Job Introduction
An exciting opportunity to join our UK customer marketing team working across some of our largest off trade customers. This role will work closely with our grocery and brand team to deliver triple win strategies and activations against our key brand and commercial objectives.
Main Responsibility
As part of the customer marketing team, you will be accountable for working cross functionally (both internally and externally) to bring to life and activate our brands at point of purchase within some of our largest off-trade customers. You will be managing a variety of customer marketing activations all the way through from idea generation to the briefing of agencies, to implementing and managing the activation. Post the activation you will be accountable for leading and owning the M&E against agreed activity metrics all in line with 2024 budgets and brand plans.
The role will require good internal and external stakeholder management as you will play a pivotal part in leading various initiatives and projects with our customers, agencies, and cross functional teams. You will work to focus support across key off-trade customers as we look to accelerate our performance as part of our 5-year plan. The role will require you to engage not only external customers & agencies, but the wider functional teams across both the commercial and marketing functions within the UK business.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will be a proven customer marketing manager who has a track record of success in creating briefs and activating brands and campaigns within either the off-trade & on-trade channel. The candidate will have a result orientated mindset and delivering against key priorities & objectives.
A positive and creative nature will be evident with a strong focus on finding a way for WG&S & our brands to ‘win’ through a triple win approach. Our ideal candidate will have good interpersonal skills with the ability to deliver actions from insight in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
What we can offer you
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
- Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
- Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
- Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
- Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
- Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
- Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
- Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
- Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
- Learning resources to help you be your best self.
About William Grant & Sons
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.
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