<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?><!--RSS generated by Chameleoni RSS Generator v1.0 at Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:04:43 GMT--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Live Job Feeds</title><link>http://www.ichameleon.eu/elite/</link><description>Job Feeds from chameleoni jobs database</description><generator>Chameleoni RSS Generator v1.0</generator><item><title>Quant Qual Research Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/372087/Quant-Qual-Research-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Quant Qual Research Manager/ St. Albans / &#163;38-42K

Want to work alongside major, blue-chip companies, talented colleagues and have the freedom to innovate? This new Quant Qual Research Manager role will allow you to work in small team so, from day one you will be in the thick of things - tackling challenging and high-profile projects. 

You will be:

?Assigned to two or three clients with whom you will work in partnership across all the projects that retailer commissions 
?Tailoring each study to the client?s unique needs 
?Generating insights that provide the client with quick wins and long-term success 
?Creating clear and compelling reports based on rigorous analysis and an open mind

You must have:

?A creative mind-  that finds new ways to answer oft-asked questions on shops and shopping 
?The desire to make every project special- each solution truly bespoke 
?Proven experience in designing and delivering multiple, complex projects and meeting deadlines 
?The ability to develop client partnerships 
?The coaching skills- to manage and inspire those with less experience 


To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/372087/Quant-Qual-Research-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Trade Relations Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/371804/Trade-Relations-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[One of the worlds best known manufacturers of lifestyle durables and electronics is currently seeking a Senior Trade Relations manager to manage the Trade &amp; Commercial Returns operations in a country or cluster and to support activities related to sales and strategic objectives. 

Reporting to the UK Consumer Care Director you will be a key member of the consumer care management team, the ?voice of customer? based on thousands of customer contacts on an annual basis and be the interface to the trade for all After service and consumer care related processes 

Accountabilities will include

- running the management of the analyst role and cost function within Consumer Care to identify trends and risks with regard to faulty returns. 

- Manage the safety/quality role, where you will be able to give direction to this role and liaise with outsourced partners for product testing. 

- Liaise with repair operations ?in house at customer? 

This is a senior level role in the business and requres an ambitious and driven individual looking for the next step in their career

To apply for this role or find out more please send your most recent CV to sam@jdeg.co.uk
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/371804/Trade-Relations-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Segment Marketing Manager </title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/371129/Segment-Marketing-Manager-</link><description><![CDATA[A trusted household name and global player within the Premium lifestyle sector is currently searching for a driven and ambitious Marketing Manager who will focus on the most profitable and fastest growing areas of the business.

You will be responsible for customer&#39;s brand and shopper&#39;s experience and accountability&#39;s will include

- marketing on development of insights, value propositions and desired solutions and themes 

- Select and develop the best solutions and tools to support the local channel manager &amp; sales team and the Philips brand within this segment 

- Represent the UK  within the European network 

- Write, deploy, execute and drive local segment plans (incl. Local adaptations where needed from European plans) 

A key objective of the role is to create powerful, compelling and unique marketing messages and campaigns that drive brand differentiation, positive customer experiences for high street and specialist retailers.

Only the best candidates from strong consumer goods backgrounds will be considered.

To apply for this role or find out more, please send your most recent CV to Sam@jdeg.co.uk
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/371129/Segment-Marketing-Manager-</guid></item><item><title>Public Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/371010/Public-Affairs-and-Stakeholder-Engagement-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Public Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement Manager/ Finance/ Central London, &#163;57K

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work with young and dynamic financial business to promote and enhance the reputation of the company, and manage external stakeholder engagement with industry and customer groups through the development and delivery of the corporate stakeholder engagement strategy. 


Essential Requirements:

?Knowledge of the workings of Westminster, devolved Parliaments and EU institutions
?Experience in communications activity with policymakers and civil servants
?Knowledge of retail financial services markets, regulation and consumer issues and public policy
?Stakeholder management abilities, with expertise in influencing senior level stakeholders
?Expertise in managing external suppliers and agencies
?Expertise in managing budget and demonstrating effective ROI


To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/371010/Public-Affairs-and-Stakeholder-Engagement-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Commercial Strategy Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/370090/Commercial-Strategy-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Commercial Strategy Manager - FMCG - &#163;50-60K + &#163;6K Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits

A unique opportunity to join a leading Global FMCG player as Commercial Strategy Manager for a portfolio of heritage brands. 

With a massive focus on NPD, you will work closely with the Marketing and Sales teams to develop commercial plans for bringing products to market. This will involve managing a product through the entire NPD lifecycle, from proposition development, brand sell-in, execution management and tracking, promotional planning, brand development and giving clear communication and direction to sales teams. 

This is an excellent opportunity to add some invaluable commercial experience to a FMCG marketing, highly sought after for roles at Controller level +. 

Interested? We&#39;d love to hear from you - simply click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV directly to robert@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/370090/Commercial-Strategy-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Pricing &amp; Promotions Controller</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/370087/Pricing-Promotions-Controller</link><description><![CDATA[Pricing and Promotions Contoller - FMCG - &#163;70K + &#163;9K Car + Excellent Benefits

An opportunity to join a Global FMCG business with an extensive portfolio of heritage brands as Pricing and Promotions Controller. 

Managing a growing team of 3, you will champion pricing and promotional strategy, owning and developing the category promotional strategy to optimise category value for the TOP 4 customers. A highly strategic leadership role within the business meeting regularly with the Chairman and the Board, with a clear cut path to director level within 12-18 months for the right candidate. 

Interested? We&#39;d love to hear from you - simply click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV directly to robert@jdeg.co.uk 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/370087/Pricing-Promotions-Controller</guid></item><item><title>Account Development Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/370083/Account-Development-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Account Development Manager - Drinks - &#163;34K + &#163;6K Car + Excellent Benefits

London / Manchester / Yorkshire / East Anglia / East Midlands

Love beer? Passionate about sales? A unique opportunity for an experienced Account Development Manager to join one of the World&#39;s biggest drinks companies.

You will be responsible for developing both on &amp; off-trade accounts and become a territory champion, with the core focus on driving distribution at a regional level.

With a background in account/business development, ideally within the drinks industry, you will be looking to take your career to the next level in a Global FMCG business.

Interested? We&#39;d love to hear from you - simply click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV directly to robert@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/370083/Account-Development-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Research Insight Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/369577/Research-Insight-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Are you looking to take your career in Market Research to the next level? Love Health and Beauty Brands and the Innovation behind them? 

Our Client is an internationally recognised manufacturer who have experienced really strong growth over the last 10 years and developed a cult celebrity following due the the high quality and performance of their products. 

They are currently searching for a high calibre Quantitative researcher to join the global Business Strategy Team to test &amp; develop new products and further the business&#39; understanding of the market place. 

Main responsibilities will include 

- Own all continuous and ad-hoc quantitative research project work 
- Develop insights from both primary and secondary research and be responsible for communicating them throughout the organisation 
- Manage external providers of quant research to improve our research capabilities 
- Understand NPD in the context of quantitative testing required 

As a candidate it is essential you have a background in Consumer goods or FMCG and have the capability of designing &amp; executing primary research. This includes: 
- Sourcing &amp; briefing external agencies &amp; building collaborative partnerships with them 
- Conducting analysis &amp; statistical significance tests, with high skill level in excel 
- ability to interpret results, withdraw insights and deploy to management teams 


To apply for this role or find out more please click APPLY or send your most recent CV to sam@jdeg.co.uk ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/369577/Research-Insight-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Local Marketing Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/368123/Local-Marketing-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Love Life? Love Consumer Brands? Our Client is Global Lifestyle and Wellbeing Brand who have a huge focus on making people happy, and they?re good at it too! 

This is an opportunity to join a leading Marketing team and be responsible for all UK Local Brand marketing strategy and activity and deliver innovative marketing campaigns.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a retail or FMCG marketing environment. A proven ability to work to deadlines and an ability to demonstrate attention to detail is imperative in this role. You will possess an ability to be a team player and work collaboratively with several departments across the organization. Customer focused and commercially agile, with ability to think and act quickly, in response to changing conditions. A passion for lifestyle brands would be an advantage. 

To apply for this role or find out more please send your most rescent CV to sam@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/368123/Local-Marketing-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Assistant PR and Media Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/367594/Assistant-PR-and-Media-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Assistant PR and Media Manager/ Marketing FMCG/ 35-45/ West Sussex 

A new role is open for a talented PR &amp; Media professional to assist the PR, Communications and Media Manager to deliver the PR and Media plan for the UK and ROI. This is a 12 month contract role to support with business change/expansion, which may go permanent further down the line. 

Key responsibilities for this role include:

?Managing the media plan development including market insight, creation of assets and management of execution. 
?Management of all consumer PR activity in ROI and to assist with B2B PR in UK and ROI. 


To be successful you will have:

?University degree or equivalent
?Agency management experience for at least 3- 5 years 
?Media planning experience agency or client side
?Understanding of all media including digital and social media
?Brand Management and Consumer Communication
?Budget management experience essential


To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/367594/Assistant-PR-and-Media-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Trade Marketing Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/367439/Trade-Marketing-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Trade Marketing Manager / Consumer Durables / Slough &#163;50K+ 

A superb opportunity for an experienced Trade/Channel Marketing Manager to progress into a Senior level position at a global leader in the Consumer Durables sector. 

Managing a team of 3, this role will develop strategies tailored towards a segmented customer base to deliver best-in-class marketing initiatives. Working with a wealth of data and healthy budgets, this is arguably the best Trade Marketing opportunity in this sector in the UK at this level. 

Naturally, we are looking to find the very best for this role. You will have a proven track record of delivering excellent Trade Marketing initiatives across a segmented customer base at a top-tier Consumer Durables manufacturer. 

For more information contact Rob via robert@jdeg.co.uk / 02076299977 or clicking the apply now button below.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 09:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/367439/Trade-Marketing-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Innovation Marketing Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/367430/Innovation-Marketing-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[A global FMCG manufacturer often considered as an employer of choice, with global brands is currently searching for an Innovation Marketing Manager to join the team that leads the way in delivering strategic, innovative activity for the company&#39;s most important product portfolio.

Based in Berkshire

Managing a team of 2 and reporting to the Marketing Director you will have overall responsibility of developing the 3-5 year innovation pipeline.

The innovation team work very closely with Marketing and Market Research

- analysing continuous panel and sales data identifying key research requirements and relevant methodologies to generate insights that inform business, marketing and brand strategy.  
- Running Brand Tracking Studies
- Developing exciting new product concepts and delivering them to market place.

The ideal candidate will have substantial experience at a Senior Level in Brand Marketing, Brand Consultancy, or an insight/innovation agency

To apply for this role or find out more please click APPLY or send you most recent CV to sam@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 09:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/367430/Innovation-Marketing-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Senior Brand Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/365719/Senior-Brand-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[SENIOR BRAND MANAGER/ FMCG/ 50-53k+BONUS- BERKSHIRE 


A new opportunity has arisen for a sort of person who can lead from the front and delivering the ideas, to join the world known FMCG company and to take responsibilities for leading and developing brand strategy and implementation working closely with colleagues across functions from purchasing to R&amp;D.


The Role:

?Leading a small team creating and implementing long term portfolio plans 
?Defining the current and future roles of specified brands within the brand portfolio 
?Deliver marketing, communication and innovation plans to improve the popularity of our ranges
?Monitor performance to ensure we have the right mix of products and supporting activity to achieve maximum profit.

Requirements:

?Extensive senior level marketing experience
?Strong all round marketing skills and a record of developing high performing teams and delivering increased profits. 
?Understand the strategic drivers for retailers. 
?Adept at simultaneously managing a variety of complex projects. 
?Comfortable liaising internally and managing external partners 


To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/365719/Senior-Brand-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Category Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/365554/Category-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[A multi-national FMCG company with a portfolio of market leading food brands is looking to hire a commercial Category Manager for two of the TOP 4 customers. 


THE COMPANY 

Part of a FTSE 100 company, with sales exceeding &#163;11.1bn in over 46 countries in 2012, the business has achieved strong growth over the past decade and is positioned very competitively here in the UK. 

A very entrepreneurial, innovative and dynamic organisation, the people are considered to be the centre of the business. A conscious effort has been made to ensure that ideas can flourish and change can happen quickly. 


THE ROLE 

Customer facing, with total portfolio management inside two of the TOP 4 customers. This person will be responsible for working closely with the sales and brand teams, developing creative category stories to effectively drive sales and category growth within the respective channel. 

