Brand Manager

Marketing | Leeds | Full Time | Temporary - 9-12 Month Maternity Cover

We are Dr. Oetker. Since our beginnings, we have been breaking new ground. With pizza, cake, and desserts at the core of our business, as well as digital platforms and services – we create the "Taste of Home" for millions around the world with you.

Are you ready for a new challenge? Then take your next step.

JOIN THE TASTE.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Great news! We have a fantastic opportunity for Brand Manager to join our Marketing Team on a 9-12 month maternity cover contract, working within our Chicago Town Pizza Brand team.

The Brand Manager will help to protect and grow the brand equity of Chicago Town. Working closely with the Senior Brand Manager you will play a key role in shaping and delivering the strategy for key sub-brands within the portfolio.

This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution. You’ll help set the direction for key sub-brands within the portfolio, translating consumer insight and commercial opportunities into effective brand plans, innovation and campaigns that drive both brand growth and business performance.

We’re looking for someone who can…

• Develop and execute annual brand plans for key sub-brands, ensuring activity aligns with overall brand strategy and guidelines.
• Identify opportunities to grow sales and profitability through strong commercial analysis, consumer insight and category understanding.
• Lead projects across renovation, innovation and campaign delivery, working closely with internal teams and agency partners to bring plans to life.

As a global, family run business our culture is really important to us. All of our employees are inspired and motivated to create a competitive advantage in the market place for our customers and consumers, whilst having fun at the same time!

A career at Dr. Oetker will provide you with:  

• The opportunity to shape the growth of a well-loved FMCG brand within a fast-paced category.
• Ownership of brand projects spanning strategy, innovation and campaign execution.
• A collaborative, passionate and supportive team culture who are obsessed with delivering for our consumers.

What You Bring:

• A strong understanding of FMCG brand marketing, with experience translating insight into impactful brand activity.
• Excellent project management and communication skills, with confidence working cross-functionally and with external agencies.
• A proactive, results-oriented mindset with a passion for championing the consumer and building great brands.

The role will be based from our Leeds Head Office (Thorpe Park, Leeds) and we are currently working to a hybrid working model where 2/3 days per week are home working. You do need to be able to commute to our Leeds Head Office, Leyland Production site and other external locations for face-to-face collaboration and to meet business requirements.                     

What We Offer:

The Brand Manager offers a competitive salary alongside many other benefits including:

• Hybrid working pattern (minimum of 2 days a week office based)
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Free life assurance 4x annual salary
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme (3% employee contributions, 6% employer contributions)
• Private health care provided by Bupa (single cover)
• Health Care Cash Plan Scheme (provided by Bupa)
• Annual healthy heart MOT’s
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay
• State of the art office environment with free wifi, tea, coffee, fruit and snacks
• Onsite free car park
• Employee referral scheme (£350 per referral, you’ll want to tell your friends and family all about us!)
• Incentivised employee suggestion schemes
• Employee loyalty scheme, recognising length of service milestones at 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 years and beyond
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye test vouchers
• A great place to work and access to our cake & pizza products!