Assistant Brand Manager- Maternity Cover (9-12 Months)
Reference Number
UDF/2024/212
Location
Belfast
Contract Type
Full-Time Temporary
Closing Date
11/3/2024
Assistant Brand Manager
(Maternity Cover: 9 – 12 Months)
About Us
Dale Farm is a leading dairy company supplying a wide range of consumer and food ingredients dairy products including fresh milk, cheeses, milk powders, butter & dairy spreads, and ice cream into the UK, Irish and international markets.
Core to our success is our people, and we now have an exciting opportunity within our Marketing team, based at our Head Office in Belfast.
About the Role
Reporting to our Head of Marketing, as an Assistant Brand Manager you will have responsibility for the delivery of the strategic marketing plans for our portfolio of brands.
Key Responsibilities
Your core responsibilities will include:
* The management and implementation of marketing activities through-the-line, including a mix of advertising, media planning, digital marketing, social media and PR.
* Working closely with our advertising and design agencies while being accountable for all associated KPIs.
* Working closely with Sales colleagues on the delivery of retailer support plans.
* Any other tasks as deemed relevant by the Head of Marketing.
This role is on a temporary basis to provide maternity cover, and accordingly is for a period of 9 – 12 months.
About You
The post calls for a marketing professional with first rate communication skills who will be a hands-on, results-oriented individual and who can demonstrate creativity, accountability, and commercial acumen.
Candidates should be educated to degree level, hold a marketing qualification and have 3+ years post graduate FMCG experience in product marketing, ideally within the food industry.
We are looking for a highly motivated and ambitious person who has the energy and determination to make an impact in an extremely challenging, dynamic, and competitive marketplace. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills and the desire to work with the team to drive forward success.
Why Dale Farm?
We have a lot to offer at Dale Farm, not only to our farmer members that we support but also to our employees, and we are committed to a learning and development journey for all. In addition to a competitive salary commensurate with the role and our standard benefits such as 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and contributary company pension, we also offer benefits such as Life Assurance, full wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme, and enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave.
We promote an open and supportive culture which is based on our core values:
Teamwork | Positivity | Resolve | Ambition | Curiosity | Accountability
You can find out more about life at Dale Farm on our LinkedIn and Facebook Career pages, and on our company website.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 11 th March 2024.
Please apply via clicking the apply button below.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer
Only applications from EU Nationals or those with a valid permit to work in the UK will be accepted
Dale Farm Cooperative is a UK dairy farmer co-operative owned by over 1200 dairy farmers who supply us with fresh milk. Dale Farm has operations throughout the UK and Ireland producing and distributing a wide range of dairy products which it sells across the UK and Ireland as well as exporting to over 45 countries worldwide.
At Dale Farm virtually every career discipline is represented in our workforce, from production, engineering and distribution, to sales & marketing and food technology/quality assurance, to Finance, HR and IT through to general management. Our standards are high and when we recruit we are looking for those with energy and drive, who are keen for responsibility and motivated to succeed with a record of achievement and with the potential to develop as the company grows.
Culture
Our culture is based on setting best in class standards, working to-wards and delivering on committed objectives, striving for constant improvement and involving everyone in the company. We strive to develop our people and harness everyone's contribution to deliver a winning team.
The company is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to a safe, inclusive and relationship based workspace.
In return, we offer a high degree of responsibility, plenty of challenge, good opportunities for learning and personal development and rewarding benefit packages, all within a fast moving and results oriented environment.
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