*Responsible for building Category led relationship with the Customer whilst working closely with the Commercial Team (i.e. Category Manager and National Account Manager cross functional working will be key) 
*Total Portfolio Management within Customers 
*Developing Category strategy with the customers 
*Aligned internally with one of the Brands to be a Category adviser on strategic Brand decisions 
*Reporting directly into Category Controller 


THE PERSON 

Strong commercial experience gained, ideally within a customer facing role. Highly numerical, with experience developing propositions to high profile customers. Candidates with the relevant experience (below) from a Category Management, National Accounts or Customer Marketing background are invited to apply. 

*Commercially rounded individual with broader business understanding desirable 
*Comfortable with being hands on with a variety of data sources (Nielsen, Kantar, DH and LMG) 
*Strong negotiation 

To find out more simply click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV directly to robert@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/365554/Category-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Market Strategy &amp; Planning Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/365476/Market-Strategy-Planning-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[MS&amp;P role with a global FMCG business, working with a strong selection of No.1 and No.2 brands inside the TOP 4. 


THE COMPANY 

An operationally and commercially focused business in its 8th year of continuous growth, the business is performing better than ever, achieving over &#163;1.3bn net sales in 2012 and rapid expansion in the European and Asian markets. 

Due to its UK domestic focus and dominance in the respective category, the business is category captain inside each of the TOP 4, and consequently has the ability to make a real influence on the customers. 

The structure is flatter than most for a bluechip organisation, which means high levels of exposure from day 1 - if you do well, you will shine! 


THE ROLE 

The core focus will be to drive distribution, profitable sales and brand/category growth, supporting the sales &amp; marketing teams with proposition development, brand sell-in, execution management and tracking, promotional planning, brand development and giving clear communication and direction to sales teams. 


THE PERSON 

Previously in an Customer Marketing / Account Manager / Category Development role. 
Understanding of the retail and/or wholesale environment and their customer base. 

*Leadership &amp; accountability. 
*Self-starter, proactive agenda setting and solution based approach. 
*Strong communication and planning. 
*Effective influencer and good commercial understanding. 
*Presentation and selling. 
*Brand strategy building and data/insights utilisation. 

To find out more, please click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV directly to robert@jdeg.co.uk ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/365476/Market-Strategy-Planning-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Shopper Marketing Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/365474/Shopper-Marketing-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Shopper Marketing role managing the TOP 4 at a leading FMCG food company. 


THE COMPANY 

An operationally and commercially focused business in its 8th year of continuous growth, the business is performing better than ever, achieving over &#163;1.3bn net sales in 2012 and rapid expansion in the European and Asian markets. 

Due to its UK domestic focus and dominance in the respective category, the business is category captain inside each of the TOP 4, and consequently has the ability to make a real influence on the customers. 

The structure is flatter than most for a bluechip organisation, which means high levels of exposure from day 1 - if you do well, you will shine! 


THE ROLE 

A highly strategic Shopper Marketing role, directly responsible for the development and implementation of shopper marketing programs and insights within the TOP 4, ensuring alignment and execution against the category strategies. This person will champion Shopper Marketing initiatives within the respective channel, working closely with the Brand and Category team to help deliver commercial success. 


THE PERSON 

A strong FMCG marketeer, with solid Shopper experience, ideally within the grocery channel. 

*Excellent Strategic insights and delivery 
*Proven project management experience 
*Proven face to face customer skills 
*Budget management experience 


If your ready to take your FMCG career to the next level and feel this is the right opportunity for you, we&#39;d love to hear from you. Simply click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV directly to robert@jdeg.co.uk ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/365474/Shopper-Marketing-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Social Media Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/364824/Social-Media-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Social Media Manager    

Leading global branded consumer company with operations across the USA, the UK, Continental Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Promoting a healthy lifestyle and sensible weight loss through education and group support with in excess of a 51 million members.  

They are now recruiting for a Social Media Manager to join the Brand team
Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to the Head of Brand, the Social Media Manager will champion all social activity, implementing the social media strategy across the business to develop awareness of the brand, drive both acquisition and retention, and placing advocacy at the heart within core consumer segments.  This role will co-ordinate with stakeholders to ensure Social Media effectiveness and encourage adoption of relevant social media techniques into the corporate culture and across the business.


Skills and Behaviours: 

The successful candidate will have experience managing social media channels within other organisations and will be passionate about social media channels, tools, latest innovations, and social media trends. 
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/364824/Social-Media-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Marketing Analyst</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/363349/Marketing-Analyst</link><description><![CDATA[Marketing Analyst/ West London/ 40K


An amazing merchant services business in West London is looking for a talented Marketing Analyst to manage the in-house production of insight creation, analysis and reporting across the business. Working alongside the Head of Marketing and Directors, you will play a crucial role in helping to develop the marketing strategy to support business objectives

To succeed in this role you will need:

?Experience of marketing analysis software (Apteco, Smart Focus, Tableau, Qlikview etc)
?Highly advanced Microsoft Excel  and VBA skills
?Proven track record of utilising  explicit and implicit data to generate insight
?Must have worked for over 3 years in a marketing role and able to demonstrate understanding of marketing practices and principles 
?Sound commercial awareness and an understanding of the broader B2B market
?Analytical, naturally inquisitive and enjoys problem solving with excellent interpersonal skills
?Educated to degree level (mathematics, computer science or science degree preferred)
?Experience of using statistical modelling tools (SAS, SPSS etc) and predictive analytics is preferred but not essential

To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 08:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/363349/Marketing-Analyst</guid></item><item><title>Delivery Consultant</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/363320/Delivery-Consultant</link><description><![CDATA[Senior Research Consultant/Global Research Agency/ Central London/ &#163;25-30K


One of the biggest Research Agency in the world is looking for a talented Senior Research Executive to become a part of the team in managing a global program for a strategic piece of research for a large Global FMCG client.

A key focus for this position will be to support in development and management of our client relationships, analysis, and insights delivery within the context of large scale strategic projects. To succeed in this role you will need:

?	An experienced researcher with exposure to analysis of large datasets
?	Excellent project management skills
?	Experience in developing high quality, commercially focused insight
?	Experience of working across markets and cultures
?	Excellent client handling skills 
?	Excellent verbal and written communication skills
	

To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 07:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/363320/Delivery-Consultant</guid></item><item><title>Senior Category Executive</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/362867/Senior-Category-Executive</link><description><![CDATA[A Top 5 FMCG company is looking to hire a talented Category Executive to manage a strong selection of powerbrands inside Sainsbury&#39;s. 

THE COMPANY 

A Top 25 FTSE company with an impressive portfolio of No.1 and No.2 brands sold in over 200 countries around the world. 

With revenues double since 2000 and YOY growth of 20% for the last 8 years, the business continues to perform better than ever, re-investing more profits into advertising than any other FMCG company in the UK.. 

It&#39;s consciously designed flat, lean structure means entrepreneurship can flourish and decisions can be made fast, making this arguably the most dynamic global business in the FMCG world. 

THE ROLE 

This person will be responsible for driving sales and profit achievement in all categories within Sainsbury&#39;s via the effective implementation of 4P&#39;s strategies in partnership with the National Account and Marketing teams. 

?Responsible for Sainsbury&#39;s to lead category management projects and optimise range and merchandising 
?Presenting Category strategies/ vision and 4P strategy to Sainsbury&#39;s 
?Continuous analysis of the customer&#39;s position, works together with the Key Account Manager to recommend in store actions aimed at strengthening the company&#39;s position in the category 

THE PERSON 

?Sales / marketing / data or retail management background, with strong category management experience within FMCG 
?Confident and capable of communicating and operating at all levels 
?Strong knowledge of Syndicated Data (Nielsen/IRI, Spectra, Panel Data, A&amp;Us) 
?Strong influencing / negotiation expertise 

Interested? We&#39;d love to hear from. Please click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV directly to robert@jdeg.co.uk ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/362867/Senior-Category-Executive</guid></item><item><title>National Account Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/362507/National-Account-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[A global FMCG manufacture with a portfolio of leading Brands are searching for the UK&#39;s best talent to join the Commercial Team.

Based South West London / Surrey

You will ideally be a National Account Manager / Exec or have category Management experience looking for the next step in your career.

It&#39;s very rare for external recruitment to take place as the business prides itself on promoting from within, so only the highest calibre candidates will be considered for the role.

A number of positions in various channels are available from Grocery Top 4 to Convenience and impulse.

You will demonstrate you&#39;re commercially astute, passionate about your career in sales/ national accounts and have a genuine desire to manage your own customer portfolio at Head Office level.  You have had some P&amp;L accountability and negotiation of commercial terms and you are now ready to demonstrate that you can take on more responsibility.

To apply for this role or find out more please click APPLY send your most recent CV to sam@jdeg.co.uk

]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/362507/National-Account-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Senior Client Liaison</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/362487/Senior-Client-Liaison</link><description><![CDATA[Senior Client Liaison Oxford/ Insight Agency/ South East England/ 28-35K


One of the biggest Insight Agency in the world is looking for a talented Senior Client Account Executive to become a part of a pioneering and innovative approach to servicing clients, building the links between the Global Business Services (GBS) and Commercial teams. 

A key focus for this position will be client servicing and relationship management. To succeed in this role you will need:

?Good understanding of commercial environments
?Excellent relationship management skills 
?Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
?Strong technical understanding of the operations production platforms and capabilities in order to be able to do the necessary translation of client requirements into a technical specification 


To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/362487/Senior-Client-Liaison</guid></item><item><title>Category Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/362370/Category-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[One of the UK&#39;s leading FMCG manufacturers with a portfolio of heritage food brands currently has a vacancy for Category Manager with responsibility for a major top 4 grocery retailer.

Based: North London

This is an excellent opportunity to join a business that&#39;s experienced strong growth in a category that&#39;s been performing well during the economic down turn. You will play an important role working closely with Commercial, marketing and trade marketing teams.

Key responsibilities will include

- Understanding shopper and consumer interests and presenting the impact to the commercial team in terms of business implications and strategy.
- Responsible for planogram and SKU line up in all UK stores.
- providing a longer-term picture in terms of the market positioning of the category, what competitors are doing, what are the strength and weakness areas of competitors versus the UK category.
- extracting, filtering, analysing and presenting market data (both internal EPOS DB and external sources) to UK commercial team.

The ideal candidate will 
- Have a strong understading of FMCG Category Management principles.
- understand UK marketplace, consumers and retailers
- Ideally have Food or snacking experience (but other sectors will be considered)
- Ability to not only understand the data but able to use data to propose solutions to problems within the accounts.  

If you would like to apply for this role or find out more please click &#39;apply&#39; or send your most recent CV to sam@jdeg.co.uk
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/362370/Category-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Senior Research Executive</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/361601/Senior-Research-Executive</link><description><![CDATA[Looking for the next step in your Research Career?
Love Consumer Brands?

My Client is a globally recognised leader in Custom and Ad-Hoc Research and are currently searching for the best talent in the market place.

If you&#39;re ambitious, driven and keen to work on client facing projects you will be working with some of the best names in the world of FMCG.

Projects and work would range from Innovation, product development, Shopper and Brand.

Key accountabilities will include
- Day to day point of contact for client accounts during the project management phase 
- Recommend appropriate methodologies and to develop proposals and questionnaires that meet or exceed client?s needs
- Supporting the insight function within the team through specification and delivery of appropriate analyses


The ideal candidate will either have agency or client side experience. Have proven experience of client servicing or the successful delivery of projects across a number of accounts. Experience across international projects would be advantageous..

To apply for this role or find out more please send your most recent CV to sam@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/361601/Senior-Research-Executive</guid></item><item><title>Senior Promotions Analyst</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/360529/Senior-Promotions-Analyst</link><description><![CDATA[Senior Promotions Analyst- Retail-Midlands-30-40K

A UK?s leading retail chain, which has been awarded the place in The Sunday Times as one of 25 Best Big Companies to work For, is looking for a Senior Promotions Analyst with significant experience of analysing commercial performance (ideally in the context of pricing and promotions), who has the ability to drive insights from information and communicate with clarity and authority. The strong technical capability with particular expertise in SQL server or similar query tools is strongly desirable for this role. 

You will be accountable for:

?Supporting the development of promotional strategy framework 
?Undertaking analysis of promotional activity at category level 
?Supporting the on-going development of promotional analysis, 
?Assisting commercial teams in the allocation of promotions to ?feature space? 
?On-going maintenance and development of the promotional database 
?Determine key promotional metrics (e.g. uplift and cannibalisation) 


To apply for this great role, and to hear about other research and marketing opportunities, contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the apply button bellow, or directly to alias@jdeg.co.uk . 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/360529/Senior-Promotions-Analyst</guid></item><item><title>Customer Analyst</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/360521/Customer-Analyst</link><description><![CDATA[Customer Analyst- Retail- Midlands-25-33K

One of the best big retail companies in UK, that was awarded One-Star Status, which means that they are considered to be a ?first class? organisation to work for, is currently recruiting a talented Customer Analyst to provide analysis on the performance of the business across main and mobile sites, and to provide insights on the behaviour of multi-channel customers. 

