Marketing Manager

We are the UK’s leading social enterprise coffee roaster. We make sure that drinking coffee today doesn’t destroy our chances of drinking coffee tomorrow.  If farmers can't make a living growing coffee, they’ll stop.  So we put farmers first - we buy directly, pay decent prices and invest in local cooperatives.
The only way to protect the future of coffee is to single-mindedly protect and support the people who grow it – and no other coffee company was literally created to do that.
Because we work in long-term relationships with farmers, we get pick of the crop – it’s a perk of our relationship.  So we give good reason to choose our coffee. And that choice becomes a force for change.
Our brands include Cafédirect, Grumpy Mule, and Eros, and our flexible roasting and packaging capabilities make it simple to access our change-making sourcing.
We have an exciting opportunity to join Cafedirect as Marketing Manager to work as part of their Marketing Team on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.
 
Working Hours & Benefits:
Remote Working
8:30 – 5:00 – Core hours (Mon – Fri)
 
21 days annual leave per year + statutory bank holidays
Stakeholder pension scheme
Company benefits scheme – discounted goods/services
Annual leave purchase scheme
1 x wellbeing day per annum
 
Key responsibilities

• Management of Cafédirect owned and customer brands in foodservice, including all plans, progress and performance
• Management of all customer marketing activities in all customer based channels
• Ensure timely implementation of all key trade activities and projects
• Liaise and manage 3rd party designers and printers to produce all branded materials including POS items in line with Gold Standard guidelines
• Provide the sales team with a toolkit of support items to sell the Cafédirect and Grumpy Mule brands successfully e.g. presentations, product information, and other sales aids.
• Be the key point of contact for customer marketing requests and assist with writing tenders and other new business proposals
• Assist the Marketing Controller with the Customer Brands Process ensuring all opportunities are briefed and costed in a timely, efficient manner
• Involvement with key trade shows
• Monitor and report monthly on brand performance, promotional activities and competitors
• Collaborate with and influence Sales and Supply Chain to co-ordinate their activities to deliver strategic and operating plan projects and objectives. 

Key Skills & Experience

• Rounded marketing experience with a minimum of 3 years+ to include trade marketing
• Evidence of brand asset management, working with brand guidelines and upholding brand standards.
• Good understanding of the UK Foodservice sector is desirable
• Experience of premium product marketing in hot beverage market is desirable
• Strong team working and project management skills