Marketing Director
As a Marketing Director within an FMCG organisation you'll perform a more strategic role than the Marketing Manager and could look after a specific brand or be responsible for the marketing approach for the entire company. You will work along side the brand, innovation, category, new product development (NPD) and sales/commercial teams.
A good Marketing Director will be a leader and have the ability to inspire teams, constantly re-appraising all the marketing tools within the business to ensure they are giving the company an advantage over its competitors.The role is an instrumental one for food and drinks businesses and calls for creativity, insight and commercial acumen.
As a Marketing Director you'll be very much looking after your company's image, brand and also its market share within it’s category and with the grocery, convenience or high street retailers. You'll be making sure that your company is meeting the needs of its customers, so you'll be getting into the mind set of your shoppers/consumers and thinking about their needs. At the same time, you'll make sure that your own business is communicating and advertising what your company has to offer to meet these needs and wants.
It's a high pressure job and you'll need to be commercially aware of the way your company operates. With support from the Managing Director you will be responsible for the vision of your company's marketing strategies, whilst analysing data and working with the shopper marketing function, category management teams, new product development (NPD) and sales/ commercial teams.
To be a good FMCG Marketing Director within the food and drinks industry you need to have imagination and enthusiasm, an eye for trends and products but also be extremely commercial and have a solid understanding of profit & loss (P&L)
Salary wise the role generally pays between £80,000 to £150,000 dependant on size of business, regional variance and level of experience.
Warwick
The picturesque town of Warwick is steeped in history. There are many museums and parks to visit in Warwick but it the castle which attracts tourists from all over the country and the world.
William the Conqueror founded Warwick Castle in 1068 which saw Warwick develop over the centuries and although many buildings were destroyed in the great fire of 1694, the town is still riddled with fascinating medieval buildings.
It is also home to the oldest boys school in the UK, Warwick School which appears first in the record books in 914. Still to this day Warwick School and the girls school King’s High (also in Warwick) are some the country’s best schools.
In modern times due to its great proximity to infrastructure, Warwick has become home for leading companies such as National Grid, IBM, Volvo and Calor.
It is also renowned for its many cultural events, festivals and arts.