You will be responsible for:

?Producing analysis using key software packages available (Core metrics, Excel, Access, SAS, SPSS, SQL)
?Using software to generate and manipulate data to produce analysis that provides insightful and actionable information to our commercial, customer experience, and business development teams.
?Building relationships with stakeholders at all levels to fully understand their requirements and issues.


To apply for this great role, and to hear about other research and marketing opportunities, contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the apply button bellow, or directly to alias@jdeg.co.uk . 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/360521/Customer-Analyst</guid></item><item><title>Senior Brand Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/358223/Senior-Brand-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[One of the UK&#39;s leading FMCG food manufacturers with a leading portfolio of brands is currently searching for an ambitious Senior Brand Manager to champion one of the company&#39;s best known products.
 
Through 2012 the brand has experienced a successful re-launch, new positioning, new pack design, advertising investment and major new npd.
 
To continue this upwards trajectory and continued success it will demand executional excellence for the 2013 programme and the creation and delivery of a longer term NPD vision and roadmap.
 
Accountabilities will include: 
- Media - involvement in shaping the media spend 
- Strategy - Involved in the decision making process for the long term strategy of a portfolio of brands
 - Brand Development and Equity management 
- Excellent project leadership and management 
- Innovation and NPD experience 
- Strong commercial grounding that means you can deliver P&amp;L performance alongside commercial colleagues
 - Agency and senior stakeholder management. 
- Strong knowledge of the FMCG market. 

It&#39;s extremely important for you to be passionate about the FMCG food sector and have previously worked in a marketing role for a leading FMCG manufacturer or Retailer.
 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/358223/Senior-Brand-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Customer Demand Planning Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/356828/Customer-Demand-Planning-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Customer Demand Planning Manager/ Supply Chain / FMCG/ &#163;35K /Herts


Background:

A major player in the UK food market looking for a brilliant Customer Demand Planner to provide a robust bottom up Customer volume forecast, and lead the regular review process to ensure continuous improvement in volume forecast KPIs. 


Key Responsibilities:
?Building the demand forecast
?Working closely with the sales and the commercial strategy team. 
?Ownership and development of the APO:DP process
?Working with Customer teams to develop two-way communication 
?Assist in management of short term demand and supply situations 
?Manage the communication flow on sell through on key activity (including promotions)
?Support all NPD


Experience:

?Proven experience of demand planning 
?Experience of working within an FMCG
?Experience of working with SAP APO


To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk 
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/356828/Customer-Demand-Planning-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Research Manager - B2B </title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/356408/Research-Manager-B2B-</link><description><![CDATA[Research Manager - Central London. Global Agency

The Corporate Practice delivers evidence based insights and advice to major corporate clients to help enhance and build their corporate brand and reputation. We are a small but expanding team looking to bring on board a talented manager who is seeking an opportunity to work in an ad-hoc Practice, work on quantitative and qualitative projects  and work with leading global brands to develop their communication strategies

?	Corporate branding: 
Performance tracking, brand positioning/ repositioning
?Corporate communications: 
Creative development, copy testing, effectiveness tracking
?Business concept testing: 
Product and service concept development and evaluation
?Relationship management: 
Client satisfaction and relationships, employee motivation
?Political opinion: 
Quarterly omnibus of UK MP?s (POP)

The purpose of the B2B Research Manager role is to ensure the smooth running of ad-hoc quantitative and qualitative projects, looking for opportunities to develop the business and further strengthen client relationships.  Pivotal to this will be new business generation, generating high quality research designs and synthesizing data to produce exceptional insights.  The Research Manager will play a key role in line management and development of the team.


IDEAL CANDIDATE

-	Considerable experience of working in the market research industry
-	Line Management experience
-	Experience of managing research projects
-	B2B experience an advantage but not essential
-	Qualitative experience or desire to work on Qualitative projects
-	Strong business development credentials
-	Global research experience
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/356408/Research-Manager-B2B-</guid></item><item><title>Senior Client Executive</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/355879/Senior-Client-Executive</link><description><![CDATA[Passionate about marketing? Have Business Development experience in a marketing / media / digital agency? Read on? 

A unique opportunity has arisen for a passionate marketer to join the UK&#39;s fastest growing marketing agency. This role will work with one of the biggest retailers in the UK, and will have a massive focus on inspiring and developing powerful relationships with the biggest brands across the globe - in the past 6 months alone, they&#39;ve added the likes of Samsung, Apple, Ugg and Lacoste to their rapidly expanding client portfolio and have turned over a mind blowing &#163;1m in revenue. 

You will need to be a natural-born networker, with previous experience developing business in an agency environment, in order to expose mutually beneficial opportunities and really bring them to life. This is a highly creative role and you will be given the autonomy to make big things happen! 

Click on apply now for more information, or send your CV directly to robert@jdeg.co.uk ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/355879/Senior-Client-Executive</guid></item><item><title>Brand Communications Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/355201/Brand-Communications-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[One of the UK?s leading and fastest growing gaming and entertainment businesses has a great new opportunity for a Brand Communications Manager.   Reporting into the Brand Marketing Controller, this role provides an autonomous approach to managing and developing the brand communications strategy and activation programme. You will be required to both create and implement the brand communications strategy and activations programme that evolves the brand both in retail and online.   To provide a strong application for this role you must have had experience in leading and implementing a brand communications strategy, previously have managed budgets and have a proven ability to lead a team. Experience within the Gaming/Betting industry will provide you with a considerable advantage. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/355201/Brand-Communications-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Media Analyst</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/354813/Media-Analyst</link><description><![CDATA[Media Analyst- Global FMCG- 30-40K-West London


The Media Analyst role has arisen within truly global FMCG business, to take the responsibility in assisting with the management of Global media team projects, manage administration &amp; reporting of the Global Media budget.  

Some key responsibilities include:

?	Manage the Global Media Team budget  
?	Media Reporting System 
?	Management of GMT Essential Documents
?	MGMs ? Monthly Global Meetings 


Successful candidate must have following skills and experience:


?	Robust knowledge of Budget Management and Reporting 
?	Experience in working with systems beneficial although not essential as training will be provided
?	Excel super user
?	Powerpoint 
?	Knowledge of media required (Client or agency side)
?	Project management skills


To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk

]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/354813/Media-Analyst</guid></item><item><title>Trade Marketing Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/354549/Trade-Marketing-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[At least 3 years Trade Marketing experience within top-tier FMCG? Looking for a highly visible role with a clear cut path for progression? Our client is a leading food and snacks supplier with an enviable portfolio of market leading brands and they are looking for two highly entrepreneurial, results-driven trade marketers to join them in their success. 

Reporting directly into the Trade Marketing Director, you will play a key role within the business, acting as a champion for sales and marketing with the opportunity to really drive growth inside the customers. A massive focus on price promotions and POS, this is a fantastic opportunity for the right person. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:27:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/354549/Trade-Marketing-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Trade Marketing Executive</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/354545/Trade-Marketing-Executive</link><description><![CDATA[At least 2 years Trade Marketing experience within top-tier FMCG? Looking for a highly visible role with a clear cut path for progression? Our client is a leading food and snacks supplier with an enviable portfolio of market leading brands and they are looking for two highly entrepreneurial, results-driven trade marketers to join them in their success. 

Reporting directly into the Trade Marketing Manager, you will play a key role within the business, acting as a champion for sales and marketing with the opportunity to really drive growth inside the customers. A massive focus on price promotions and POS, this is a fantastic opportunity for the right person. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/354545/Trade-Marketing-Executive</guid></item><item><title>Head of Digital Services and Delivery Director</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/353997/Head-of-Digital-Services-and-Delivery-Director</link><description><![CDATA[Head of digital services and user experience- Financial Consultancy-82K-Central London


An amazing opportunity has arisen with young and dynamic financial business to lead the development and execution of the organisation?s digital delivery strategy, as Head of Digital Services and User Experience.


Reporting into Marketing and Service Delivery Director, and leading the team of 5, this role requires to follow a strategic approach to creating and delivering the overall digital user experience, with a particular understanding of the complexities involved in managing a trusted and impartial digital resource. 


The successful candidate will be responsible for:

?Delivering a wide range of integrated and customer-focused solutions across all digital platforms
?Advocate on user experience, promoting and facilitating a strong user-centred design approach
?Manage and evaluate the external website to drive customer engagement.
?Leveraging MI, analytics  and customer insights to improve the digital experience and maximise budgets
?Converting the brand into digital design product guidelines. 
?Develop and maintain a highly effective and engaging website



To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk


]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/353997/Head-of-Digital-Services-and-Delivery-Director</guid></item><item><title>Research Manager - Quant</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/352340/Research-Manager-Quant</link><description><![CDATA[Looking for a Quantitative Research Role with a difference?

JDEG are currently working with a leading brand consultancy with a portfolio of global FMCG and Retail Clients.

As part of the Quantitative team you will work closely with the Brand, Qual and Cultural Insight teams to design bespoke solutions to unlock a diverse range of business challenges for clients.

Only candidates who can differentiate themselves from the rest of the field will be considered and it&#39;s essential you can demonstrate the following.

- Running multi-country projects
- Good knowledge of segmentation and brand equity methodologies
- A Fascination for Brands, people&#39;s attitudes and behaviour
- Research Agency experience
- Team Spirit
- Panache

Candidates with strong 2nd languages would also be preferred but is not essential.

To find out more about this genuinely exciting and different business, please send your most recent CV to sam@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/352340/Research-Manager-Quant</guid></item><item><title>Digital Analyst</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/352312/Digital-Analyst</link><description><![CDATA[Digital Analyst- Global FMCG- 25-32K-West London

The Digital Media Buying Analyst role has arisen within truly global FMCG business, to take the responsibility for the buying, monitoring and post campaign reporting of media plans supplied by the local markets using Company?s proprietary tools which are widely regarded as some of the most innovative in the market.   


Some key responsibilities include:

?Liaise with a variety of contacts on a daily basis from, media agencies, publishers, technology suppliers and Company?s Brand Teams in local markets. 
?Ensure campaigns are bought and delivered as per the plan.   
?Provide insight into the campaign results 
?Help to advise local markets on planning online video campaigns



Successful candidate must have following skills and experience:

?Advanced levels of Excel is a requirement
?Keen interest in media/marketing is a must
?A Bachelor Degree is preferred
?Have very strong analytical skills and be comfortable with and embrace technology and new systems.  
?have strong communication skills (written and oral in English)


To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk 
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/352312/Digital-Analyst</guid></item><item><title>Senior Brand Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/351063/Senior-Brand-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[SENIOR BRAND MANAGER ? FMCG ? 45k +CAR +BONUS- WEST SUSSEX

A new opportunity has arisen for a dynamic individual to join the world leading FMCG company and to take responsibilities for leading and developing brand strategy and implementation in the UK and Ireland, working closely with the European Marketing Team.  

The Role:

?Working closely with and influencing others - crossing channels, functions and brands on all aspects of the role.
?You will be an ambassador for the brand throughout the organisation so will need to be passionate, tenacious and driven, results focused and enjoy working in a high performance, energetic and exciting organization. 
?Full responsibility for your brand and will need to demonstrate robust understanding and proactive management of brand financials, ROI models and KPIs. 
?In driving the strategic development of the brand you will implement and deliver the annual brand plan in-line with the business vision, taking an active role in selling the plan internally to key local and European stakeholders. 

Successful candidate for this role must have following skill and experience:

?Proven leadership skills with strong brand management experience a proven track record in FMCG brand management, with prior experience at SBM level.
?A strong communicator and influencer, you will have excellent interpersonal and presentation skills with a strong record of project management and organisational skills.
?With experience in managing brands within Social Media and CRM you will understand how to develop winning strategies and implementation plans.
?Experience of working within a corporate communications environment would be highly beneficial to enable you to successfully execute the communications strategy using your excellent verbal and written communication skills

To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk




]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/351063/Senior-Brand-Manager</guid></item><item><title>National Account Executive </title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/348976/National-Account-Executive-</link><description><![CDATA[National Account Executive ? Multiple Grocers- 28-30K-Herts

Background:

A major player in the UK food market that continues to increase its investment behind its Power Brands with new &#163;1.1m TV advertising campaign looking for a brilliant National Account Executive.

The Role:

Reporting into the Senior Business Account Manager, you will be supporting in day to day implementation of the management of the Morrisons &amp; JS accounts. This role involves some UK traveling and 2-3 days in an office.

Key Responsibilities:

?Accurately document and control key account communication ? pricing, promotions, forecast, range, co-ordination of category work where applicable 
?Credit control / management of invoicing.
?Weekly / Monthly Forecasting through data analysis.
?Promotional planning &amp; evaluation.
?Analysis of Epos data with proposed actions.
?Assisting SBAMs with analysing &amp; reporting weekly and monthly performance 

Experience:

?Proven experience in either an Account Executive or similar role in Mults or C&amp;I.
?Experience of working in the FMCG sector advantageous

To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/348976/National-Account-Executive-</guid></item><item><title>Campaign Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/348397/Campaign-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Campaign Executive - International Marketing Consultancy- 20-25k- London


A superb opportunity has arisen for talented graduate to join a global shopper marketing consultancy in its central London office.  This is an opportunity to work with some of the UK?s best love brands, including Coke, BP and P&amp;G!


The Role:

Reporting into the Campaign Manager, you will use strong analytical skills to develop creative new marketing strategies for your clients. Full training is provided! This ideal person will have excellent numerical ability, and a keen interested in direct marketing. 
   
Some Key responsibilities include: 

?Analysing previous marketing campaigns to develop key insights into their success
?Assist in the product of new direct marketing campaigns
?Work with Account Managers and Clients to understand their campaign requirements.
?Use cutting edge software to produce in-house marketing campaigns
?Ensure all campaign briefs meet best practice guidelines and are driving towards communication strategy ends.
?Develop an inherent understanding of the data structure to run campaigns, statement mailings and analysis.

To be successful candidate will need to possess the following experience and skills:

Essential: 

?Graduate in related field (Economics, Maths, Marketing, Statistics), although strong graduates in in other subjects with A-Levels in aforementioned areas would also be considered
?Very strong Microsoft Office skills
?Exceptional attention to detail and logic skills
?Passion for the power of data to drive customer insight and business strategy
?Understanding of direct marketing techniques
?Excellent communication skills


To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk 
 

]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/348397/Campaign-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Customer Activation Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/348246/Customer-Activation-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Customer Activation Manager - &#163;30,000 - 35,000 + Excellent Benefits Package   Like to market brands you and millions of others have a passion for, in a fun and fast paced industry?  An opportunity has arisen for a bright junior trade marketer to join the UK side of a Global drinks business business as a Customer Activation Manager. This role will focus on turning shoppers into buyers every time, with the autonomy to develop and implement inspiring POS campaigns and market-leading price promotion strategies. A true customer marketing role working with an enviable brand portfolio.   What can I expect to get involved in?   ?	Delivering all below the line marketing activity across the entire portfolio  ?	Owning channel specific project plans which detail all brand activation plans 18 months ahead  ?	Work closely with the brand team, ensuring brand communication is delivered with consistency through the line  ?	Being the ambassador within the trade marketing team for a number of major accounts   This is a great opportunity for a talented FMCG marketer to take their career to the next level. The winning candidate is will be seen as an up and coming member of the senior marketing team with a clear cut path for progression. To join this fast paced, entrepreneurial and team spirited business, get in contact with Jarlett de Grouchy today via robert@jdeg.co.uk or the apply now button below.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/348246/Customer-Activation-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Market Insights Manager FTC</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/348243/Market-Insights-Manager-FTC</link><description><![CDATA[Market Insights Manager - &#163;45,000 - &#163;50,000 + Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits Package 

Fancy delivering actionable insights for one of the world?s largest drinks companies as they continue to grow YOY with a portfolio of market leading brands?! An opportunity has arisen for an experienced category and shopper insights expert to join the UK side of their business as a Market Insights Manager. This person will work alongside the consumer specialist to ensure optimisation insight delivery from their agency partners &amp; develop an insights culture across the business. From training, to contracts, to reporting and new methodologies, this person will be the business expert in the market insights field. 

What can I expect to get involved in? 

?	Taking the lead across a wide range of briefs; comms evaluations, KPI reporting, ROI activity analysis, IMP inputs, setting Game Planning Targets &amp; consumer closeness research 
?	Taking a strong, proactive lead in collectively generating an on-going stream of ?insight into action? 
?	Supporting the business in developing an insights mind-set culture by driving understanding and use of market data for decision making 
?	Creating an insights mindset culture by working closely to synthesise market, shopper &amp; customer insights with your other specialist insights peers (consumer, innovation &amp; category) to demonstrate the power of insights for the business 

This is a great opportunity for a talented insights expert to take their career to the next level. To join this fast paced, entrepreneurial and team spirited business, get in contact with Jarlett de Grouchy today via robert@jdeg.co.uk or the apply now button below. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/348243/Market-Insights-Manager-FTC</guid></item><item><title>Senior Brand Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/347634/Senior-Brand-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Senior Brand Manager-FMCG-45K-52K- Slough

 A global consumer goods leader in health, hygiene and home is looking for talented Senior Brand Manager to deliver specific financial growth objectives for assigned brands through the development and implementation of the annual brand plan. 

Company: 

It is in the top 25 of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. Since 2000 net revenues have doubled and the market cap has quadrupled.  Today it is the global No 1 or No 2 in the majority of its fast-growing categories, driven by an exceptional rate of innovation.

Responsibilities:

?Accountable for leading cross-functional teams in the development and execution of strategies for new advertising campaigns, packaging, trade and consumer promotions. 
?Responsible for achievement of financial targets.
?Achievement of defined Nielsen objectives.
?Delivery of NPD projects on time.
?Annually put in place at least 2 new concept/new initiative testing plots to build the business in the long term.

Professional Skills and Competencies :

?Educated to a high standard
?Marketing experience gained in FMCG, OTC or retail
?Exposure to managing TV advertised brands 
?Strong conceptual and analytical skills with ability to develop strategies, tactics and measurable implementation
?Leadership and management skills 
?You?ll demonstrate financial and commercial acumen when identifying business issues/opportunities
?Strong understanding of sales and marketing strategy and planning issues
?Fluent in English with at least one other language preferred; ability to relocate internationally

To apply for this great role, please contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the ?apply now? button below, or directly to alisa@jdeg.co.uk 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/347634/Senior-Brand-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Shopper Marketing Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346692/Shopper-Marketing-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Our client is a major global player in the FMCG sector, with 18 No1 and No2 brands in over 70 countries worldwide. They are praised for their constant innovation and their success is founded upon their ability to bring products to market quickly, with over 60% of their revenue being generated from products developed within the last 3 years. 

An opportunity has arisen to join them on the UK side of their business as Shopper Marketing Manager, responsible for driving the Category growth strategy and defining the go-to-market strategy across the 4Ps, informed and lead by shopper and trade insight. 

What makes this role unique? 

?	You will be expected to own and drive the 4P strategy for a powerbrand? with a true opportunity to create and drive change 
?	You will be expected to identify opportunities and risks, to deliver the optimum plans against these, and to drive the business toward rapid and decisive action plans to win in the market 
?	You will have high levels of involvement across the commercial teams and with the Senior Management Team (Local and Global) 

Why this role is the one for you? 

?	You want the opportunity to develop strategies that will have major business impact and drive business growth. 
?	You want to be known for making positive changes to Category performance, through leading innovate thinking with a clear roadmap &amp; timelines to achieve 4Ps in-market executional excellence. 
?	You have a passion for achievement; strong negotiating/influencing skills, integrity and drive with a strong desire to make things happen. 

Responsibilities/Accountabilities 

?	Develop and execute effective 4P strategies based on Global Success Models and an understanding of customers, categories and consumers to maximise profitability 
?	Develop short and long term category strategies based on a thorough understanding of market conditions and trends 
?	Lead annual category 4Ps planning and review process by understanding business objectives and translating them into a 4Ps roadmap for Sales execution 
?	Build 4Ps gap analysis and work with Sales and Customer Marketing to develop/agree clear, specific plans for corrective action. 
?	Champion new product market entry and execution. Includes development of sales presentation/ materials and tracking/analyzing 4Ps in-market implementation. 
?	Assists in the development of trade spend guidelines, performs top-line allocations and reviews and authorizes planned field trade spend. 
?	Makes decisions based on a thorough understanding of NR, Trade Spend and Gross Margin 

Professional Skills and Competencies 

?	Degree calibre with sales / marketing / data or retail management background, with strong category management experience within FMCG 
?	Demonstrable commercial acumen and good understanding of Customer Management Process. 
?	Ability to analyse large volumes of complex information, interpret &amp; construct straightforward plans 
?	Confident of communicating and influencing at all levels of the organisation 
?	Strong knowledge of Syndicated Data (Nielsen/IRI, Spectra, Panel Data, A&amp;Us) 
?	Advanced usage of Excel, PowerPoint, Nitro (or equivalent; and basic Spaceman (or equivalent) 
?	Strong oral, written communication, and presentation skills 

What is the company like? In short, they are like their brands - strong, fast-acting and highly effective. Join them and you?ll find plenty of drive and energy, and a direct and open style. It?s a place you?ll be given the freedom to make your mark very early in your career. They thrive on constant innovation and tangible results. And there?s another thing that makes them truly distinctive: you?ll find a real passion to outperform. 

They operate in over 60 countries, while their brands are sold in almost 200. The people are the power behind these brands - around 25,000 talented, driven and entrepreneurial individuals, all working together. 

They are only looking for true talent: people hungry for the opportunity and freedom to make their mark. It&#39;s going to be an exciting journey - and you could be part of it.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346692/Shopper-Marketing-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Category Manager - Specialist</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346679/Category-Manager-Specialist</link><description><![CDATA[An excellent and well established Times Top 100 employer, and more recently a winner of a Marketing Week Top 10 award, with a clear focus on people development are looking for a top-tier Category Manager to join the business. This is a fantastic place to work; one of the UK?s leading FMCG manufacturers, and thus looking for the job markets top talent!
 
Reporting straight into the board of directors, this Category Manager sits in the customer marketing team, and heads up category management for the category portfolio aligned to the UK?s wholesalers and discounters. Your role sits across one of the specialist categories, whilst ensuring the category vision is developed with the consumer at its heart.
 
We want to speak with outstanding category managers, with a track record of delivering successful category programmes, through true consumer insight. We require strong analytical capabilities, strong interpersonal skills and a superb understanding and ability to translate market data into true category initiatives.
 
If you?ve got the necessary experience JDEG would love to hear from you, please get in touch via the ?Apply? button below or send your CV directly to ben.pinkney@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346679/Category-Manager-Specialist</guid></item><item><title>Global Senior Brand Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346629/Global-Senior-Brand-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Our client is a major global player in the FMCG sector, with 18 No1 and No2 brands in over 70 countries worldwide. They are praised for their constant innovation and their success is founded upon their ability to bring products to market quickly, with over 60% of their revenue being generated from products developed within the last 3 years. 

An opportunity has arisen for a strong senior marketer to join their global team as a Senior Brand Manager on of their flagship brands. This role will overlook the strategic direction of the brand, with regular contact with the respective local markets to ensure inspiring and highly effective promotional campaigns are consistent with the brand&#39;s core values across the globe. 

O.K. What does the role involve? 

*Drive the brand P&amp;L to deliver against challenging yet exciting financial growth objectives 
* Develop global strategy to create high impact advertising 
*Develop and launch new and innovative products aimed at delighting the consumer 
*Initiate and manage market research projects to deliver powerful consumer insights as the basis of long-term brand growth 
*Work closely with Sales function to identify trade needs and opportunities and build an exceptional activation platform. 

What experience should I have? 

* Significant Brand Management experience gained in FMCG markets within a commercially oriented blue-chip environment. 
* Currently working at senior marketing or equivalent level. 
* Expert exposure to managing ATL and BTL advertised brands and knowledge of the grocery and or pharmacy sectors 
* Strong conceptual, analytical and financial skills. 

What are my accountabilities? 

*To deliver financial growth objectives for assigned brand(s) or brand segments through the development and implementation of the annual brand plan. 
*To develop, recommend and lead the execution of local marketing plans and manage the effective deployment of the marketing budget. 
*Achievement of defined Nielsen objectives: Market share, penetration/loyalty/ frequency etc. 
*To initiate and manage market research projects to deliver powerful consumer insights as the basis for long term brand growth. Develop these insights into achievable plans. 
*To lead the development of local copy strategy/executions and/or to ensure alignment to regional category strategy/execution. 
*In close co-operation with the Sales function, identify trade needs/opportunities, develop pricing and distribution strategies and trade promotions for assigned brands. 
*To contribute, where relevant, to global category projects and to deliver a product development programme to generate consistent sales and profit growth to build the business in the long term. 

Please note that UK experience is not essential for this role. 

