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

    Our story

    Family and ideas have always been our ingredients. Our founding families believed biscuits and chocolates could bring moments of happiness to the world. Their ideas have stood the test of time. Their spirit continues to inspire our future. It’s in the care and the craft we bake into biscuits and chocolates that have been loved for generations. And it’s in the fresh ideas, the new twists, flavours and textures we add to old and new favourites.

    A global community

    Our 16,000 colleagues, in every corner of the world, bring their own experience of happiness to pladis. Each of us is unique but coming together as one family of bakers and chocolatiers working hard, with pride and with purpose. Because after all these years, we still believe biscuits and chocolates bring people together. We are pladis. We bake happiness. Happiness with every bite.

    Inspired by you

    Our founders didn’t follow rules and recipes, they created them. We’re looking for fresh thinkers to help us create the next chapter for pladis.

    pladis succeeds because of people like you. People who wake up in the morning excited to get to work. Who believe in themselves and their potential. Who want to grow as part of a global community of like-minded colleagues.

    Because growth is our oxygen and our fuel. And it’s our deep and abiding belief that growth comes from working together, helping each other out, always passionate about our purpose to bring happiness with every bite.

    pladis colleagues care deeply about being the best. About winning, staying the course and never giving up. Whichever part of the world we’re in, whatever our role. Whether we’re baking, working in HR, finance, marketing or many other areas – we win as one pladis team.

    And while we’re all unique, we share something in common. It’s the code by which we live and work. We call it our ‘Winning Traits & Behaviours’: Purpose Led, Agile, Collaborative, Positive and Resilient. Five aspects of pladis life that define who we are, how we interact and get things done.

    Why join the team?

    pladis is home to iconic brands Godiva, McVitie’s and Ulker. These brands make sweet treats and savoury treats that consumers everywhere recognise and enjoy! As we start on our new journey, we will continue making the biscuits and confectionery people know and expect from these brands, and we will expand their portfolios too. Together we will build new and exciting products at pladis – new flavours, new concepts and new ways to share happiness!

    Our strength is not only in our products, it is also in our people and our values. Each business that has united to form pladis are loved for their heritage and values. We will retain the honesty, integrity and trust instilled in our brands by our ground-breaking founders as we embark on the next chapter of our success.

    What will this role achieve?

    • As a Brand Manager you will support the Senior Brand Manager in driving the development and the implementation of the brand strategy, working with our commercial teams to develop growth plans, developing and delivering compelling and distinctive brand marketing programmes, and above all building marketing leading brands that people talk about.
    • You will play a critical role in making things happen, in inspiring, persuading, and gaining commitment for your projects across different functions and different work levels.  You will need to have the confidence to present to Director and UK Exec level on a frequent basis.
    • You will also take full responsibility for developing and implementing key brand initiatives such as product innovation and renovation development projects, product launches, awareness campaigns as appropriate to deliver the overall revenue and profit delivery of a brand portfolio
    • You will support the development and execution of the strategic marketing plan for Jaffa Cakes portfolio, ensuring short- and long-term financial targets are achieved
    • You will be working closely with other teams and partners ensuring a focus on business and brand profitability and a growth agenda.

    What will be your key deliverables?

    • Support the implementation of existing Marketing Brand Plans, and the planning process for the coming year
    • Lead part of the Young, Kid and Cake portfolio: monitor performance, recommend actions and empower teams and other functions to drive brand performance.
    • Reporting -– analyse brand and market information to produce analysis and present standard financial & performance reporting decks with clear insights (as well as ad-hoc analysis) using IRI/Nielsen and Kantar data sources.
    • Head the development and management of innovation and renovation projects for the specific brand responsibility as required. Including project management, leading cross functional teams and presenting the project at monthly gate reviews to gain alignment.
    • Update product packaging in accordance with ingredient, global design amendments and promotional requirements. Managing the process from brief and supporting the brand managers to ensure timely and effective execution. Manage the Brandbank process for online packaging updates.
    • Liaising with external agencies regarding pack designs amends. Management of external agencies to deliver projects. Design and comms agencies specifically.
    • Internal PR:  ensure that internal PR activity raises the profile of various marketing events relating to your area of responsibility within pladis (e.g. Launch of new advertising, brand launches etc)
    • Act as brand and consumer champion both internally within pladis UK and externally with field sales team.
    • Assist the Senior Brand Manager on key projects, with the potential to work with external agencies on projects that may include social, advertising, PR, and in-store
    • Support implementation of existing Marketing Brand Plans and in the planning process for the coming year
    • Assist the senior brand manager in the development and implementation of marketing initiatives across the full mix, including OOH, digital, social media, in-store as appropriate.  Knowledge of standard processes and recent trends.
    • Support the Senior Brand Manager in the identification of consumer insights and competitor analysis to unlock growth opportunities for the job holder’s respective brand. Develop new brand renovation concepts, and implement through the development of a sound commercial project P&L.
    • Work optimally within cross functional teams to deliver ongoing brand building and sales driving programmes, including in-store activation and new product launches.
    • Engage and persuade others to gain commitment to key initiatives without reliance on formal authority.
    • Inspire our commercial teams to deliver for the job holder’s respective brand.
    • Form strong working relationships with technical development and supply chain on the development of brand renovation projects.

    What do you need for this role?

    Essential

    • Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience gained in a marketing team.
    • Must be able to demonstrate some project management experience (Great organisation and collaboration skills).
    • Budget Management experience
    • Experience of IRI/Nielsen and Kantar data
    • Experience of cross functional working
    • FMCG brand marketing experience or interest (operational or development)
    • Market research experience or interest
    • Product Development experience or interest
    • Ability to learn and adapt quickly.
    • Passionate about growing and building brands.
    • Energy for working with others and creating initiatives that create growth.
    • Self-starter, able to work across multiple projects and disciplines.
    • Determination, entrepreneurialism, ambition and drive.

    pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

    We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
    We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.