Brand Assistant

☞ Aldi UK

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Update day: 07-05-2024

Location: Atherstone West Midlands

Category: Administrative / Clerical / Assistant Design - Web Executive management

Industry: Supermarkets

Position: Associate

Job type: Full-time

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Our Buying Teams have to do something pretty special to keep our customers coming back for more. It’s what makes us one of the UK’s largest supermarkets and why working with us is more appealing than ever. In order to keep up with the competitive marketplace, we’re on the lookout for a forward-thinking Brand Assistant to join the team, giving more to our customers, more to the business and more to the future of Aldi.

As a Brand Assistant, you’ll be responsible for managing the design to print process for a set of retail categories. This involves keeping up communication with suppliers and people across the Aldi business and making sure that every process is managed effectively. From ensuring we have great working relationships with our suppliers, to crunching the numbers, you’ll get involved in every aspect of the Buying lifecycle.

This is more than just a career; this is the chance to put forward your ideas and influence our Buying process. Think you’ve got what it takes? Apply to join #TeamAldi today!

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure packaging designs and artwork follow approved brand guidelines.
  • Create cost estimates based on approved rate card.
  • Put together critical paths and manage timelines of all stakeholders.
  • Resolve delays.
  • Daily upkeep of the Aldi product portal.
  • Status reporting.
  • Weekly Buying Director meetings.
  • Pre-production meetings.
  • Conduct competitor analysis.
  • Liaise with all stakeholders to ensure projects are kept on track.
  • Monthly agency KPI reviews.
  • Brand training (internal/external).
  • Identify cost saving opportunities.
  • Brief artwork and design for all packaging product roll out.
  • Manage packaging design approvals.
  • Help implement new systems and processes to improve speed to shelf.

Essential Skills Required:

  • Previous experience working for a packaging agency, specialising in packaging design to print.
  • Good understanding of the retail pack change process.
  • Project management skills.
  • Critical path management skills.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Highly analytical with a creative mindset.
  • Client facing with a can-do attitude.

Desirable Skills Required:

  • Design and artwork agency experience.
  • Retail packaging experience.
  • Experience in writing design briefs and approving artworks.
  • Print knowledge.
  • Advanced Excel skills.

Benefits:

  • Salary starting from £32,075, rising to £37,455.
  • 5-day/40-hour week, working Monday- Friday.
  • 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
  • Full training provided.
  • Company pension after 4 years.
  • Private employee medical insurance after 4 years.
  • Company sick pay scheme.
  • Company maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay after 2 years.
  • Long service rewards.
  • A variety of Aldi Perks including bike to work scheme, discounted gym passes, accommodation, travel, cinema and family day out tickets.

Visit the aldirecruitment.co.uk website to apply online or upload your CV.

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Deadline: 21-06-2024

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