Assistant Brand Manager [FTC]

itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.

itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant’broth, rice’noodles & miso’easy to name a few…

The role

• Support Brand Managers with internal sell-ins & rollout of marketing/NPD slides. Attend and present at buyer meetings for Ocado, Convenience & Whol/High St/Trav channels.
• Trade Marketing Non-grocery: Manage all trade marketing activity with NAMs and BMs for Ocado, Convenience & Whol/High St/Trav. Support in defining appropriate levels of trade marketing spend and budget for channels within brand planning/budgeting process, signed off by Marketing Controller. Conduct full reviews and make ongoing recommendations for optimisation and improvement.
• Field Sales: Oversee field sales activity [marketing-led] working with sales & business development team to implement & forecast spend.
• Business Reporting & Insight: for non-grocery channels, staying on top of industry news [with a particular focus on marketing/trade marketing/consumer behaviour. Manage loyalty initaitives for the team, identifying areas for investment & reporting back on new opportunities.
• Budget management- Manage Ocado, Whol/High St/Trav [incl. new business] spend with monthly reviews and reporting

D&I Statement

itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.

When applying for a role with us, please remove your: full name, name of University/School, address, email address and any photos of you on your CV and covering letter. non-anonymised CVs may not be reviewed.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Competitive bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
• Health insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Hybrid working (2 days wfh)
• Opportunity to work from abroad
• 50% employee discount in itsu shops
• Free itsu lunch
• Discounts at major retailers
• Salary sacrifice cycle and electric vehicle schemes
• A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development