Assistant Brand Manager - Sipoo

Do you thrive in a dynamic, positive and challenging environment? Would you like to contribute to Arla Finland’s exciting growth journey?  Do you want to be part of Arla Finland’s growth journey? We are looking for two Assistant Brand Managers to help drive brand growth in Finland.

In this role, you’ll join Arla Finland’s Marketing  organisation and report to the Head of Arla Brand & Sustainability. Your specific brand and territory assignment will be decided during the recruitment process, taking into account both business priorities and your individual strengths. This is permanent role.

About the job

In this role, your main focus is to oversee and manage the daily operational activities of the brand. You will execute annual brand activation plans, manage short term innovation projects, run campaign production and channel activations, and ensure operational excellence across assets, data, and processes. You’ll work as a team with local Strategic Brand Managers and collaborate with the global brand teams, and local stakeholders e.g. in sales, category, innovation and digital teams as well as different agencies.

The key responsibilities:

• For global brands, localize and implement brand marketing and media plans in collaboration with the global brand team, local Strategic Brand Manager, local Head of Arla Brand, local Digital & Media manager and the media agency.
• Assist in creating the short term local innovation pipeline with the Strategic Brand managers by collaborating with global/local teams and other local stakeholders e.g. category team and customer development team.
• Lead different projects like product launches, packaging changes and renovation projects as a project manager.
• Be the Arla brand ambassador both internally and externally.

Who are you?

You already have some experience from working in brand marketing in the FMCG environment and you are interest in learning more about brands and innovation. You want to work in a growing global company that also has strong roots in Finland.

As a person, you are self-starter and you thrive on taking initiative and consistently drive projects forward. Your ability to execute independently and efficiently is matched by your resourcefulness and determination to see tasks through from start to finish. While you excel at working autonomously, you also understand the importance of collaboration and are eager to connect with colleagues across the organization to achieve shared goals.

This role requires excellent communication skills and multitasking capabilities to manage projects within tight deadlines and ever changing business environment. You will be front and center in different meetings therefore you should also have strong presentation skills.

In addition to this our preferred candidate has

• A Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant area
• Marketing & brand building experience, ideally within FMCG min. 2 years
• Strong project management skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent command of written and spoken Finnish and English

Would you like to join us?

This is a great opportunity to join our marketing team and help shape the future of dairy at Arla. We are eager to share our expertise with you, so you can develop your skills on your journey to become a professional.

We're all about fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, work-life-balance and celebration. Think of it as a crew where everyone's opinion matters, where innovation is encouraged, and where success is shared. These are best shared in person, so office days are important part of our culture.

Modern working in hybrid model

The office is considered our primary place of work and should be seen as a natural choice. It is of great value that the employees meet at the workplace since it contributes to collaboration, creativity, exchange of knowledge and strengthens and builds new relationships.

Our belief is that the best way of working, for many, is a mix between working from the office and working remotely. This increases flexibility, which for many can contribute to further positive effects on the interaction between work and leisure (Work Life Balance).

Salary

The pay grade of the position is 3800-4200€/month and it depends on your experience.

Application and contact

If you want to seize this exciting opportunity and accelerate your career at Arla, then please apply as soon as possible. We process applications on a continuous basis and close the job opening once the right candidates have been found.

In Arla, we strongly believe our values Lead, Sense and Create that defines us in everything we do and say.  In Arla we believe that diversity and inclusion are imperative to our business. We define diversity broadly as differences between people with a diverse range of backgrounds, while inclusion is about valuing differences among individuals to create synergies. We have an ambition to create an inclusive work environment where everyone is valued and feels that they belong. 

For questions call Head of Arla Brand & Sustainability Linda Lukkarinen (+358 50 3376 305) 17.11. at 12:00-13:00 or 21.11. at 14:00-14:30.

Shape the Future of Dairy 

Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to enabling good food choices that make life better, providing people with natural, sustainable nourishment, while taking care at every step to ensure Arla is a choice they can feel good about. If you are looking to shape the future with an ambitious global cooperative that truly cares about your growth, where everyone feels valued and empowered, and collaboration is the core of culture, Arla is a choice you can feel good about. 

 
 
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