If you are interested in exploring this opportunity and would like to learn more, please click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:18:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346629/Global-Senior-Brand-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Senior Promotional Analyst</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346129/Senior-Promotional-Analyst</link><description><![CDATA[Senior Promotions Analyst- Retail-Midlands-30-40K

A UK?s leading retail chain, which has been awarded the place in The Sunday Times as one of 25 Best Big Companies to work For, is looking for a Senior Promotions Analyst with significant experience of analysing commercial performance (ideally in the context of pricing and promotions), who has the ability to drive insights from information and communicate with clarity and authority. The strong technical capability with particular expertise in SQL server or similar query tools is strongly desirable for this role. 

You will be accountable for:

?	Supporting the development of promotional strategy framework 
?	Undertaking analysis of promotional activity at category level 
?	Supporting the on-going development of promotional analysis, 
?	Assisting commercial teams in the allocation of promotions to ?feature space? 
?	On-going maintenance and development of the promotional database 
?	Determine key promotional metrics (e.g. uplift and cannibalisation) 


To apply for this great role, and to hear about other research and marketing opportunities, contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the apply button bellow, or directly to alias@jdeg.co.uk
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346129/Senior-Promotional-Analyst</guid></item><item><title>Buyer Manager Fashion</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346117/Buyer-Manager-Fashion</link><description><![CDATA[An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Fashion Buyer to join this successful and fast paced Multi-channel Retailer based in West London. The role itself is at a Buyer Manager level focussed on a diverse Fashion category with a broad demographic and reports directly into the Head of Buying who also oversees Accessories, Footwear and Watches and Jewellery. This position itself will entail managing a small team (x4) review the category before making it your own and driving it forward.   Keeping the broad demographic in mind the most suitable candidate will have diverse experience in the fashion space and will be able to work entrepreneurially and flexibly with the team to maximise seasonal trends. The company itself is extremely fast paced and whilst working strategically and with a long term focus the right candidate will also recognise shorter term opportunities to grow this area.   In short other required characteristics include;   - Strong supplier knowledge bringing existing relationships on board.  - An ability to attract additionally brands whilst developing some own brand ranges.  - A willingness to work with Autonomy and take ownership over this category making it your own over time and taking responsibility for it continued growth and success.  - Enjoyment of working collaboratively and flexibly in an extremely fast paced environment ro develop a cohesive offer with the team.  - Exceptional negotiation skills and Supplier management.   If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity and discussing the specifics please make contact with your CV. The company are looking to move quickly!  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346117/Buyer-Manager-Fashion</guid></item><item><title>Customer Analyst</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346100/Customer-Analyst</link><description><![CDATA[Customer Analyst- Retail- Midlands-25-33K

One of the best big retail companies in UK, that was awarded One-Star Status, which means that they are considered to be a ?first class? organisation to work for, is currently recruiting a talented Customer Analyst to provide analysis on the performance of the business across main and mobile sites, and to provide insights on the behaviour of multi-channel customers. 
You will be responsible for:
?	 Producing analysis using key software packages available (Core metrics, Excel, Access, SAS, SPSS, SQL)
?	Using software to generate and manipulate data to produce clear, concise analysis that provides insightful and actionable information to our commercial, customer experience, and business development teams.
?	Building relationships with stakeholders at all levels to fully understand their requirements and issues.

To apply for this great role, and to hear about other research and marketing opportunities, contact JDEG Marketing recruitment via the apply button bellow, or directly to alias@jdeg.co.uk . If this role is not quite right for you, it is worth contacting us to find out about other roles that might be more appropriate. 
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/346100/Customer-Analyst</guid></item><item><title>Global Digital Brand Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/345846/Global-Digital-Brand-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Our client is a much admired and world leading FMCG company, with its global HQ in the UK. The company has achieved strong growth over recent years and many of their products  now enjoy no.1 status in their respective markets. 

Culture wise, this company attracts high achievers, with an entrepreneurial spirit who thrive in a relatively flat decision making environment and enjoy taking on high levels of responsibility/autonomy. As this is a global company, they look for people whom are culturally inquisitive and keen have a truly international career, although this role is predominantly UK based.

As part of the Global Digital Marketing team, you will lead the development and implementation of digital strategy working alongside key internal stakeholders and with best in class external agencies/suppliers. The company is very much marketing led and digital has been identified as a key growth area, so this really is high visibility role, which will provide you with plenty of exposure to senior managers within the business.

Key responsibilities for Global Digital Marketing Manager:
?	Prepare annual digital marketing plans that are integrated in to the overall annual brand plan
?	Manage the relationship with digital agencies, web developers and other suppliers
?	Establish, develop and report on key metrics for and evaluate programme effectiveness

Experience required for Global Digital Marketing Manager:
?	Proven expertise in digital marketing from either a respected client company or marketing agency
?	Extensive experience with website management, digital promotions, lead generation, eCRM and digital market research
?	Global experience
FMCG experience would be beneficial, but is not mandatory

In addition to the above, it is absolutely vital that you are an entrepreneurial character who wants to take on high levels of personal responsibility. You must not be afraid to make big decisions. As this is a global company, there will be plenty of opportunity for you to work in new countries and you should be the type of person who embraces new cultures / ways of working.
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/345846/Global-Digital-Brand-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Business Development Executive</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/345845/Business-Development-Executive</link><description><![CDATA[One of the fastest growing and innovative digital media companies in the UK is looking for a talented and personable character to join their vibrant business as a Business Development Manager.
 
Based in Covent Garden, this agency specialises in using the highly targeted and measurable approach of RTB (Real-time bidding) to achieve successful advertising campaigns for their clients ? who include the likes of Orange, Sky, You Tube and William Hill. Sitting within the new business team you will initially be involved in lead generation, proposal writing and client presentations after which your role would evolve around more account management based responsibilities.
 
This client is ideally looking for a candidate who has a good understanding of online display advertising, alongside 1+ year?s sales experience. You will need to be a tenacious character that is confident in interacting with stakeholders and comfortable with presenting the service into media agencies and direct advertisers alike. Solid Microsoft Excel skills are integral. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/345845/Business-Development-Executive</guid></item><item><title>Global Digital Brand Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/345844/Global-Digital-Brand-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Our client is a much admired and world leading FMCG company, with its global HQ in the UK. The company has achieved strong growth over recent years and many of their products  now enjoy no.1 status in their respective markets. Culture wise, this company attracts high achievers, with an entrepreneurial spirit who thrive in a relatively flat decision making environment and enjoy taking on high levels of responsibility/autonomy.

As this is a global company, they look for people whom are culturally inquisitive and keen have a truly international career, although this role is predominantly UK based.

As part of the Global Digital Marketing team, you will lead the development and implementation of digital strategy working alongside key internal stakeholders and with best in class external agencies/suppliers. The company is very much marketing led and digital has been identified as a key growth area, so this really is high visibility role, which will provide you with plenty of exposure to senior managers within the business.

Key responsibilities for Global Digital Brand Manager:

?	Prepare annual digital marketing plans that are integrated in to the overall annual brand plan
?	Manage the relationship with digital agencies, web developers and other suppliers
?	Establish, develop and report on key metrics for and evaluate programme effectiveness

Experience required for Global Digital Marketing Manager:

?	Proven expertise in digital marketing from either a respected client company or marketing agency
?	Extensive experience with website management, digital promotions, lead generation, eCRM and digital market research
?	Global experience
?	FMCG experience would be beneficial, but is not mandatory.

In addition to the above, it is absolutely vital that you are an entrepreneurial character who wants to take on high levels of personal responsibility. You must not be afraid to make big decisions. As this is a global company, there will be plenty of opportunity for you to work in new countries and you should be the type of person who embraces new cultures / ways of working.

Jarlett de Grouchy specialize in Marketing, Research &amp; Insight vacancies - visit us at www.jdeg.co.uk

If this role is not right for you, please get in touch with will@jdeg.co.uk to discuss other opportunities we have.
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/345844/Global-Digital-Brand-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Brand Communications Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/345831/Brand-Communications-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[One of the UK?s leading and fastest growing gaming and entertainment businesses has a great new opportunity for a Brand Communications Manager.
 
Reporting into the Brand Marketing Controller, this role provides an autonomous approach to managing and developing the brand communications strategy and activation programme. You will be required to both create and implement the brand communications strategy and activations programme that evolves the brand both in retail and online.
 
To provide a strong application for this role you must have had experience in leading and implementing a brand communications strategy, previously have managed budgets and have a proven ability to lead a team. Experience within the Gaming/Betting industry will provide you with a considerable advantage. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:32:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/345831/Brand-Communications-Manager</guid></item><item><title>e-commerce customer marketing manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/343318/e-commerce-customer-marketing-manager</link><description><![CDATA[A unique opportunity to join one of the world&#39;s largest FMCG companies as an eCommerce Customer Marketing Manager has arisen on one of their No.1 brands. 

As eCommerce Customer Marketing Manager reporting to the Head of Trade Marketing, your key role will be to become the linchpin between sales and brand marketing, taking a real eCommerce channel and customer-focus to deliver innovative and engaging activation. 

That&#39;ll mean taking responsibility for key initiatives to increase brand presence in the channel, which will include: 

*working closely with the Head of Trade Marketing and the Business Manager to develop tailored activation plans 
*providing customer specific on-line digital communication 
*building relationships directly with customers 
*sourcing digital agencies who can accelerate our learning and ability to win 

All this will entail working closely with the eCommerce commercial team to understand channel requirements and customer plans - and then supporting them to deliver and achieve. 

A proven track record within a digital activation role or similar, specifically with online retailers would be advantageous. Your clear ability to set challenging briefs for new ways of working in this emerging market will reflect your experience of activating existing brands into a digital space, preferably within FMCG. Your background should also encompass: 

*the translation of brand strategy into compelling customer plans 
*the delivery of digital consumer communication campaigns 
*a robust grasp of the online retail market in the UK. 

Project planning and budget management skills will complete the package and any customer-facing experience would be really useful . 

So if this has just described you and where you want to be in your career, please click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk to find out more.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/343318/e-commerce-customer-marketing-manager</guid></item><item><title>2 x Account Directors - Retail &amp; Entertainment</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/339791/2-x-Account-Directors-Retail-Entertainment</link><description><![CDATA[An exceptional opportunity has arisen for two strong Account Directors to join a highly innovative fully integrated marketing agency on two of their biggest accounts. The agency serves a range of truly global and market leading clients in both the retail, FMCG and film and entertainment sectors, including Lego, Sony, Namco, Warner Bros., L&#39;Or&#233;al, Red Bull, Tesco and Paddy Power, to name a few! 

A truly integrated agency, they help build relationships between brands and consumers by providing creative solutions that work hard to engage the target audience, turning insights into persuasive experiential events and activity. Identifying channel marketing opportunities means their expertise covers experiential, events, advertising, through the line promotion, shopper marketing and digital, offering clients complete and tailored communication solutions. And they are really good at it too! 

Due to their recent success they have plans to build their senior client services team and we are therefore looking to attract and identify an amazing Sr. Account Manager / (Sr.) Account Director with the vision and strategy to really drive the business to even further success. 

These roles will manage one of the key retail accounts and one, if not two, of the key film and entertainment brands. They are big roles with large budgets and even more autonomy so only the very best need apply. 

Coming from a leading agency, the ideal candidates will have experience working with multi-national brands and highly tangible examples of success. Personality is key; you will hungry to achieve more and more and be an inspiration to the rest of your team. 

Interested? We&#39;d love to hear from you? Please click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/339791/2-x-Account-Directors-Retail-Entertainment</guid></item><item><title>Account Director - Loyalty Insights </title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/339367/Account-Director-Loyalty-Insights-</link><description><![CDATA[Account Director - Retail / Shopper / Loyalty Insights 
Shopper Marketing Consultancy 
London 
&#163;48,000 + Benefits

Founded in 2002, this business is a leading international consultancy specialising in helping retailers and consumer goods companies to develop and implement customer-centric business strategies. They use transactional data, loyalty programme information and online data insights to improve sales and margins by implementing pragmatic customer-oriented action plans in Marketing, Category Management, Merchandising, Store location and Planning. Its Shopper Centre Performance solution also provides manufacturers access to shopper insights to help them manage and measure their assortment, NPD and promotional strategies. 

The Ideal Retail Insight Consultant Candidate will have presence and gravitas. S(he) will be an excellent communicator/presenter  and  have the ability to work at all levels of an organization and client.  S(he) will be data literate (Customer Centric,  Loyalty , shopper, segmentation , etc.) and comfortable with numbers.  The ideal candidate have the ability to translate data output into insights and actionable recommendations and strategies to grow clients&#39; businesses.  

