Group Junior Brand Manager Puzzles

Jumbo; Cheadle; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home working 2 days/week

25 days annual holiday

Birthday day off

Pension plan

Health cash plan

Welcome pack with games

Job summary

Jumbo Group is seeking a creatively minded Group Junior Brand Manager to join the Global Brand Team. The role requires experience in brand strategy, consumer behaviour, product development and portfolio management to oversee well-established brands like Wasgij, Falcon de luxe and Puzzle Mate, with support for other specialty projects and new-to-market brands.

The ideal candidate will have strong commercial and consumer understanding, capable of developing and executing brand plans, launching new

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, creative business or a marketing-related field.
• 2-3 years in a similar role with experience in brand strategy, consumer behaviour and product development.
• Effective communication with stakeholders from different countries and cultures.
• Be proactive and have a strong drive to contribute towards brand success.
• Be commercially minded and understand the importance of business goals and focus on achieving them.
• Skilled at prioritising tasks and efficiently managing a diverse workload across brands and projects.
• Strategic & forward thinking.
• Knowledge of the toy market is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Brand Strategy & Planning: Develop and execute long-term (3 years) brand strategy and short-term (1 year) tactics in collaboration with senior brand manager and local markets.
• Sales Performance: Proactively monitor sales performance, working with local marketing and sales teams to plan for growth.
• Brand & Portfolio Management: Lead the management of the Brand portfolio; produce briefs for PD and Innovation to ensure regular launches; collaborate with PD and QA on portfolio optimisation.
• Market and Consumer Insights: Translate insights into actionable plans.
• Brand communication: Drive brand messaging across markets with local marketing teams.
• Visual acumen: Review artwork and provide constructive feedback to illustrators.
• Creative thinker: Generate ideas for product development and translate market trends into new ideas.

Skills

Brand strategy

Sales performance

Brand portfolio management

Market insights

Brand communication

Visual acumen

Creative thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/marketing

Job description

Do you want to have an excellent experience as an employee in one of the most pioneering toy companies in the market? Are you passionate about games and driven to provide exceptional products and services to customers worldwide?

This is the company you are looking for!

At Jumbo Group, we want people to learn, have fun, and be happy thanks to our amazing toys and games. We are currently seeking a creatively minded Group Junior Brand Manager to join the Global Brand Team. The role requires experience in brand strategy, consumer behaviour, product development and portfolio management to oversee well-established brands like Wasgij, Falcon de luxe and Puzzle Mate. This is alongside supporting with other specialty projects and new-to-market brands where necessary.

The ideal candidate will have strong commercial and consumer understanding. They will be skilled in developing and executing brand plans, launching new products and optimizing existing portfolios to meet demands across different markets. A confident collaborator, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to develop and execute both short-term tactics and long-term strategies to fuel brand growth.

To achieve this goal, your functions will be the following:

• Brand Strategy & Planning: Develop and execute long-term (3 years) brand strategy and short-term (1 year) tactics in collaboration with senior brand manager and local markets, ensuring alignment with company goals.
• Sales Performance: Proactively monitor sales performance, working with local marketing and sales teams to plan for growth.
• Brand & Portfolio Management: Lead the management of the Brand portfolio. Produce briefs for PD and Innovation team to ensure the regular launch of new products. Collaborate closely with PD and QA on optimising existing portfolio.
• Market and Consumer Insights: Use insights from market and consumer research to translate into actionable plans.
• Brand communication: Partner with local marketing teams to drive the brand message across different markets.
• Visual acumen: The ability to curate and critically review artwork, identify opportunities for improvement and clearly articulate constructive feedback to illustrators.
• Creative thinker: Capable of generating ideas and supporting product development in a constructive way. Up to date with trends in market and other industries, to translate into exciting new ideas for the category/brands.

The knowledge you should bring to Jumbo Group to take our services to the next level is:

• University degree in business administration, creative business or a marketing-related field.
• 2-3 years in a similar role with experience in brand strategy, consumer behaviour and product development.
• Effective communication with stakeholders from different countries and cultures.
• Be proactive and have a strong drive to contribute towards brand success.
• Be commercially minded and understand the importance of business goals and focus on achieving them.
• Skilled at prioritising tasks and efficiently managing a diverse and complex workload across brands and projects.
• Strategic & forward thinking.
• Knowledge of the toy market is preferable.

What’s waiting for you:

• Two working from home days per week (Office is based in Cheadle, Stockport)
• 25 days annual holiday
• Additional day off for your birthday
• Pension plan
• Health cash plan
• A welcome pack that includes some of our favourite games

If you are dynamic, creative, passionate, hardworking, and want to join an International toys and games company, we are waiting for you.