European Brand Manager – Salisbury

We are looking for a bilingual European Brand Manager for a company based just outside of Salisbury, Wiltshire.  You will be responsible for the execution of the marketing plan, ensuring a global look, tone and feel is executed in the European market.

Primary responsibilities include the execution of marketing strategy including the creation and management of retail tactics, the maintenance & execution of specific retail account needs and overall supporting the needs of the sales team while working in close partnership with the US team.

This is a great position working for company who have a real family feel. Our ideal candidate would be a team player, be resourceful, able to adapt to changing goals and able to think ‘outside the box’ in terms of marketing strategy & tactics.

Responsibilities included in your role as a bilingual European Brand Manager:

• Steward the brand by deeply understanding and executing against the brand identity
• Understand the global marketing strategy and translate that into execution at the local market level
• Work collaboratively with the Creative Director, Brand Manager and Online Brand Manager based in the Global Headquarters in the USA
• Work with Key Account retail partners to develop trade marketing programs within the bricks and online environments
• Represent marketing in Key Account customer meetings
• Analyse and develop key insights pre and post program
• Facilitate cross merchandising partnerships that are executed in the EU market
• Curate, share and communicate a variety of organic content that is used for brand storytelling
• Ability to work with and identify translation needs, while following the translations guidelines that are in place
• Review and maintain retail Power Point presentations for brand integrity
• Manage multiple projects from concept through completion

Skills and Experience needed for the bilingual European Brand Manager:

• Ability to understand the “why” the brand is a certain way vs. jumping to quick judgement & solution
• Ability to adapt marketing tools to have an organic and sometimes non-traditional approach
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects to completion both strategically & tactically
• Communication skills and flexibility to work within a Global team environment
• Bi-Lingual with a preference for Spanish, German, Italian or French and strong English language ability is essential
• Experience within a consumer product goods marketing environment
• Ability to analyse information and formulate recommendations
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or related field
• Minimum of 4-years of experience in a brand marketing role
• Must be able to lift 25-50 pounds and occasional up to 100 pounds with assistance.

In return you will be on £35-37500 per annum (this may be negotiable depending on experience).