Junior Brand Manager - Away from Home

Kraft Heinz; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company is seeking an experienced Junior Brand Manager to join the Away From Home marketing team. This role involves collaborating with sales and culinary teams to enhance consumer experiences and drive brand recognition. Ideal candidates will have strong consumer focus, communication skills, and teamwork abilities. The position offers a meritocratic environment, flexible working, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Career development pathway

Meritocratic pay structure

Collaborative office culture

Employee discounts on products

Private medical cover

Exclusive gym discounts

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Passion for consumer insights and innovative solution thinking.
• Excellent communication skills with diverse stakeholders.
• Focused on both personal and company performance improvement.
• Possess a growth mindset and team motivation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales and culinary teams on initiatives.
• Activate sales-driven trade marketing activities.
• Coordinate and forecast the marketing budget.
• Work with various agencies to deliver impactful campaigns.

Skills

Consumer focus

Communication skills

Results driven

Team player

Job description

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Junior Brand Manager to join our Away From Home marketing team, reporting into the Marketing Manager.

Kraft Heinz is on a journey to double our international Away From Home business over the next 5 years and UKI plays a key role in transforming our footprint in this space. The Away From Home landscape is going through the most remarkable change of a generation, driven by the acceleration of delivery, digital, ecomm and new channels over the last three years.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative and collaborative individual to help drive a transformation in the way consumers experience our brand out-of-home, including but not limited to:

• Collaborating with the AFH sales and Culinary teams to identify and activate Away From Home initiatives that will accelerate trial and recognition for our strategic battlegrounds whilst delivering positive consumer experiences (e.g. Events & experiential, virtual stores, LTO activation, customer partnerships, menu & merchandise branding)
• Activate a pipeline of sales-driving trade marketing activities to support growth of KHC products in wholesale / e-wholesale partnering with KHC trade agency, RTM and ecomm teams
• Co-ordinate the Away From Home Marketing budget, ensuring accurate forecasting and resource allocation
• Work with Design, B2B Trade, PR and Insight agencies, ensuring delivery of cost-effective, high impact campaigns, content and insights

Professional Attributes

• Consumer and Customer Focus
  • You demonstrate a passion for the consumer and a genuine curiosity for the customer, thinking of innovative solutions to drive performance.
• Communication Skills
  • At Kraft Heinz you’ll be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. Therefore it’s important you have excellent communication skills to deal with all kinds of different stakeholders.
• Results driven
  • You don’t only focus on your own results, but also do what’s best for the company.
• Curiosity, positivity & enthusiasm
  • You have a growth mindset, and people know you as the motivator within your team.
• Great teammate
  • Achieving with the team is simply the best. You’re a team player, which means you’re sometimes a leader, sometimes a follower, but always working towards the same common goal, together.

What we offer you

• An ambitious employer with an industry-recognised career development pathway
• A meritocratic, pay for performance approach
• A fun, collaborative office culture that celebrates good food and good times with regular events and socials
• An active network of Business Resource Groups, sponsored by leadership, that promote education, celebration, & allyship, helping to create an inclusive work environment
• Flexible and hybrid working approach, including ability to work from abroad
• Family-friendly; market leading parental leave benefits & sponsored nursery scheme
• Employee discount on Heinz products!

Wellbeing

• Private medical cover & Digital GP
• Comprehensive Life Assurance & Group Income Protection
• Exclusive gym discounts & cycle to work scheme
• Premium membership to Calm App
• A variety of amazing sports teams & clubs!
• 3 volunteering days per year (e.g. Soup Kitchen, Magic Breakfast)

As a Disability Confident employer, we are happy to accommodate any reasonable adjustments you may need during our screening and interview process.

Location(s)

London - The Shard

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.