Assistant Brand Manager – Innovation (Marketing)

GALLO; Uxbridge; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

GALLO is seeking an Assistant Innovation Manager to drive growth across the EMEA region. You will help create and develop new brands in wine and spirits, focusing on European markets including the UK, with a strong emphasis on data-driven consumer insights.

The role is hybrid, based in the Uxbridge office, with three days in the office and two at home. You will collaborate with stakeholders to launch products across markets and influence strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years in brand marketing, trade marketing, new product/brand innovation or insights.
• Experience building a new brand from scratch including liquid, packaging and communications.
• Experience in alcoholic drinks industry or FMCG.
• Skilled at drawing insights from consumer research data and trend information.
• Managed complex projects with cross-functional partners.
• Ability to influence all levels of management.
• Successfully launched products across multiple markets or channels.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation and development of new brands within wine and alcoholic drinks.
• Translate consumer insights into brand concepts, packaging and communications.
• Work with cross-functional teams to drive go-to-market strategies.
• Present concepts to internal stakeholders, sales teams and external customers to gain buy-in and listings.

Skills

Brand Marketing

Trade Marketing

New Product Innovation

Insights & Research

Cross-functional Leadership

Stakeholder Influence

Go-to-Market

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Would you like to work for the world’s largest family-owned winery, home to a diverse portfolio of nationally and internationally recognized wine and spirits brands seen in all major supermarkets across the UK. We are committed to innovation, partnership, and delivering exceptional value to our customers and consumers.

We are hiring an Assistant Innovation Manager to help drive growth for Gallo across the EMEA region. This unique and exciting opportunity would see you supporting the creation & development of new brands within the wine and alcoholic drinks category, focused on key European markets for Gallo including the UK, Poland and other key regions.

This role is on a hybrid working pattern based in our Uxbridge office. 3 days per week in the office and 2 days per week from home.

Please note this role will require full UK right to work as this role is not sponsored.

The ideal candidate will have experience executing consumer research and digesting a range of data sources to identify consumer-driven commercial opportunities. They will then take these insights to inform the creation of new brands (including liquid, packaging and communications) which meet the needs of the target consumer identified, influencing the go-to-market process from start to finish. The candidate would ideally have strong experience working on complex projects with a variety of different cross-functional stakeholders, being comfortable working in a rapidly evolving environment. They will have natural abilities to influence those around them to gain buy in for the project to ensure it moves forward at pace. This will include presenting to internal stakeholders for buy in of new concepts, to sales teams to excite them about new opportunities and to external customers (e.g. supermarket buyers) to gain new listings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 4 years of brand marketing, trade marketing, new product/ brand innovation or insights experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility
• Experience developing a new brand from scratch, including liquid, packaging and communications.
• Worked within the alcoholic drinks industry or for a FMCG company.
• Skilled in drawing insights through consumer research data and trend information.
• Have managed complex projects including cross functional partners.
• Working directly to influence all levels of management.
• Successfully developed and implemented the launch of new products across a number of markets or channels