Undergraduate Brand Coordinator - NOMO (Placement Year)

Nomo Brand Coordinator – Undergraduate Placement/ Year in Industry - Summer 2023 Start

Home Based with travel to Zertus locations as required

Are you a current undergraduate looking for a fun and creative year in industry? Would you like to gain experience working with a well-known, award winning brand? You’ve probably heard of us, we’re NOMO, the UK’s number 1 free-from chocolate brand made by Kinnerton Confectionery and the Zertus UK & Ireland team!

We’re seeking an Undergraduate to join the Zertus Brand Marketing team to support our NOMO Brand Manager. Throughout your placement year you will gain invaluable insight into the realities of working within a product-led brand marketing team in order to build credible experience to support your degree.

You will assist in driving the growth of the NOMO brand, gaining experience in areas such as:

• FMCG Brand Marketing
• Product management
• Budget planning
• Competitor analysis
• Category management
• Digital performance

This role will be particularly focused on trade marketing, providing the opportunity to also work with all of the leading UK retailers including Tesco, Sainsburys, ASDA, Waitrose. You will acquire an in-depth knowledge of confectionery as a category.

Skills you’ll need to succeed as a NOMO Brand Coordinator:

We’re looking for a creative, highly organised undergraduate who is currently studying a relevant degree in Marketing, Business or a similar creative subject. You’ll need to be studying a qualification which requires a year in industry starting summer 2023 to be considered for this role.

Who are Zertus?

Zertus UK & Ireland is made up of Humdinger Foods, Kinnerton Confectionery, Lir Chocolates and the Sun Valley Nut Company. We manufacture a range of products within the snacking and chocolate categories and have various manufacturing sites and offices across the UK and Ireland. Our goal is to create innovative and distinctive products that delight our customers. We are the UK & Irish division of Zertus GmbH, which has headquarters in Hamburg and over 2000 employee’s across Europe!

Rewards & benefits - what can Zertus offer you?

• Attractive company Pension scheme and life assurance scheme at x4 basic
• Company paid Health Care Cash Plan via Paycare plus access to Paycare Perks for high street and retailer discounts
• Hybrid working scheme
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme – purchase an additional 5 days leave per year
• Charity fundraising and team events
• One additional day paid leave for charity/community work
• Discounts via our staff shops
• Employee values wards
• Referral bonus vouchers
• Training and development opportunities
• Free parking at all manufacturing sites/ offices
• Access to London Hub space in Camden for home-workers
• Ongoing commitment to our ESG strategy – protecting out people, communities and our planet
• Access to Grocery Aid charity support
• Access to Pay Care Health Cash Plan & Perks

When you join Zertus, you will be based at one of our Humdinger, Kinnerton, Sun Valley or Lir Chocolates UK/ Ireland locations, unless your role is hybrid/ home based.

Our Locations: Hull, Heckington, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Fakenham, Bromborough, Navan (Ireland). We have a Hub Space in Camden, London for Hybrid/ Home Workers too.

Work Pattern: Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 (1 hour break). £20,000 per annum

APPLICATIONS

Please apply with your CV and Cover Letter.

Your Cover Letter should answer/ cover the following questions:

• What has interested you in this placement
• Your learnings so far from your degree which align with this placement
• Your future goals/ aspirations
• What you hope to gain from this placement

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract, Internship
Contract length: 12 months

Salary: £20,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount
• Wellness programme
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• This role is open to current UK students who require a placement year as part of their Degree. Please confirm that you are applying to this role as a placement year and provide details of your course name and start/end date.
• Please refer to the advert for applications details. Have you submitted your Cover Letter along with your CV?

Work Location: Remote

Application deadline: 28/02/2023
Expected start date: 03/07/2023