S(he) will have the  experience and ability to provide insight and know what questions to ask with regard to  study development and  design in order to answer customer centric issues. You are passionate about retail and shopper and your experience base will be from retail, grocery on the agency, supplier, marketing services or related client side experience.   On-site experience, Multi-channel and luxury retail is a plus. 

Candidate Background 

?Passionate and Personal interest in shopping/human behaviour, loyalty schemes and retailing
?An individual with strong commercial awareness and business acumen with the ability to build and maintain solid client relationships
?Possess a successful track record of achievement, an understanding of the marketing mix, retailer-supplier relationship dynamics and a good grasp of Customer Centricity and data issues
?A thorough knowledge of the loyalty market and the methods, designs and systems that support it
?Challenge the status quo, making key decisions and handling the consequences
?Demonstrate good project management skills, including administration, planning, cost/budget management, status reporting and meeting management
?Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, must be shown for both internal and client proposals, presentation and training, together with good PC skills
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/339367/Account-Director-Loyalty-Insights-</guid></item><item><title>Brand Manager Food</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/338434/Brand-Manager-Food</link><description><![CDATA[One of the UK&#39;s leading FMCG manufacturers with a portfolio of heritage food brands currently has a vacancy for a Brand Manager with one of it&#39;s most loved brands..

Based: North London
Competitive salary + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits

The role will focus on BTL marketing activities and you must be able to demonstrate proven project management experience and the ability to work in an FMCG brand marketing role in a fast paced commercial environment.

The key responsibilities will be

- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver against several key product and pack change projects.
- Ownership of brand consumer spend management, ensuring timely reporting, tracking and supplier payment. 
- Ownership of the overall tracking and reporting of brand performance i.e. financial, customer and market, and initiating the development of action planning as an output of the findings.
- Lead the development of the Annual Brand Plan.
- Lead the development and execution of key brand activities identified in the brand planning process.

To apply for this role or to find out more, please click &#39;apply&#39; or send your most recent CV to sam@jdeg.co.uk 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/338434/Brand-Manager-Food</guid></item><item><title>FMCG Consultant</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/338054/FMCG-Consultant</link><description><![CDATA[4 years+ experience working within FMCG marketing or sales? Looking for  the opportunity to join a globally well-renowned FMCG company and work with market leading brands? Passionate about seeing your work in the leading retailers and campaigns in every town and city across the UK? 

Our client is a leading Insight FMCG insight agency based in the heart of London and work with businesses including Unilever, P&amp;G, Mars, Coke, Nestl&#233;, Diageo, Bacardi and many, many more. They are relied upon for their consultative approach to deliver unparalleled insight into their consumers to allow them be as effective as possible in their marketing campaigns and product development. 

They are currently looking for an FMCG consultant to join them. This role will sit in the client services team to provide a continuous stream of insight, as well as adhoc consultancy on their positioning in the market place and to help them understand their competitors activity to allow them to develop strong and effective marketing initiatives. 

The ideal candidate for this role will have at least 4 years experience working in a reputed FMCG manufacturer or leading insight agency, and be comfortable analysing and manipulating shopper and sales data. Being able to present this data will be a fundamental part to this role, so previous experience developing recommendations to key stakeholders is essential, as well as a proven ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships across the business. 

Coming from a brand or category background on the client-side is possibly, providing you have a strong understanding of how insights is used within the marketing function. UK EXPERIENCE IS NOT ESSENTIAL.

Interested? We?d love to hear from you? Please click ?Apply Now? or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/338054/FMCG-Consultant</guid></item><item><title>Shopper Insight Analyst</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/338049/Shopper-Insight-Analyst</link><description><![CDATA[A great opportunity has arisen for a Shopper Insight Analyst to join a leading FMCG business based in Central London. With a clear path for progression and a selection of market historically loved brands to work on, this really is a unique role and in return our client is looking for an ambitious individual to join them? 

This role will sit in a team of six and report directly into the Head of Insights. Working closely with the brand and category teams, you will analyse and manipulate a range of data from Nielsen, Kantar and IRI to generate actionable insights for all marketing initiatives across the business. Working with considerable budgets, you&#39;ll have the resources to really understand shopper behaviour and drive promotional campaigns which can be seen in the largest retailers across the UK. 

Candidates for this role will ideally have 2-5 years experience working within FMCG, either on the client-side or one of the leading continuous insight agencies, and have a strong grasp on how the data is used within a marketing function. Candidates may come from a brand or category background where they have used this data on a weekly or monthly basis and be looking to develop a career further in Insights in the longer term. 

Interested? If you feel you have the necessary experience then we&#39;d love to hear from you? Please click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/338049/Shopper-Insight-Analyst</guid></item><item><title>Brand Manager DRINKS</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/338045/Brand-Manager-DRINKS</link><description><![CDATA[An opportunity has arisen for an exceptional FMCG brand marketer to manage the UK?s no.1 premium beer brand at one of the largest and most reputed brewers in the world. With a portfolio of leading brands on every continent and operations in over 70 markets this is an opportunity to market and develop a brand that is enjoying rapid growth and attention from millions of consumers.

Working on the UK side of the business, this role will focus on translating the highly successful global positioning in to the UK market. Reporting into the Marketing Manager, you will work closely with the category, trade marketing and insight teams to develop and execute a 3 year brand plan and 5 year strategy to ensure that the right demographic is targeted in the most effective ways possible. 

The business is very commercial, so having an unparalleled understanding of the UK retailers will be key, and an exposure to trade marketing in a top-tier FMCG business will be highly beneficial. Working with considerable budgets, you will have the autonomy to develop your own initiatives from concept to actualisation, and with a  clear cut path to Marketing Manager level, you?ll have the opportunity to get involved at all levels to become an integral part of the brand?s future.

The ideal candidate will have at least 18 months experience at Brand Manager level at a commercial FMCG business. This is a premium brand, and so having experience of managing a brand that focuses on adding value as opposed to strategically competing on price, is highly desirable.

Interested? If you think you have what it takes, we?d love to hear from you? Please click ?Apply Now? or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/338045/Brand-Manager-DRINKS</guid></item><item><title>Global Marketing Manager - FMCG</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/335938/Global-Marketing-Manager-FMCG</link><description><![CDATA[Global Marketing Manager - FMCG Personal Care brand

Our client is a much admired and world leading FMCG business with its global HQ in the UK. The company has achieved strong growth over recent years and many of their products now enjoy no.1 status in their respective markets. 

Key Responsibilities 

Day to day management of all brand related innovation and new business initiative projects 
Direct management of brand budgets ensuring adequate funding of those projects required to meet their targets 
Lead the implementation of defined NPD projects working with key country Marketing contacts 
Support the Global Category Director in reviewing and approving copy, product and packaging changes for major launches and re-launches 
Co-ordinate category market research projects to improve consumer understanding and identify consumer insights 

This role requires you to be internationally mobile; approximately 20% of your time will be spent overseas.  Due to the nature of the position International experience is a plus, although if you come from a strong UK marketing background your application will be considered too. A consumer marketing background from the FMCG sector is highly desirable. Our client is offering a good basic, with an attractive benefits package on top. 

We are looking for candidates who are currently operating at either Senior Brand Manager level who are looking to take a step up or Marketing Managers looking to take on a new challenge who are currently working for a major FMCG Brand. 

To apply please send through your CV to henry@jdeg.co.uk or call 0207 629 9977 for a confidential discussion. Jarlett de Grouchy ? First for Marketing, Research &amp; Insight vacancies
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/335938/Global-Marketing-Manager-FMCG</guid></item><item><title>Assistant Brand Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/334952/Assistant-Brand-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[All marketers love brands that matter to them. We?re working with one of the world?s largest businesses who have an opportunity for an Assistant Brand Manager, working on brands that you will have known, and undoubtedly loved (maybe a little too much) when growing up. 

The main purpose of the Assistant Brand Manager role is to work with the Brand Manager to achieve brand &amp; category volume, market share and profit objectives. You will get the chance to work on major advertising projects to drive brand equity. You will deliver brand initiatives, promotions, to budget and manage projects to bring new products to market. 

Ideal ABM applicants will be of graduate calibre with relevant commercial experience, preferably including marketing. A passion for brands, consumers and shoppers is essential, together with a proven track record of making things happen and the confidence in your ability to add value. 

Previous experience of brand/product management is preferred and in return, you will be offered all the support and guidance necessary to succeed. This is a great opportunity to work within a talented and dedicated team and create a great career path in the wonderful world of marketing. Fantastic benefits including 25 days holiday, flexi working hours, private health, excellent pensions scheme and more...

If you have between 1-3 years of marketing experience, love brands and want to be part of something special, we?d love to hear from. Please click ?Apply&#39; or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/334952/Assistant-Brand-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Senior Brand Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332688/Senior-Brand-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[&#163;50-60K + &#163;6K Car + Benefits

A great opportunity has arisen for a senior marketer to join a top-tier FMCG company. It?s a (very) heavy weight Senior Brand Manager role with a strong focus on NPD/Innovations, so solid examples of managing products from conceptualisation to launch will be important, as will evidence of career progression, managing &#163;multi-million budgets and developing strategies that have been led to success.

Managing one of the key brands, this role will help continue building the brand to further gain market share and capitalise on the UK consumers? desire for the product. Working closely with the category and trade marketing teams, strategies will be developed to maximise revenue in-store with effective and creative use of BTL/TTL promotions.


To be considered for this role, you should:

?	Have a strong track record of delivering tangible results managing a high-profile brand in a top-tier FMCG business
?	Have excellent vision that can be used to motivate a team and buy in key stakeholders
?	Be comfortable working with large budgets
?	Understand and have solid experience in bringing products from the concept stage to the shelves of the top 4 grocers


Interested? We?d love to hear from you? Please click ?Apply Now? or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk


Jarlett de Grouchy (JdeG) is a leading FMCG marketing recruitment consultancy based in the heart of London. With an extensive client base of top-tier businesses we are dedicated to introducing the right people to the right businesses.
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332688/Senior-Brand-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Business Transformation Project Leader: Communications</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332613/Business-Transformation-Project-Leader-Communications</link><description><![CDATA[Business Transformation Project Leader: Innovation &amp; Communications

Our client is a much admired and world leading FMCG (Personal &amp; Healthcare Brands) company, with its global HQ in the UK. The company has achieved strong growth over recent years and many of their products now enjoy no.1 status in their respective markets. 

The Business Transformation Leader sits within their Marketing Excellence team who are responsible for ensuring best practice processes and maximum ROI. The marketing function is focusing on transforming the innovation and communications process to improve speed to market and value creation 

The Business Transformation Project Leader is responsible for:

?Improving speed to market and resource utilisation efficiency through a simplified process flow and systems support
?Leading the team(s) assigned to this project in their day to day work
?Managing the financial scope and delivery of the program
?Reporting progress to the Steering Team

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES 

?Define the standard systems roadmap
?Drive development of overall design and rollout roadmap
?Define the ?who does, decides and needs to know? matrix
?Build the standardised documentation required
?Developing the roll out communications and training/support plans
?Identify potential conflicts for different users/supporters
?Define the ?must do? touch points with the business planning system (annual plans, reviews etc.)
?Define and track project financials
?Review input from different operational build outs to understand systems implications
?Define global comms production and distribution savings and negotiate global/regional agreements

IDEAL CANDIDATE BACKGROUND

?Solid experience and understanding of the consumer marketing end to end work flow
?Experience building and implementing asset repositories/systems
?Understanding of comms production and experience negotiating and implementing production solutions
?Experience in project management and process mapping
?Ideally experience in implementing marketing resource management (MRM) systems


Culture wise, this company attracts high achievers, with an entrepreneurial spirit who thrive in a relatively flat decision making environment and enjoy taking on high levels of responsibility/autonomy. As this is a global company, they look for people whom are culturally inquisitive and keen have a truly international career, although this role is predominantly UK based.
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332613/Business-Transformation-Project-Leader-Communications</guid></item><item><title>Consumer Insight Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332458/Consumer-Insight-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[An opportunity has arisen for a Consumer Insight Manager to join a top-tier FMCG company based in London. Our client is globally renowned for its people development and has won numerous awards to support this.

You will be expected to be an expert in continuous research, ensuring that continuous market research activities are implemented accurately and advance our business objectives. This includes managing agencies, ensuring monthly reports are delivered in an accurately and timely fashion and providing training to all areas of the business. You will be expected to develop better ways of working within your area using a collaborative approach and challenging the way things are done. 

You should be the voice of the shopper and consumer providing insight to facilitate business decisions. 

