Shopper Marketing Executive in Pickering

Do you want to develop your career within a global FMCG business and help shape how shoppers engage with some of the UK's most recognised dairy brands? This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious shopper marketing or commercial professional to join Arla's UK commercial team. Working closely with Brand, Category, and Sales functions, you'll help deliver engaging shopper activations, support product launches, and drive customer growth across multiple retail channels.

For a complete understanding of this opportunity, and what will be required to be a successful applicant, read on.
How you will make an impact
As a Shopper Marketing Executive, you will be responsible for developing and delivering shopper marketing initiatives that support category growth, improve shopper engagement and create stronger customer partnerships. Key responsibilities include:

• Deliver shopper marketing plans across branded and own-label portfolios, including e-commerce activations.
• Support new product launches through shopper insight, activation planning and execution.
• Create compelling retailer selling stories and activation materials to support commercial teams.
• Deliver engaging in-store activities including sampling, POS campaigns, competitions and promotional activations.
• Measure campaign performance and ROI, using insights to continuously improve future shopper marketing plans What will make you successful You'll ideally bring 1 to 3 years' experience within Shopper Marketing, Trade Marketing, Customer Marketing, Brand Marketing, Category Marketing or a similar FMCG commercial discipline. With strong organisational, communication and analytical skills, you'll be confident using data and insights to understand shopper behaviour and support commercial decision-making. Experience supporting retailer activations, product launches, POS campaigns or customer marketing initiatives would be advantageous. You'll be a proactive and curious team player who enjoys building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and thrives in a fast paced FMCG environment. What do we offer? We're committed to supporting your growth and development, offering internal and external training opportunities. You'll enjoy a competitive salary, 26 days of holiday plus bank holidays, matched pension contributions up to 6%, life assurance, and flexible benefits. Would you like to join us? Please apply directly or for more information please contact Olivia Pine, Talent Acquisition Partner at Arla Foods. xrnqpay The closing date for this position is 24th September 2026 and only CVs sent directly via the link will be considered.