At Valeo Foods UK we bring together a family of much-loved UK food brands supported by the scale and ambition of a global investment partner. From Kettle’s bold crunch to Rowse’s natural sweetness, through to Matthew Walker and Barratt Sweets, our portfolio blends heritage, craft and category-leading innovation.
Alongside our branded portfolio, we are also one of the UK’s largest suppliers of private label products, partnering with major retailers to deliver quality and category expertise that meets the needs of millions of households every week.
As a business, we’re on a journey of transformation. We’re strengthening our operations, driving quality and investing in our people. It’s an exciting, fast-moving environment where heritage meets new thinking, and where every colleague contributes to shaping the future of food across the UK.
Join us and play your part in building the next chapter of some of Britain’s most loved brands.
Job DescriptionWe are seeking a dynamic and motivated Assistant Brand Managers to join our marketing team. The ideal candidate will assist in the development and implementation of brand strategies, ensuring alignment with our company's vision and goals.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of our brand along with having a unique and tailored 1 year training program to allow you to gain experience within our Marketing, Business Intelligence, Research and Development and Category team's across Valeo Foods UK.
This is a flexible hybrid role with 3 days per week at our Leeds or Wallingford site.
Qualifications- Good leadership to shape, align and plan
- Strong analytical thinking
- Good capacity to create and embrace change
- Very strong “Personal Best” mindset: to seek to be better tomorrow than we are today
- Good stewardship of initiatives from the brand plans
- Strong presentation skills – written and verbal
- Very strong ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Emerging experience of the full marketing mix – from insight generation, problem-solving, target-setting, delivering and measuring
- Strong leadership expressed in other fields than corporate life
- Good experience in interacting successfully with different stakeholders an
- Very strong track record of creating change that shaped the thinking and deliver results
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Matched pension scheme
- Death in service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Canteen
- Retailer discount platform
- Staff discount
- And plenty more!
This is an internally focused role with plenty of exposure across the business. It’s a good opportunity to build your experience, take ownership over time, and be part of shaping how data is used at Valeo.
Skills Required
- Leadership skills to shape, align, and plan
- Strong analytical thinking
- Ability to create and embrace change
- Personal Best mindset focused on continuous improvement
- Ability to steward initiatives from brand plans
- Strong written and verbal presentation skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Emerging experience across the full marketing mix, including insight generation, problem-solving, target-setting, delivery, and measurement
- Leadership experience outside corporate life
- Experience interacting successfully with different stakeholders
- Track record of creating change that shaped thinking and delivered results
What We Do
We are a leading producer and innovator of high quality, category-defining branded food products that have a proud history that dates back to 1845. At Valeo Foods, we are passionate about food and our portfolio of over 20 iconic food brands, which includes Jacobs, Batchelors, Kettle, Rowse Honey, Balconi, Schluckwerder, are tried and trusted by consumers across Ireland, UK and Europe for their quality, wholesomeness, nutrition and fun. We are a diverse business that combines food production, brand development and innovation, distribution and sales. We are Ireland’s largest ambient food supplier to the grocery trade, a major supplier to the food service market through Valeo Professional, and an increasingly prominent supplier to the UK market and a range of European Markets now. We are focused on the continued development of our excellent portfolio of category defining food brands as we look to expand our footprint across Ireland, UK, Europe and beyond with our latest acquisition in North America. We are committed to delivering quality food products through continued innovation and excellence in manufacturing. This commitment ensures that our brands retain a market leading position in each of their respective categories. We continue to recruit people with the best skills and expertise across a range of areas including manufacturing, food science, research and development, nutrition, distribution, sales, operations, marketing, human resources and finance, and aspire to be a best in class employer, focused on developing and empowering our people.
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