The ideal candidate for this role will have extensive experience with using continuous data to generate actionable insights in an FMCG business. Line management will be highly desirable, of course along with the ability to establish and maintain solid relationships both internally and externally.

Interested? We?d love to hear from you. Please click ?Apply Now? or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332458/Consumer-Insight-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Customer Marketing Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332201/Customer-Marketing-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Shopper Marketing Manager ? Grocery

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Shopper Marketer to join of the UK?s leading FMCG companies in their South East location. With an extensive portfolio of market leading brands and a long list of accolades demonstrating its commitment to people development, this opportunity is fit for the very best in the industry.

Working in the grocery channels, this role will play a fundamental role in developing, executing and reviewing shopper marketing plans for the top 4 grocers. This role will work closely with both the Brand Management, National Accounts and category teams to ensure that there is consistency in the marketing of the brands.

To be considered for this role, you will have:

?	At least 4 years experience in an FMCG environment and a minimum of 2 years in a shopper/customer/trade marketing role.
?	A proven track record of developing and executing shopper marketing projects in a top 4 grocer.
?	Good career progression within top-tier FMCG manufacturers
?	A strong academic background

If you tick all of the boxes above, the rest really is very much up to you!

Interested? We?d love to hear from you? Please click ?Apply Now? or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332201/Customer-Marketing-Manager</guid></item><item><title>National Account Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332169/National-Account-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[National Account Manager - Top 4 Grocery

Our client is a multi-national FMCG company with a wide portfolio of market leading brands across a number of categories. 

Our client has significant brands and many SKU?s within the food categories. They are embarking on a targeted growth path into new channels and categories that will significantly increase market share.

A recent re-structure has meant that our client is now looking for a National 
Account Manager to help increase share of space within the top 4 grocers.  Reporting into a National Account Controller you will drive sales and manage the trade promotional spend.  In addition you will develop retailer category plans ensuring they integrate with company and sector strategy.

This role demands someone with strong interpersonal and analytical skills, coupled with a proven track record of customer management experience from a recognised FMCG environment.  An ability to negotiate at a range of customer levels backed up with a grasp of category management is essential.

This role will best suit someone who can show passion to develop their potential and demonstrate their passion to progress.

Interested? We?d love to hear from you? Please click ?Apply Now? or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332169/National-Account-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Global Design Manager - FMCG </title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332051/Global-Design-Manager-FMCG-</link><description><![CDATA[Our client is a much admired and world leading FMCG (Personal &amp; Healthcare Brands) company, with its global HQ in the UK. The company has achieved strong growth over recent years and many of their products now enjoy no.1 status in their respective markets.

The objective of the role is to support the Global Design Manager in building high quality and highly consistent Design.  This will be achieved through integrating and managing Design practice in the creation and execution phase of all packaging / Device Design projects.

Responsibilities 

?Briefing and supervising Lead Design Agencies in NPD projects.
?Briefing and supervising Local Design Agencies in NPD/EPD and Promo projects.
?Controlling Design Guidelines for all Brands in line with the Design Strategy
?Identifying Packaging Design Trends.
?Supervising and directing the Design Agencies for all projects in all phases.

Experience Required 


?A Design related Master?s Degree (or equivalent). 
?Significant experience in Design/Project Management, Brand/Packaging Design Strategy, with experience of operating with, or in, a global FMCG/CPG environment.
?A strong background in Packaging Design project management and demonstrated experience in implementation of Brand Design Guidelines into packaging properties.
?Foundation understanding of Packaging and Printing technologies.
?Experienced with digital Brand asset management systems in a multi-Brand environment
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/332051/Global-Design-Manager-FMCG-</guid></item><item><title>R&amp;D Innovation Manager </title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/331232/R-D-Innovation-Manager-</link><description><![CDATA[Global FMCG consumer goods food business are looking for a R&amp;D Innovation Manager.  This role is based in Central London and requires someone with strong working knowledge of product development, research and project Management for the Consumer Goods Industry.

This role is reponsible for leading the processes of planning, coordinating, and implementing new product development, product quality improvement, and cost reduction initiatives, while identifying new opportunities within and beyond existing brands/categories.  

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

?Acts as the single point of ownership for new product projects
?Manages new products from idea / concept through commercialization using a stage gate process
?Owns the project business case from inception through product launch and post-commercialization monitoring
?Builds and manages complex project plans spanning extended time periods and interfacing with almost all business functions
?Provides cohesion among cross-functional stakeholders, facilitating problem-solving and adding structure for resolution
?Collects, develops and refines product attributes and requirements with input from relevant stakeholders (e.g., customer/consumers, internal experts, executives, etc.)
?Acts as gatekeeper for requirement changes throughout the ?Stage Gate? development process
?Supports development by recommending creative, innovative approaches to breakthrough barriers and challenge conventional thinking
?Works closely with global and domestic marketing and sales teams to develop execution materials
?Apply food science knowledge to determine best ways to process, package, preserve, store, and distribute foods.
?Use chemistry, microbiology, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles underlying the processing or product issues.

KNOWLEDGE

?Administration &amp; Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
?Production &amp; Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. 
?Food Production: Knowledge of techniques for planting, growing and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
?Sales &amp; Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for promoting and selling products.  This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
?BS in Food Science or related field and a BAMBA or marketing experience. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/331232/R-D-Innovation-Manager-</guid></item><item><title>Brand Manager Luxury Drinks</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/329703/Brand-Manager-Luxury-Drinks</link><description><![CDATA[Brand Manager ? Luxury Drinks? Great title eh? That?s just the start ? my client is a global giant in the drinks industry with over 200 beer brands in over 75 countries, and they are looking for a heavy weight Brand Manager to manage their most lucrative brand here in the UK. 

The amazing thing about the beer industry is that all brands have their own unique heritage which means consumers have choice? Understanding the consumers and why they chose the brands they do is as fundamental to the marketing of the brand as it is the taste. UK &amp; ROI consumers are the focus for this role with the objectives being to translate the highly successful global strategy into the UK &amp; ROI markets to ensure sustained success and consistent growth. 

Reporting into the Marketing Director, this role is supported by another brand manager and a marketing manager. The majority of marketing activity will be in the off-trade channels and so trade marketing experience, as well as a strong understanding of the UK retail industry, will be highly beneficial. 

This role will work with the autonomy of a SBM as reflected by the excellent basic + benefits so having solid experience, perhaps 12-18 months, at BM level will be essential. Due to the large remit of the role, being very technical and having a passion for making things happen will be separate the best candidate from the rest. 


Key Requirements: 

?	FMCG/ Luxury experience ? 3 years+ brand management 
?	Trade marketing experience advantageous 
?	2:1 or higher from a red brick university 
?	A passion for the brands and the industry 
?	Strong tangible results in the UK market place 

Interested? We&#39;d love to hear from you! Please click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk 



Jarlett de Grouchy (JdeG) is a leading FMCG marketing recruitment consultancy based in the heart of London. With an extensive client base of top-tier businesses we are dedicated to introducing the right people to the right businesses.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/329703/Brand-Manager-Luxury-Drinks</guid></item><item><title>Senior Brand Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/329701/Senior-Brand-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[OK, so you&#39;re at a stage where you need that refreshing next step in a vibrant business that can help you to develop and broaden your experience. You love brands, you love creativity and you love seeing your hard work in virtually every town and city across the globe. It&#39;s a matter of finding the right opportunity, which is hard, but not impossible... 

My client is currently recruiting at Senior Brand Manager level to work across a number of their leading brands. Managing a team of 3, this SBM will work with the autonomy to create and shape both brand strategy and execution across all channels and consequently requires someone with an energetic spark that really likes to make things happen. This role is a little more creative than most Brand Management roles and the ability to reflect on previous campaigns that have inspired you throughout your marketing life to go that step further will really separate the best candidate from the rest. 

The Brand Manager and Junior Brand Managers reporting into you are equally passionate about branding. You&#39;ll manage and develop them to their full potential and in return they&#39;ll provide you with the support you need to develop some really effective campaigns. 

Working in an enviable West London location, you&#39;ll enjoy a comfortable work-life balance in a creative environment with a great basic salary + benefits. 

What are they looking for? 

*2:1 or higher from a red brick University 
*Strong A-Levels 
*5 years+ Brand Management experience 
*Line management experience (preferred but not essential) 
*A passion for brands and the ability to think big! 

What more could you ask for? If you think you&#39;ve got what it takes, we&#39;d love to hear from you? Please click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk 

Jarlett de Grouchy (JdeG) is a leading International recruitment consultancy dedicated to introducing the right people to the right businesses within the FMCG sector. For a confidential discussion about your career and what we can do for you, feel free to call our Mayfair office (0207 6299977) and one of our consultants will be happy to help. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/329701/Senior-Brand-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Insight Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/329557/Insight-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Insight Manager 

The role requires a talented FMCG professional with strong analytical and consultancy skills who is looking to fast track their career in the world of FMCG category and customer marketing. 
It?s essential you have previous FMCG or retail experience in research, insight or marketing and if you have a commercial background this may also be considered in some circumstances. 

Key skills: 

- Ability to understand and consult into FMCG category management plans 
- Good knowledge of the Irish major retailers  
- Strong analysis skills - ideally focused on IRI, TNS or Nielsen market information 
- Ideally exposure to EPOS or other forms of sales data 
- Ability to deliver insightful and strategic presentations to very senior people. 
- Understanding of marketing, brand and category management. 

Jarlett de Grouchy are the experts in FMCG marketing, insight and category management positions. Therefore if this role is of interest to you, or you would like to talk around other positions - call one of our specialist consultants today. 

To apply for this great insight role simply click on the apply now button below or email your CV directly to sam@jdeg.co.uk 
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/329557/Insight-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Insight Executive</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/329461/Insight-Executive</link><description><![CDATA[Insight Executive

The role requires a talented FMCG professional with strong insights and client facing skills who is looking to fast track their career in the world of FMCG category and customer marketing. 
It?s essential you have previous FMCG or retail experience in research, insight or marketing and natural inquisitive of numbers, trends and insights. 

Key skills: 

- Ability to understand and consult into FMCG category management &amp; Insight plans 
- Good knowledge of the UK&#39;s major retails (Tesco / Morrisons / Asda / Sainsbury&#39;s) 
- Strong analysis skills - ideally focused on IRI, TNS or Nielsen market information 
- Ideally exposure to EPOS or other forms of sales data 
- Ability to deliver insightful and strategic presentations to very senior people. 
- Understanding of marketing, brand and category management. 

Jarlett de Grouchy are the experts in FMCG marketing, insight and category management positions. 

To apply for this great insight role simply click on the apply now button below or email your CV directly to sam@jdeg.co.uk ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/329461/Insight-Executive</guid></item><item><title>Global Marketing Controller - Premium Drinks</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/328104/Global-Marketing-Controller-Premium-Drinks</link><description><![CDATA[A rare and very exciting opportunity has become available at a leading premium drinks business to join as a Global Marketing Lead managing four key projects with a huge global brand. 

The Global Marketing Manager will be responsible for four major global projects:

?	Marketing Growth Model
?	Shopper Marketing Programs
?	Brand Advocacy
?	Global Brand Merchandise and POS


Marketing Growth Model

?Lead the development of a Marketing Growth Model to focus the organisation on the recruitment and retention programmes with the highest ROI and most positive effects on brand health.
?Collaborate with Marketing and Sales leaders across the organisation to review key recruitment and retention programmes, and their associated business models, to identify proven best practice and to set up further activation tests aimed at strengthening the model.
?Synthesise learning&#39;s into a Success Model with clear recommendations for activation methods and programmes that should be regionally/globally adopted based on proven results. Drive roll-out of activation, embedding of new ideas, and post-activation review. Share results with BU Marketing Directors and Marketing Managers.
?Seek and share external examples of best practice within marketing teams to raise the bar for internal activation.


Shopper Marketing Programs

?Co-ordinate global shopper marketing programs, in collaboration with local Business Units, to increase the creative quality and ROI of on-trade and off-trade programs.
?Develop recruitment and retention programs based around shopper insights - working in collaboration with global shopper marketing director.
?Review and optimise global limited edition and gifting strategy ? in partnership with top Business Units including Global Travel Retail - and develop 3 year pipeline of initiatives.

Brand Advocacy

?Lead Brand Advocacy programmes within the global brand team

Global Brand Merchandise and POS 

?Pioneer and launch a new approach for consumer engagement materials to elevate the quality, impact and consumer-relevance of brand merchandise, point-of-sale materials and barware.

PERSON PROFILE

Functional Competencies:

The successful candidate will be a curious intelligent, analytical marketer with real creative flair. They will need to demonstrate a high level of strategic skill in consumer marketing gained in a multi-market context, and they will be able to successfully manage a complex and senior set of stakeholders to ensure that strategy is communicated and implemented. They will be motivating and pleasurable to work with for colleagues.

