Senior Brand Manager

JR United Kingdom; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supplier in the UK's specialty coffee sector is seeking a Senior Brand Manager. You will guide brand consistency, lead marketing strategies, and ensure impactful engagement in trade. This full-time role involves leading a small team and executing innovative campaigns that align with business growth goals.

Benefits

Competitive salary based on experience

Performance bonuses

Team incentives and activities

Breakfast and coffee provided

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in marketing and management.
• Experience leading a team of two while collaborating with digital marketing teams.
• Strong trade marketing experience including digital content and events.

Responsibilities

• Champion brand consistency across all touchpoints.
• Define and implement the trade marketing strategy.
• Lead and develop a high-performing marketing team.

Skills

Trade marketing

Content creation

Commercial acumen

Strong leadership

Job description

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Volcano Coffee Works is a small-batch roastery based in Brixton, London. Since 2010, we’ve helped pioneer the UK’s specialty coffee movement, earning a reputation for uncompromising quality, progressive sustainability, and a straight-up, fuss-free approach to how we do business.

We’re proud to be the supply partner of choice for many of London’s leading cafés and restaurants, where our coffee is served daily by expert baristas. Alongside our wholesale roots, we operate two of our own retail spaces and a fast-growing e-commerce channel, bringing Volcano into thousands of homes across the UK.

We’re impact-first. From farm to final cup, we work directly with producers and reinvest in their communities to support social, economic and environmental change across our supply chain. We're a certified B Corp and Carbon Neutral — and we believe business should be a force for good.

We stand for excellence without pretence. Our culture is simple: be straight-up, be ambitious, and focus on outcomes that matter. We celebrate specialisation and the complexity of coffee, but we believe the best businesses stay grounded — listening, adapting, and always led by the people they serve.

About the role:

We’re looking for a Senior Brand Manager to lead day-to-day brand activity and ensure we show up with clarity and impact across all touchpoints. You’ll manage a small team and take ownership of how Volcano demonstrates its value in trade. You'll be responsible for delivering measurable impact across events, content, partnerships and merchandising where we'll rely on you to deliver both brand consistency and meaningful engagement.

What you'll do:

• Champion brand consistency and ensure all marketing activities and design touchpoints are delivered within brand guidelines
• Define and deliver the overall trade marketing strategy by channel aligned to both the brand and business (growth, revenue and volume) goals
• Decide on operational priorities and direct, lead and develop a high performing marketing team
• Lead development and execution of new product, new channel and brand opportunities
• Define and deliver campaigns and promotions specifically to support growth in the trade channel
• Set departmental OKRs and manage/ support your team to meet and exceed them
• Embrace your role as a leader both in the marketing function and across the broader business

Skills and experience desired:

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in marketing and marketing management roles (with some FMCG or F&B experience)
• Experience leading a team of a similar size (two direct reports while working closely with digital marketing and sales teams)
• Strong trade marketing experience, including content creation across all digital channels (both written and visual) and events/ activation expertise
• Experience in innovation and bring-to-market NPD
• Strong commercial acumen, comfortable leading commercial negotiations with customer and suppliers
• Knowledge of speciality coffee is an advantage but not mandatory
• Growth and big picture mindset that can align marketing activity and the commercial goals of the business

The important details:

• Full time (Monday – Friday. Office based (Brixton).
• Competitive salary based on experience + performance bonuses
• Team incentives and activities
• Breakfast (and coffee) provided on-site
• Further 3rd party accredited learning and development opportunities