Senior Brand Manager

Position Snapshot
Business Area: Nestle Health Science

Job Title: Senior Brand Manager – Medical Nutrition
Location: Crawley
Level: 4

Position Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Brand Manager to join our Nestlé Health Science business based at our head office in Gatwick, reporting into the Head of Marketing for Medical Nutrition. You will play an important role in leading the execution of our global Commercial Strategy through our annual brand plans, ensuring flawless execution to deliver value add marketing mix activity across our specialist medical nutrition portfolio.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving the growth of our allergy and dysphagia business through the development and delivery of winning brand strategies. As a key contributor to the integrated commercial planning process, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the success of our brands.

You will lead a team of brand managers and assistant brand managers and work closely with all functions and global teams to embed a fully integrated plan.

A day in the life of a Senior Brand Manager

If you are a strategic thinker with a strong background in brand management and a genuine passion for medical nutrition, this is the role for you. Your responsibilities will include:

1. Lead the brand strategy and execution of our allergy and dysphagia brands aligning to the Global Business Strategy.
2. Work in collaboration with global and local innovation teams to successfully deliver the NPD pipeline.
3. Manage a marketing team of brand managers and assistant brand managers.
4. Work with a range of stakeholders (Nestle HQ, Nestle Health Science Global, cross functional Nestle team, Marketing agencies) to ensure alignment and flawless execution of brand plans.
5. Work with the digital and sales teams to build and execute effective Omnichannel campaigns.
6. Work with the Medical Affairs team and Key Opinion leaders to develop strong clinical evidence.
7. Develop engaging communication campaigns bringing the Brand's big idea to life across various touchpoints.
8. Continually measure against KPIs and keep ahead of category trends to identify opportunities and headwinds.

What will make you successful

To be successful in this role you will bring a wealth of experience in medical nutrition marketing, ideally Cow Milk Allergy, operating as a Senior Brand Manager currently. You will have successfully delivered on brand building KPIs and have experience in managing complex cross functional project teams. You will be a strong team player with the ability to build and grow networks, influence, and inspire. You will be at ease and confident working with cross functional, cross-cultural teams and in dealing with senior management. You will be passionate, tenacious; results focused and enjoy working in a highly energetic and exciting environment. Acting as an ambassador for the brand, you will have great project management skills and be highly organised.

You will also:

1. Have had experience being an active player within a matrix organisation and business/project multidisciplinary teams.
2. Have a mature and pragmatic approach.
3. Have previous experience of working within the medical nutrition category.
4. Have experience of developing and executing brand strategies.
5. Understand full P&L and budget management being able to take ownership of these activities.
6. Be able to influence at senior levels both internally and externally.
7. Demonstrate great communication presentation skills, targeting a wide audience.
8. Be able to run sizable projects and work streams from concept to delivery.
9. Be able to demonstrate great analytical skills and a strategic mind-set.
10. Be well organised with sound knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint.
11. Hold line management position.

Join Nestle Health Science and take on the role of Senior Brand Manager to drive the growth of our allergy business through strategic brand management. Apply now to make a significant impact and shape the future of medical nutrition.

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

The closing date for this role is 31st March 2025.

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

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