?He/She needs to have a natural passion for high creative standards and be a strong believer in the power of great teams and great relationships, being very motivating and energising to work with.
?He/She will need to demonstrate a high level of strategic skill in consumer marketing gained in a multi-market context, and be able to successfully influence a complex and senior set of stakeholders.

Work Experience Requirements:

?Advanced knowledge of marketing principles and the development of strategy and marketing plans
?Outstanding commercial marketer, with a demonstrable grasp of full P&amp;L analysis and comfort with key financial metrics. Experience of managing large A&amp;P budgets.
?Genuine passion for consumer understanding grounded in commercial delivery
?Successful track record of building brands at marketing manager/ controller level
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/328104/Global-Marketing-Controller-Premium-Drinks</guid></item><item><title>Commercial Consultant Media ROI </title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327772/Commercial-Consultant-Media-ROI-</link><description><![CDATA[Global Marketing ROI Consultancy are looking to hire a Commercial Consultant to join their Analytics and Shopper Marketing team. 

As a business they work with FMCG businesses such as P&amp;G, Nestle and Coke. They provide FMCG businesses with up to date information to help them see what they are missing, act faster with greater confidence and win at shelf level.

The (Analytics and Shopper Knowledge) Group is a dedicated team of marketing return on investment experts whose objective is to drive manufacturer and retailer profit by maximizing the potential of EPoS, shopper and other data sources. 
  
This vacancy resides in the Commercial Consultant team for a Media Analytics expert. 
  
Using your experience you will be responsible for lead generation, analysis design, project management and execution. You will be involved in delivering a portfolio of different services that address sales drivers across the marketing mix and specific services geared to improve retail execution. 

Services are broad ranging and include consultancy and insight delivered via econometric models, cluster analyses, forecasting and new product benchmarking. 
  
Main responsibilities include: 
  
?To build strong relationships with all levels of client personnel and developing a good detailed understanding of client organizations and their strategies and objectives 
?To construct annual account plans and implement them in concert with the Head of Analytics and the key client contact. 
?To work at the clients? site if required in order to complete projects successfully 
?To take ownership of projects to ensure work is delivered on time and exceeds client expectations working alongside virtual teams 
?To deliver annual client revenue targets by working closely with virtual teams in managing existing business and exploring and acting upon new revenue opportunities 
?To disseminate useful insight on your client?s brand portfolio and the key category dynamics influencing their decisions 
  
Desired Skills &amp; Experience
?Strong analytical skills, aptitude for accurately interpreting data, developing insights  
?Passionate about turning insight into client specific recommended actions 
?Understanding of modeling is also desirable 
?Keen to learn and with a good dose of ambition and drive 
?Strong planning and organizing skills and ability to work effectively under pressure 
?Strong presentation skills 
?Team focused, with particular ability to work across virtual teams 
?A good communicator able to network, build relationships, sell ideas and solutions 
?Confident and determined self-starter showing plenty of initiative with an ability to work independently 
?Recognise and proactively communicate potential issues, taking ownership for resolution and/or escalating as appropriate 
?Ability to think creatively is essential 

]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327772/Commercial-Consultant-Media-ROI-</guid></item><item><title>Global Marketing Manager (Luxury) - Travel Retail </title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327670/Global-Marketing-Manager-Luxury-Travel-Retail-</link><description><![CDATA[&#163;65,000 + Car Allowance + Benefits 
9-12 month contract 
Central London 
Global Marketing Manager - Travel Retail 

A rare and very exciting opportunity has become available at a leading premium drinks business globally.  This role is based in Central London, as the Global Marketing Manager (Travel Retail) you will be tasked for providing the global positioning, brand strategies and to manage the overall long term image. 

Travel Retail is the fourth largest ?market? by volume &amp; value within international spirits &amp; a key strategic channel for brand communication, experiences &amp; NPD. 

The key objectives  are:
1.	To grow white spirits in Travel Retail, especially in emerging markets
2.	To maximize value growth for our portfolio of premium brands 
3.	To enhance capabilities to win at the moment-of-decision
4.	Accountable &amp; responsible for strategic &amp; annual marketing plan to deliver brand objectives
5.	Set a high creative bar in all briefs &amp; work for our agencies/partners
6.	Responsible for asset development for brand programs &amp; tool-kits  
7.	Review competitor activity &amp; channel-specific trends
8.	Build strong working relationship with Trade Marketing Managers to deliver excellence in-market

CANDIDATE BACKGROUND 

1. Candidate looking for global marketing exposure as part of her/his career development 
?	Able to demonstrate 
o	Lives and breathes LUXURY, STYLE
o	Understands and has delivered LUXURY in retail
o	Success in merchandising
o	Sustained high performance and results
?	Awareness of Travel Retail &amp; trade marketing
?	P&amp;L understanding
?	Analytical ability, technical knowledge within marketing &amp; LDA-29 incl. digital behaviour
?	Experience in portfolio management &amp; category management
?	Great at motivating cross-functional teams to deliver
?	Demonstrate gravitas &amp; ability to influence at senior levels
?	High levels of personal ownership, passion to perform &amp; win. Strong work ethic
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327670/Global-Marketing-Manager-Luxury-Travel-Retail-</guid></item><item><title>Senior Client Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327652/Senior-Client-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[A senior client manager manages the day-to-day liaison with top FMCG clients, such as Bacardi and Pepsi. They deliver strategic insights that will help clients grow their categories and brands, by analysing and utilising data on what consumers buy.   Ideally, you will have a background within research perhaps from another agency or working within a large FMCG company and looking to further your career at the world?s largest market research agency.   You will possess a solid understanding of the FMCG sector. Your strong analytical skills, astute commercial acumen and pin-sharp client focus will make you indispensable to both our own business and those of our clients.   If interested in this amazing opportunity, please press apply now or send your CVs to adam@jdeg.co.uk.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327652/Senior-Client-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Marketing Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327584/Marketing-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[An exciting opportunity to join of the world?s largest drinks manufacturers has arisen as a Marketing Manager. Managing the leading brand, the Marketing Manager will be responsible for developing an 18 month brand plan and a 3 year brand strategy to ensure sustained success in the UK market in the long term. 

With a strong understanding of the UK market place, you will be passionate about the finer things in life and use your experience and expertise to add value to the brand and make it stand out from the rest. Already highly successful and enjoyed by millions of people every day, you?ll be in a position to play a key role in making this brand a market leader. 

You?ll have extensive FMCG and preferably luxury experience at Senior Brand Manager level and be in a position to take the next step in your career. You?ll be passionate about your work and have the desire to drive success which will be exemplified by your past achievements in your SBM roles. 

This really is a unique role with unlimited scope for progression, both locally and globally within the business. Interested? We?d love to hear from you ? please send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327584/Marketing-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Brand Manager Luxury Drinks</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327575/Brand-Manager-Luxury-Drinks</link><description><![CDATA[Brand Manager ? Luxury Drinks? Great title eh? That?s just the start ? my client is a global giant in the drinks industry with over 200 beer brands in over 75 countries, and they are looking for a heavy weight Brand Manager to manage their most lucrative brand here in the UK. 

The amazing thing about the beer industry is that all brands have their own unique heritage which means consumers have choice? Understanding the consumers and why they chose the brands they do is as fundamental to the marketing of the brand as it is the taste. UK &amp; ROI consumers are the focus for this role with the objectives being to translate the highly successful global strategy into the UK &amp; ROI markets to ensure sustained success and consistent growth. 

Reporting into the Marketing Director, this role is supported by another brand manager and a marketing manager. The majority of marketing activity will be in the off-trade channels and so trade marketing experience, as well as a strong understanding of the UK retail industry, will be highly beneficial. 

This role will work with the autonomy of a SBM as reflected by the excellent basic + benefits so having solid experience, perhaps 12-18 months, at BM level will be essential. Due to the large remit of the role, being very technical and having a passion for making things happen will be separate the best candidate from the rest. 


Key Requirements: 

?	FMCG/ Luxury experience ? 3 years+ brand management 
?	Trade marketing experience advantageous 
?	2:1 or higher from a red brick university 
?	A passion for the brands and the industry 
?	Strong tangible results in the UK market place 

Interested? We&#39;d love to hear from you! Please click &#39;Apply Now&#39; or send your CV to robert@jdeg.co.uk 



Jarlett de Grouchy (JdeG) is a leading FMCG marketing recruitment consultancy based in the heart of London. With an extensive client base of top-tier businesses we are dedicated to introducing the right people to the right businesses.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327575/Brand-Manager-Luxury-Drinks</guid></item><item><title>Organisational Engagement Consultant </title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327423/Organisational-Engagement-Consultant-</link><description><![CDATA[The Company

Times Top 100 Company : A global Shopper &amp; Loyalty (Retail &amp; FMCG) Marketing Consultancy.

As a business they put genius into making sure their clients get to know and treat their essential customers better than anyone else. They combine proven natural ability with big ideas to find clues and patterns as to what customers are buying and why. Analysing data from over 350 million people in 28 countries, they help companies put customers at the centre of every decision. This strategic approach to putting the customer first in business improves their clients&#39; like-for-like sales and profit margins ? or, put simply, grows measurable value.

Employing more than 1,900 people in 30 offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas, they serve a prestigious list of companies including Procter &amp; Gamble, Shell, Coca-Cola and Mars.

Core Purpose of Role

The purpose of this role is to lead the integration of their customer insight tools into clients? ways of working so they can make more customer centric decisions. This role will involve the application of change management tools and methods to the deployment of tools and solutions across more than sixteen markets. In particular, leading change around:

? people (employee education, culture development, structure and role alignment)
? business process (embedding customer insights in decisions and actions)
? tools and systems (optimizing the delivery of data and insights to the business)
? measures (putting in place customer-centric KPIs)


Key Responsibilities
?Work with internal teams on major deployment programmes, ensuring all aspects of change are planned and executed successfully
?Write plans, coach teams and lead specific change activities
?Provide a link between the change plan and training activity (delivered through a separate team)
?Identify capability gaps and develop change tools and methods
?Provide thought leadership

Experience

?Experience of planning and leading change (in some form)
?Experience in delivering services or solutions to clients
?Experience of helping deliver change to clients using formal change management and process improvement techniques
?Experience of work in the retail sector
?Experience developing and delivering training ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/327423/Organisational-Engagement-Consultant-</guid></item><item><title>Senior Brand Strategy Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/302805/Senior-Brand-Strategy-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[A leading brand strategy agency is currently seeking talent to play an integral part of the Brand Development/strategy team.
 
You will work closely with Innovation, Consumer Insight, Qual and Quant research across various sectors including FMCG, retail and technology
 
Your main responsibilities will be 

- Running and managing complex projects with multiple internal and external stakeholders
 - Assisting in the thinking, scoping, analysis and delivery of projects 
- Writing concepts 
- Briefing creative designers to bring brand concepts to life visually 
- Project managing client workshops and facilitating/time managing internal workshop-
 - Delivering insightful brand strategy recommendations that inspire our clients to action
 



The ideal candidate will come from a brand marketing background and has a deep understanding and expertise of brand planning process and brand strategy options (positioning, portfolio and innovation).
 
If you would like to apply please click below or alternatively please send you most recent CV to sam@jdeg.co.uk ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/302805/Senior-Brand-Strategy-Manager</guid></item><item><title>Category Insight Manager</title><link>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/283055/Category-Insight-Manager</link><description><![CDATA[Category Manager  South East - 20 mins from London  &#163;35,000-&#163;40,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus   Global FMCG Category Management Insight Agency are looking to hire a Category Insight Manager work on a Global FMCG food brand.   As a business they work with Fortune 500 FMCG businesses such as P&amp;G, Nestle and Coke. They provide FMCG businesses with up to date information to help them see what they are missing, act faster with greater confidence and win at shelf level.   As a Category Insight Manager you will be working on projects that centre around Category Management Insight &amp; Strategies, for example Pricing Initiatives, Ranging, Merchandising and Promotional effectiveness.   To succeed in this role you will need to have the ability analyze and present solutions to clients marketing, sales and distribution issues, as such previous experience of working within an FMCG manufacture / Retailer or Research agency where you have been exposed to interrogating EPOS or Panel data (IRI / Kantar / Nielsen / dunnhumby / GfK) for developing strategy will be of real advantage.   You could be working as Category Manager, Marketing Analyst, Category Executive, Insight Manager, Research Manager, Buying manager or National Account Manager.   ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.jdeg.co.uk/jobs/283055/Category-Insight-Manager</guid></item></channel></rss>