Growth Office Marketing Manager

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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This role will support the leadership of our Global Marketing Agenda through

vision, high business acumen and leadership skills.

Through engagement with senior internal and external partners the role has the opportunity to support key initiatives in pladis’ global marketing agenda.

The incumbent must have clear passion, energy and drive and the ability to engage and influence key stakeholders, on our ambitious journey.

As a Marketing Manager you will support the development and the implementation of global brand strategies, working with our regional teams to build growth plans and above all building leading brands that people talk about! 

What will be your key deliverables?  

• The purpose of this role is to help build exciting new brand platforms to achieve growth
• To support the launch of new global product platforms through the establishment of defined central frameworks; facilitating local activation
• To help build marketing capabilities through our global Marketing Academy [from design to implementation]
• To support entries into new markets and geographies
• To work on Global brand platform ideas
• To Understand category-specific landscapes and trends and develop future plans accordingly
• Contribute as a key member of the Growth Office Team playing a strong role in supporting commercial growth opportunities
• Where appropriate manage agency partners for success.
• Working very closely with our Innovation team, contribute strongly to the development of innovation platforms and pipeline for brand – ensuring consumer insight is at the forefront.
• Form strong working relationships with technical development and supply chain on the development of brand renovation projects.
• Influence key partners, internationally, to support initiatives and ensure brand support.

Financial Responsibilities  

• [To be determined dependent on portfolio]

What do you need for this role? 

Essential 

Core capabilities

• A minimum of 5-10 years experience [ideally some of it international]
• Demonstratable career progression
• Strong influencing, communication skills and personal impact to gain credibility quickly with senior stakeholders across the business. The incumbent needs to be able to act as a credible partner to our Commercial Regions.
• Excellent listening, negotiation and presentation skills – the ability to promote decisions and to prioritise delivery in a complex matrix environment
• Strategic thinking with the ability to work the details
• Degree educated or equivalent experience 

Role specific capabilities

• Sound Marketing experience within FMCG, having demonstrated the ability to manage a sophisticated portfolio 
• Proven ability to articulate the distinct aspects of products and services as well as to position products against competitors
• Has a passion for consumer centricity and developing consumer centric plans
• Marketing experience required in senior marketing positions, ideally supported by commercial experience in other functions. 
• A consumer champion, demonstrating the ability to use consumer insight into opportunity 
• Multimedia comms campaign development & agency management experience 
• Capable and experienced in developing strong commercial plans with a demonstrated ability in understanding key levers to drive profitable growth and demonstrate opportunities 
• The ability to develop long term growth strategies whilst also tackling short term opportunities 
• The ability to deliver the brand strategy in year, reviewing performance on a regular basis, taking remedial action where required
• A strong teammate and the ability to influence at all levels
• Strong people and team development skills 

Qualifications

• University or similar qualification – essential
• MBA – desirable

Who will you work with?

Internal:

• The Growth Office, Global Marketing Team
• Regional CMOs and Marketing Teams
• R&D
• Global and Local Insights Teams

External

• Third party agencies

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do and is reflected across our business. pladis brings together brands and people from around the globe - and this diversity is our great strength.

We’re an equal opportunities employer and believe in fostering an inclusive environment where we celebrate diversity of thinking and respect everyone’s distinctive qualities and perspectives. 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation 

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.