Assistant Brand Manager

At Valeo Foods UK we bring together a family of much-loved UK food brands supported by the scale and ambition of a global investment partner. From Kettle’s bold crunch to Rowse’s natural sweetness, through to Matthew Walker and Barratt Sweets, our portfolio blends heritage, craft and category-leading innovation.

Alongside our branded portfolio, we are also one of the UK’s largest suppliers of private label products, partnering with major retailers to deliver quality and category expertise that meets the needs of millions of households every week.

As a business, we’re on a journey of transformation. We’re strengthening our operations, driving quality and investing in our people. It’s an exciting, fast-moving environment where heritage meets new thinking, and where every colleague contributes to shaping the future of food across the UK.

Join us and play your part in building the next chapter of some of Britain’s most loved brands.

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Assistant Brand Managers to join our marketing team. The ideal candidate will assist in the development and implementation of brand strategies, ensuring alignment with our company's vision and goals.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of our brand along with having a unique and tailored 1 year training program to allow you to gain experience within our Marketing, Business Intelligence, Research and Development and Category team's across Valeo Foods UK.

This is a flexible hybrid role with 3 days per week at our Leeds or Wallingford site.

Good leadership to shape, align and plan

Strong analytical thinking

Good capacity to create and embrace change

Very strong “Personal Best” mindset: to seek to be better tomorrow than we are today

Good stewardship of initiatives from the brand plans

Strong presentation skills – written and verbal

Very strong ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Emerging experience of the full marketing mix – from insight generation, problem-solving, target-setting, delivering and measuring

Strong leadership expressed in other fields than corporate life

Good experience in interacting successfully with different stakeholders an

Very strong track record of creating change that shaped the thinking and deliver results

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

Matched pension scheme

Death in service

Cycle to work scheme

Canteen

• Retailer discount platform
• Staff discount
• And plenty more!
• This is an internally focused role with plenty of exposure across the business. It’s a good opportunity to build your experience, take ownership over time, and be part of shaping how data is used at Valeo.