Senior Brand Manager - FMCG - Food
Hybrid -near High Wycombe, Berkshire
£70,000 - £75,000 plus bonus and car allowance
Category-Leading FMCG Brand | UK | High Impact | Travel Required | Innovation
Ready to step up and shape the future of a household name?
We're looking for a high-potential marketer to take a lead role in driving and delivering an ambitious Innovation agenda within a unique and fast-evolving market. This is a career-defining opportunity for a commercially sharp, consumer-obsessed Senior Brand Manager or Marketing Manager who wants real ownership, visibility and development.
You'll have direct report responsibility and the platform to accelerate your leadership career while shaping bold, brave innovation for a brand that's leading its category.
Why this role?
* A true innovation leadership position – from ideation through to launch and in-market delivery
* Direct report and genuine people leadership responsibility
* Exposure across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
* Entrepreneurial culture within a major UK food business
* Travel as part of a dynamic, market-facing role
* A brand with momentum, ambition and a clear growth agenda
There has never been a better time to join a business that combines household-name scale with pace, freedom and ambition.
What you'll be doing
* Leading the end-to-end innovation pipeline (NPD) from concept through gate process to execution
* Owning and shaping the brand growth agenda in partnership with commercial teams
* Interrogating and managing the brand P&L – identifying risks, opportunities and decisive interventions
* Embedding true consumer-first thinking while balancing retailer and commercial realities
* Influencing and challenging cross-functional stakeholders to deliver best-in-class execution
* Developing and coaching direct report(s) to build future capability
What we're looking for
* Proven experience at Senior Brand Manager level (or a standout Marketing Manager ready to step up) within a branded FMCG business
* Strong innovation and gate process experience – you've led projects from insight to shelf
* Highly commercial – confident managing budgets and brand P&L with pace and rigour
* Consumer-obsessed, but commercially pragmatic
* Strong project management capability with the ability to manage complexity
* Gravitas and influencing skills – able to challenge constructively and bring others with you
* Ambition, curiosity and a genuine hunger to grow
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We would love to reply to all applications, regrettably we are unable to do so due to the high volumes we receive, so if you do not hear back within 14 days unfortunately on this role it won't be progressing. It is possible that the position could be in the process of closing, so chalk it up to bad timing. But, have no fear There will be more opportunities. Follow us at Mackenzie Jones Recruitment so you don't miss them.