Brand Manager

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:

Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.

Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

Müller has been a loved brand in the UK for over 30 years. It’s a household name – and it continues to grow as we invest to make and market an ever-great range of fantastic dairy products. We are currently the 8th most chosen FMCG brand, picked from supermarket shelves over 208 million times each year.

We pride ourselves on offering support to help develop your knowledge and skills. In return for your commitment, drive and enthusiasm, we offer an attractive benefits package within a highly successful European business that offers financial rewards and resources, including bonus scheme, contributory pension, life assurance, generous holiday allowance and a flexible benefits programme.

We are currently recruiting in our Marketing Team based in Shropshire for a Brand Manager. We are looking for individuals with excellent customer and business focus that are looking to develop their career with a leading FMCG organisation. The role involves working in a fast paced environment and is focused on delivering improvement and drive within the business environment by demonstrating a proactive approach to identify and deliver customer requirements within a specific timescale.

The role

• Supporting the development and implementation of brand activity
• Co-ordinating and managing the NPD project management process, attending project meetings and ensuring compliance from all team members and driving the projects forward.
• Co-ordinating and managing the supply of key brand materials to the Sales force, agency partners and other functions
• Managing the design and artwork implementation process, leasing with external design agency, and managing in house packaging approval process.
• Administering the brand budget with Brand Manager: maintaining spend reports, purchase tracking, purchase order raising, including liaising with Finance, Purchase & Controlling
• Assimilating brand and market information and produce brand presentations and monthly status reports, to be used with cross functional category team
• Use brand data and analysis to make and inform brand recommendation
• Understanding the brand promotion plans
• Taking responsibility for a specific area that will rotate annually to gain exposure to new marketing disciplines (Facebook, PR, Website)

Key skills & experience

• Hold a degree level or equivalent qualification (2:1 or above) in a relevant subject
• 2-3 years Marketing experience within the FMCG sector
• Previous leadership experience through extracurricular activities
• Excellent analytical skills
• Capacity to embrace and create change
• Great team player with the ability to support, to lead, to care and to tell things as they are
• Passion for winning

The Process:
If you have the skills and experience required and would like to be considered for this role please apply at www.mullercareers.co.uk

F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Müller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