Do you have the appetite to Grow Your Magic?

Consumers everywhere are increasingly conscious of the quality of the food they eat. Puratos develops, produces and distributes a unique range of ingredients for bakers, pastry-chefs and chocolatiers who demand the very highest quality.

Founded in Belgium in 1919, Puratos is growing rapidly with about 10.000 employees in 74 countries, with a consolidated turnover of over €2.7 billion in 2022. Our passion for innovation, pioneering spirit and core values continue to propel our global ambitions. This, coupled with our commitment to our communities is what makes working at Puratos so magical.

Position Overview

In order to further strengthen our team in Ireland we are currently looking for a:

Marketing Lead

(Dunboyne, Ireland)

This role offers an opportunity to touch all the aspects of marketing and to make a big impact in a team with ambitious goals, a start-up attitude and a strong desire to promote Puratos’ innovative solutions in Health & Wellbeing and Sustainability.

Key Accountabilities

The remit of the role is to support the 4 key pillars of marketing to achieve growth in the Puratos Strategic Business Units (Bakery, Patisserie & Chocolate). Reporting into the General Manager and working closely with the Business Development team, you’ll be involved in co-ordinating activities across all 4 pillars:

Product Management

• Working with cross-functional teams to launch products in Ireland through inspiring finished good concepts, presentations, POS material, promotions, etc.
• Strong collaboration with the Puratos Group headquarters in Brussels to ensure alignment on key product & category priorities
• Monitor product performance and help improve the local product portfolio
• Collating feedback on products from sales and customers (Q&A support)

Customer Development

• Definition & implementation of a yearly marketing plan per channel & initiatives in line with the Puratos Ireland strategy
• Organise customer events, seminars and presentations and tracking ROI on such events and presentations
• Supporting the development of customer presentations & sales tools (ex. sampling).
• Development of the e-commerce & webshop strategy

Marketing Intelligence

• Conducting regular customer-competitor-consumer analysis & market research to support strategy
• Collecting and communicating relevant market and consumer trends
• Managing the customers database with the business development team

Communication

• Creating and posting content on social media platforms in line with the wider marketing strategy & reporting on social media KPIs
• Develop newsletters internally and impactful collaborations with external communication agencies to support and inspire our customer base
• Updating the website with recent news and product information

Required Competencies

• You have a Business or Marketing degree with about 5 years of relevant experience in product management, ideally in a food-related environment.
• You show strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to work on multiple projects at once and work under pressure and to deadlines.
• You are data driven, curious, digital savvy, and inspired by the understanding of local consumer culture’s diversity in food.
• You are determined to continuously improve everything we do, daring to challenge boundaries to deliver superior value in products & services.
• You have a passion for food and a strong drive to ‘do the right thing’ for the planet and future generations.
• You are a dynamic, proactive, and creative team player. You respect others.
• You are fluent in English.
• You are open to travel locally (and occasionally international)

Watch our corporate movie and feel the Puratos Magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNRsBzuRlNI