The Ilchester Cheese Company
The Ilchester Cheese Company
The Ilchester Cheese Company

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Assistant Brand Manager

We’re looking for an energetic, creative, hands-on Assistant Brand Manager to join our small, dynamic Marketing Team, helping bring our brands to life – from managing design rollouts across markets to supporting exciting plans for Jarlsberg and Ilchester / The Crafty Herd.
Passion for design and brands essential!

Pay: £32,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

SUMMARY AND PURPOSE OF ROLE:

We are recruiting for an energetic, creative and hands-on Assistant Brand Manager with previous experience and passion for design, packaging and brand building to join our small and dynamic Marketing Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a design roll out across multiple markets, as well as supporting the Senior Brand Manager on building plans and activities across Jarlsberg and Ilchester/The Crafty Herd. They will be responsible for developing marketing assets, supporting the development of a strong innovation pipeline, and exciting the trade with the sell in. Experience in shopper marketing/online activation a bonus.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Innovation: Development of Festive ranges (UK and Export), Preparing full NPD plan, costings, sell in. Ensuring artwork is developed on time, with efficiencies across markets as the primary goal. Support sell-in of innovation to trade
  • Design and Artwork Management: Manage all UK and international artwork for the selected brands; from briefing projects into the design agency through to sending artwork to print.
  • Content Creation: Support SBM in the collaboration with a range of agencies to develop compelling and on-brand messaging and content for marketing campaigns to engage the target audience e.g., social media and influencer content, graphics, media, PR, photography, and videography.
  • eCom and Instore activation: Work closely with sales team to develop retailer plans that accelerate the growth and awareness of our brands.
  • Benchmarking & future product development: Understand how specific skus (tbc eg W&C) stack up vs competition on organoleptics, preference, costings to ensure a future fit portfolio.
  • Trends & curiosity: Be constantly curious to understanding new flavour trends, scraping insights as to new developments in cheese globally, and suggesting future flavours/variants/formats to fit into the innovation funnel.
  • Data Analysis: Analyse marketing campaign performance and ROI, consumer feedback, sales, and market data to identify areas for improvement and optimisation.
  • Website Development: Keep websites up to date.
  • Trade Shows: Manages cheese samples and event activation where required for overseas trade shows.
  • Enquiries inbox & vouchers: Manage the consumer enquiries inbox, ensuring that complaints and enquiries are handled quickly and appropriately.

OUTPUTS & DELIVERABLES:

  • Festive creations for 2026 and beyond
  • Plan design changes and artwork management across all markets throughout 2026
  • Drive growth of volume, awareness and volume of respective brands

BACKGROUND & PROFILE:

  • A passionate foodie – especially cheese!
  • 2+ years previous experience in a fast-paced FMCG Brand role. Ideally within a Global team.
  • Proven track record in managing artwork, social media management and a genuine interest in brand marketing
  • Degree holder (marketing, communications or business preferred)
  • Good IT skills with an in-depth knowledge of MS Office Suite, particularly PowerPoint
  • Full UK driving license

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Night Hygiene Operative

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We are looking for flexible, proactive and confident Hygiene Operative who is looking to secure a career in food manufacturing.

Working for a global specialty cheese business with innovation at its heart, Norseland brings together Norwegian and British expertise in cheese production and manufacturing. The Norseland “house of brands” includes a variety of increasingly popular cheeses. Taking center stage from Norway is Jarlsberg®, admired by leading chefs worldwide, whilst brands from the UK include the ever-popular Applewood® Cheese, Mexicana® and Ilchester®

We offer an comprehensive benefits package that includes: Time and a half Overtime, free health care cash plan, free retailer discount portal, free parking, company pension, life insurance, free teas and coffees.

Hourly rate including 25% of Night Shift Premium is £15.06 per hour.

Summary and purpose of Role:

  • To participate in the high standard of hygiene as is required for a food producing factory and carry out the hygiene tasks assigned to you
  • To develop competence in all areas of basic skills described below

Entry Level hygiene operatives will effectively carry out a cleaning process for the following areas and pieces of equipment:

  • Wash stations and changing rooms
  • Offices
  • W/Cs
  • Canteen
  • All low risk and High care areas and equipment across both sites
  • Carrying out Laundry procedures
  • Removing waste to the compactors and operating the compactors
  • Supporting production lines washout
  • Replenishing overalls, toilets paper, soap, sanitiser, etc.

Interpersonal skills:

  • Clear communication skills
  • Positive Team work skills
  • Self-Motivated
  • Prepared to develop skills through the company’s training programme as required

Outputs and Deliverables:

  • Ensure quality standards are achieved at all times and ensure appropriate action is taken when necessary
  • Adhere to all the company’s policies procedures and plans.
  • Thorough knowledge of the department and its interaction with related departments
  • Ensure the Health and Safety of yourself and others
  • Work to achieve Good Manufacturing Practice at all time
  • Be proactive in achieving training requirements
  • Contribute toward the effective cleaning of all machinery in your working environment
  • Comply with any reasonable requests that you have been trained to do.

Training/Skills development:

Upon employment, Entry Level operatives should successfully complete training in the following areas:

Quality Assurance skills

  • Foreign Body training
  • HACCP
  • Food Safety for manufacturing level 2
  • Holchem essential cic system
  • Allergen training

Health & Safety Skills

  • Manual handling training
  • COSHH training
  • Emergency procedures training

Background & profile:

  • Present yourself and a professional and courteous manner at all times
  • Achieve required pass mark in English language aptitude test
  • Willing to work overtime including weekends when required
  • Ensure you meet the standards of personal hygiene required by the business at all times

Working Pattern:

  • 10pm-6am Monday-Friday

Requirements:

  • Previous hygiene experience within manufacturing required
  • Previous experience within food manufacturing desired

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