On Trade Channel Marketing & Planning Manager

C&C Group plc is a premium drinks company which owns, manufactures, markets and distributes a unique portfolio of beer and cider brands in its home markets and across the globe. You probably know us best from brands like Bulmers, Magners and Tennent’s.

Overview

An exciting opportunity exists for a talented trade marketer to manage a portfolio of strong brands that includes one of Ireland most iconic brands – Bulmers. Our portfolio of Cider and Beer is the core driver of our business. Bulmers, Budweiser, Corona, Five Lamps, San Miguel, and Becks are some of our world-renowned brands. They cater for a variety of consumer’s needs and occasions. 

The opportunity is for a 12 month fixed term contract.

About the Role

• To manage the execution of the branded portfolio in the On Trade.
• Responsible for developing and executing the on-trade customer marketing below the line plan of activity across our beer and cider portfolio in line with brand strategy and business goals
• To execute and evaluate annual on trade plans for the C&C Ireland business and the assigned brand clusters.
• Understand how to execute the on trade channel architecture – where to play and how to win to recruit new consumers & drive profitable growth in partnership with Innovation and Brand teams
• Proactively managing your stakeholders with gravitas at all levels. You will be expected to communicate with a number of internal and external stakeholder groups including agencies, suppliers and internal senior customers.
• Execute the annual on trade BTL channel plan which engages the customer and consumer and drives conversion in line with brand strategy.
• Focus on KPI’s and measures across all BTL activity performance from a ROI perspective making recommendations based on thorough performance review of your brands.
• Liaise with the sales teams to ensure trade marketing strategies are aligned and contribute to driving sales objectives.
• Customer engagement – develop the sell-in of compelling brand plans to key customers, tailored as necessary to maximise opportunities by customer.
• Execute joint business plans with commercial teams to build/enhance partnerships with our key account customers.
• Cross functional working with the finance and sales teams to understand the commercial performance of your brands, highlighting and recommending action as required, and identifying opportunities for further revenue and profit growth.

About you 

• Comfortable with managing a diverse workload of projects in a high-pressure environment.
• Consumer insight driven, business planning, commercial strategy and creative skills are desired with proven ability to translate into compelling narrative for action.
• Track record in building successful relationships with both internal and external partners.
• Experience of the On Trade environment is preferred.
• Passionate about consumers, preferably an understanding of the LAD sector.
• Entrepreneurial, challenger mindset.
• Highly commercial marketer.
• Good creative judgement.
• Ability to think conceptually yet retaining strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to deliver outstanding results.
• Excellent project management skills
• Strong ability to build and leverage relationships with internal teams, senior management, agencies, and consultants.
• Strong communication skills.

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