Global Gifting Manager - The Balvenie (12mth FTC)

Richmond, England, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

William Grant & Sons is a vibrant and fast-growing business with an ambition to be the best drinks company in the world. Our newly formed global gifting team, sitting under the Marketing Excellence department, is embarking on an exciting journey to develop iconic gifting solutions for our much loved and famous brands! We are looking for an expert in gifting programme delivery management to spear head the gifting strategy and ambition for The Balvenie Single Malt Whisky in 2025 and 2026.

What We Can Offer You

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.
  
  

Main Responsibilities

• In this role you will be responsible for the delivery of global gifting strategies and global annual gifting plans to the highest standard for The Balvenie.
• Collaborate with the Global Gifting Brand Manager to step change gifting for The Balvenie. Your expertise in delivering effective gifting solutions that drive consumer engagement and deliver commercial results will complement the brand strategy and comms expertise.
• Experience in and an understanding of procurement and fulfilment will enable us to get the very best out of our suppliers and deliver to markets the right gifting solution of the right quality, on time and in full, at the right price and within the agreed budgets.
• Collaborate with the POSM Procurement and local market teams to optimise the development, implementation, performance measure and facilitate best practise across all Gifting.
  
  

Our Ideal Candidate

A tenacious, detail orientated project manager with experience in delivering successful global gifting programmes in the retail sector withing the spirits industry or out of category (fashion, beauty, high end luxury brands also desirable).

Our ideal candidate will be able to provide a customer centric commercial approach when planning, developing and delivering world-class gifting plans. A collaborative team player, able to work alongside multi-functional teams (brand, POSM, procurement, merchandising, markets). Able to adapt to change and a curiosity to find ways to optimise the development and production of gifting solutions (VAPs, Secondary packaging, GWP etc), with suppliers and agencies.

This individual should demonstrate excellent communication skills and build strong, cross-functional relationships with the Balvenie brand team, procurement, local markets and agencies. A passion for sustainability as well as your eye to detail will be critical in this role. The role requires some travel, trade events, and market visits and is a FTC maternity cover for 12 months.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.

Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.

We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.