12 months contract as Head of Retail marketing at one of the world's largest confectionary companies looking after retail marketing and product innovation.  
  
A terrific role in terms of breadth, managing a high performing team, in a company that has real forward momentum, decent budgets and a real entrepreneurial feel.  

Directly managing a team of 3, you will be responsible for Brand strategy for the retail and e-commerce channels, retail range product development, channel formats and shopper experience.  

   
Key skills and experience:

• Proven track record in innovation - good understanding of stage gate process - ideation to launch.
• Retail Marketing experience - consumer journey, experiential
• In-store activation - retail look and feel  
• Experience with briefing in-house agencies, and developing packaging and POS.
• Understanding of working within a matrix structure. 
• Someone who is entrepreneurial in attitude
• Nimble, able to deal with complexity, able to work at pace. 
• Ability to inspire and lead cross functional team
• Thinks differently, challenging conventional thinking to create the future and overcome barriers
• Strong creativity, high Levels of curiosity and entrepreneurial mindset
• Ideally a balance of FMCG and retail experience