It’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee! It plays such an important role in the lives of consumers, whether for your morning americano to help you get started, an indulgent afternoon latte treat for a job well done, or experimenting with the latest coffee shop drink trends at home, like Dubai chocolate latte with friends. It’s no wonder more cups of coffee are consumed each year than tea!
This vacancy plays a crucial role in helping us achieve our Mission – to become the most chosen coffee company, providing a coffee for every cup across the UK & Ireland. We are looking for a talented, passionate, and highly organized Programme Manager, who will support our associates to deliver marketing excellence by leading critical end-to-end processes and key forums.
Job Description
In this Marketing Programme Manager role, you’ll lead key commercial processes and forums to help deliver marketing excellence and achieve our commercial goals throughout the year.
You’ll support the marketing team to activate their brand plans by leading Product to Market, Stage Gate, Brand Planning, and Activation forums and processes end-to-end across brands and channels (retail & out of home). You will maximize input excellence at each stage, facilitate critical decision-making, and create the regular cadence and rhythm required of key forums and processes in this fast-paced environment.
As part of the Marketing Leadership Team, reporting directly to the Marketing Director, this is a highly visible and critical role that requires excellence in programme management. You will support brand teams and key cross-functional partners, line manage, coach, and develop marketing talent, and contribute to marketing excellence at JDE Peets.
Responsibilities:
* Lead the UK/I integrated brand planning process, ensuring cross-functional alignment of brand plans and readiness for our annual conference.
* Coordinate the timely submission of UK/I brand planning inputs for the global brand planning calendar and 36-month planning process.
* Co-lead the monthly Activation Forum, coordinating the content calendar for marketing inputs and presenters alongside Category, Shopper, and Sales teams.
* Lead the first step of the monthly commercial process (M1), ensuring alignment of brand strategies and sufficiency of plans to meet in-year and VCP commercial targets.
* Manage the Stage Gate process for UK & Ireland, coordinating agendas, pre-reads, minutes, and facilitating the approval of brand activation plans.
* Chair the Product to Market monthly forum, ensuring timely and successful delivery of innovation and renovation brand plans and activations.
* Support marketing and finance teams in managing advertising and promotional expenditure.
* Assist the Marketing Director in building the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), coordinating marketing inputs, and partnering with brand and finance teams.
* Coordinate the Marketing Team meeting agenda, including quarterly offsites, to formalize key topics and support marketing excellence.
* Line manage one direct report, aligning priorities and maximizing support within brand teams.
Qualifications
Must have:
* Minimum of 3 years P2M experience in FMCG.
* Excellent relationship-building and cross-functional collaboration skills.
* Good commercial acumen, highly autonomous, a natural problem solver, with a “can do” attitude.
Nice to have:
* Experience in Brand Management, Innovation, Sales, or Category Management.
Education: [Details not provided]
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