Ready to step up and accelerate your brand marketing career? Join a growing drinks business where successful Brand Managers are expected to progress into Senior Brand Manager positions within 6-12 months.

Brand Manager

Location: Gloucestershire (Must be able to relocate)
Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 + 10% Bonus
Working Pattern: Hybrid working (3 days onsite, 2 days from home)

The Opportunity

We’re supporting a leading drinks business to recruit two ambitious Brand Managers to take ownership of established consumer brands undergoing significant investment and growth.

These newly structured roles offer full responsibility for brand strategy, innovation, activation, and growth planning, with genuine opportunities for progression and development.

This opportunity is particularly suited to marketers looking to broaden their remit, gain greater ownership, and fast-track their progression into more senior brand leadership positions.

The business is investing heavily in its brands, people, and future pipeline, making this an exciting time to join and influence the next phase of growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver annual brand plans and long-term brand strategies
• Own brand activation plans across media, digital, PR, experiential, and shopper channels
• Lead innovation projects from concept through to launch
• Identify growth opportunities across products, formats, channels, and partnerships
• Manage marketing budgets and maximise return on investment
• Utilise consumer insight and category trends to inform decision-making
• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Category, Insights, Finance, Technical, and Operations teams
• Manage agency relationships and challenge outputs to deliver best-in-class execution
• Monitor brand performance and implement actions to drive growth and profitability

What We’re Looking For

• Brand management experience within FMCG, food, or drinks
• Strong understanding of brand building and consumer insight
• Excellent project management and stakeholder management capability
• Commercially aware with strong analytical skills
• Ambitious, proactive, and eager to develop
• Experience across activation, innovation, or partnerships would be advantageous

Additional Information

• Hybrid working (3 days onsite, 2 days from home)
• 10% annual bonus
• Significant investment and growth plans
• Genuine progression opportunity into Senior Brand Manager

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a business with an impressive portfolio of brands, significant investment behind its marketing agenda, and a culture that genuinely develops its people. You’ll gain ownership, exposure, and the chance to accelerate your career while working on brands with real growth ambitions.