Brand Manager

Stoli® Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Three days Christmas closure

Medical cashback plan

Enhanced pension

Product discount and allowance scheme

Job summary

A dynamic beverage company in the UK is looking for a motivated Brand Manager to develop and execute brand plans in the UK market. You will collaborate with the brand owner, support sales efforts, and manage budgets, all while providing insights and performance reports. The ideal candidate has experience in FMCG, excellent presentation skills, and a keen attention to detail. This position offers a hybrid working model, medical cashback plan, and product discount schemes.

Qualifications

• Experience in working with challenger brands in FMCG.
• Experience in drinks marketing is a bonus.
• Experience with third-party brands helps understand operations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the brand owner on brand plans for the UK market.
• Liaise with sales to identify performance drivers.
• Share category and market insights.
• Support PR and social media initiatives.
• Manage budgets and track spending with finance.
• Provide monthly depletion reports to the brand owner.
• Prepare quarterly business reviews.
• Create activation reports and case studies.
• Assist Marketing Director in creating brand assets.
• Support sales function in business development.

Skills

High attention to detail

Excellent presentation skills

Commercial acumen

Numerical acumen

Job description

About Amber Beverage UK (sister company to Stoli Group)

Amber Beverage UK is an ambitious brand builder and distributor for established and up-and-coming spirits brands. Our portfolio includes Amber Beverage Group’s owned brands, together with third-party distributed brands for a broad, exciting and multi-category range. ABUK has dedicated salespeople in each region of the UK, and functional experts covering the off-trade, national accounts and wholesalers. In 2023, ABUK merged with Indie Brands to combine the insurgent heritage and entrepreneurial spirit of Indie Brands with the scale, structure and systems support of ABUK.

ABUK is part of the Luxembourg-headquartered Amber Beverage Group, which produces, bottles, distributes and markets a range of drinks including Moskovskaya Vodka, Rooster Rojo and KAH Tequila to over 70 international markets.

About You

Are you organised, a keen strategist and a great communicator? Do you love creating plans, seeing them through and assessing how they performed in comparison to expectations, and delving into the reasons why that might have happened? A Brand Manager role at Amber Beverage UK could be the perfect place for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the brand owner to draw up an annual brand plan for the UK market
• Liaising with the sales to team to collate commentary from identify performance drivers, feedback on tenders and details of new listings
• Sharing relevant category and market insight
• Supporting with PR and/or social media as required
• Working with the finance team to manage budgets and track spending
• Sharing monthly depletion reports with the brand owner
• Compiling and delivering a quarterly business reviews
• Creating activation reports and case studies on all branded events and activations
• Assisting the Marketing Director in compiling or creating any brand assets as required by the business
• Supporting the ABUK sales function when required throughout business development, tenders and account management

Experience

You will have experience of working with challenger brands in the FMCG world, although working in drinks with the supporting qualifications would be a real bonus. Marketing for third party brands will also help you understand how things work with us.

You will have extraordinarily high attention to detail, with excellent presentation skills. Commercial and numerical acumen will also help you successfully manage budgets.

Personal Attributes

• Proactive
• Resilient
• Solutions-oriented
• Diplomatic
• Strategic
• Commercial
• Resourceful
• Adaptable

What will I get in return?

• Hybrid working from our London share working space
• Three days Christmas closure
• Medical cashback plan
• Enhanced pension
• Product discount and allowance scheme

Disclaimer: Stoli Group is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity. By embedding diversity into all aspects of our culture, we maximize the opportunity to achieve sustainable business success. The duties and responsibilities described in the role profile might not be a comprehensive list.