Job Description

About Radnor

Radnor Hills is an award-winning leading soft drinks producer based in beautiful countryside at Heartsease in Knighton, Powys.

Established in 1990 by founder William Watkins, independent and family-owned, Radnor Hills produces over 400 million still, sparkling and flavoured water drinks every year.

Our brands include a full range of Radnor Hills spring water, Heartsease Farm, Radnor Splash, and our market-leading range of school-approved children's drinks, Radnor Fizz.

Radnor's diverse drinks portfolio is all made using exceptionally pure Welsh spring water sourced from our family farm's land, just minutes from the production line for maximum freshness.

Environmental sustainability is a bedrock of our company. We have been a zero-to-landfill site since 2018 and have an on-site state-of-the-art recycling facility and an expert in-house team to facilitate this. Our environmental management system and site have been certified to ISO 14001 standards.

All of Radnor's products are fully recyclable - our plastic bottles and shrink wraps are 100% recyclable and are also made up of 30% recycled material, our cartons are straw free, and our aluminium cans are infinitely recyclable and sourced only 65 miles from our farm in the heart of the Welsh countryside.

In 2023, we opened new expanded production facilities, a quality assurance laboratory and a state-of-the-art office complex and invested 1.8 million in a new solar farm to help power our operations, which now delivers 25% of our electricity.

Radnor is a multi-format facility manufacturing glass, PET, cans and Tetra Pak all from one site. Our customers include all the major multiples as well as schools and independent retailers.

The Role:

The Marketing Channel Executive role is an integral position working across the wider team and is responsible for implementing elements of the agreed marketing strategy. Maintaining strong relationships across the wider sales and marketing team is as imperative as is building and maintaining strategic relationships with our key customers.

As a member of the marketing team, you will need to ensure that the campaigns you implement not only builds brand awareness but also attract leads, effectively support the sales process, and ultimately contribute to the wider business strategy.

You will drive a best-in-class approach to supporting the brands in our customer base and communicate what works to the wider team. In your targeted accounts you will build a strong understanding of their businesses and build strong relationships with key stakeholders to further cement that Radnor is a must work with supplier.

You will be taking an active role in managing the marketing campaigns within the chosen key strategic accounts (account based marketing.) As these develop or change in this fast paced environment you will need to be agile and be able to effectively pivot between accounts, making best use of time and understanding the opportunities we as a team can make use of.

Main duties will include:

Planning and implementing agreed PR packages with publishers H20 and Dewberry Redpoint. Running B2B comms including MailChimp. Managing the logistics, planning and design of the agreed tradeshows. Maintaining and updating Radnor Hills website. Assisting with brand partnerships. Attendance at local and consumer shows to build customer engagement when possible. Responsible for arranging site visits for customers marketing teams. Demonstrating a best-in-class approach to trade marketing. Assist in building account specific marketing strategies with a deep Drive NPD launches across customer base, including buyers, buying teams, supply chain teams and more importantly sales teams with an emphasis on telesales. Drive agreed promotional activity across channel customers, linking directly with relevant teams such as regional teams, ensuring promotional activity is implemented in-depot and in-store.

Candidate requirements:

Good understanding of UK food and drink retailers along with a minimum of 1 years marketing experience. Copy writing - Ability to effectively produce copy appropriate to advertising messages. Exceptional communication, management and organisational skills. Proven track record in on-time delivery and project management skills. Ability to analyse data and evaluate success. Budget management. High level of numeracy and analytical ability. Experience in social media advertising and content creation.

Hours and Location:

You will be based at our Head Office at Heartsease, Knighton and will be flexible to travel with the role as required. Your normal working hours will be 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking
Application question(s):

Are you able to reliably commute to our main offices in Heartsease, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1LU?
Work Location: In person