Brand Manager jobs in United Kingdom

Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Closing date: 6th November 2025

Recruitment Partner: Katrina, katrina.wuk at boots.co.uk

12-month contract reporting to the Head of Product Delivery, the role is accountable for the introduction of new products and ongoing product maintenance of Boots Own Brand Healthcare product portfolio. Products span a wide range of technologies and regulatory classifications and are delivered through internal teams and external partnerships. You will lead a technical team that is aligned to your portfolio and work cross functionally to identify, deliver, and maintain an amazing pipeline of products to meets consumer needs and business goals.

• Create and deliver a pipeline of new products for your categories to meet business growth targets
• Maintain a portfolio of c.200 products with a sales value of c.£100m to ensure products meet Boots quality standards and all legislative and regulatory requirements
• Use your product development expertise and market knowledge to identify new ideas and creative product solutions that meet different consumer & customer healthcare needs
• Build and maintain relationships with key product suppliers, manufacturers and service providers to create competitively advantaged products
• Leadership of a small technical team (2-6).

Passionate about products and people, you\'ll have a natural ability to build great relationships with colleagues and all types of suppliers. Be adaptable to apply your knowledge, work with pace and agility to deliver and maintain a broad range of consumer healthcare products. You will understand the different regulatory classifications, a quality mindset, and an ability to interpret a wide variety of technical data.

• Product development experience, ideally in consumer healthcare with Medicine or Medical Device products
• Scientific degree or equivalent
• Proven track record developing products from concept to market, ideally within FMCG or Retail environment
• Experience of working with contract manufacturers
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to identify the right opportunities for our business
• Project or Portfolio management experience
• Proven ability to communicate and manage technical risks
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship building skills

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

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Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

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