Marketing Manager (Crawley, GB, RH10 9AD)

Business Area: Nestl UK&I - Coffee

Location: Gatwick (Hybrid working 2 days per week at our Crawley offices)

Salary up to 90,000 depending on experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits:

• 17% car allowance
• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme up to 12% contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth

This is a full-time permanent opportunity, but we know everyone's circumstances are different. We're happy to discuss what flexibility could look like for you, so please don't let this be a barrier to applying.

We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional Marketing Manager to join the Coffee Mixes team in the Coffee division. This role will report directly into the Marketing Director for Mixes and will see you work on the world's biggest coffee brand, NESCAF, to deliver best in class marketing activities that support us to achieve our commercial objectives.

Your impact:

Ultimately, you will be responsible for building the NESCAF brand to delight consumers and deliver strong, sustainable business results in the UK market.

Your other key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the planning and flawless execution of the UK brand and segment plans, using deep consumer and shopper insight to drive market share growth and accurate forecasting.
• Shaping and delivering bigger, bolder innovation and renovation pipelines, contributing to end-to-end Idea-to-Launch projects and successful NPD performance.
• Creating engaging, omnichannel brand experiences, leading the UK media strategy and execution while working closely with European teams and agency partners.
• Owning budget management, performance tracking, and KPI delivery, ensuring effective use of investment across marketing plans.
• Acting as a role model for sustainability and consumer centricity, embedding these principles across brand activity and supporting the delivery of the sustainability roadmap.

Your ingredients for success:

To be successful in this role, you'll bring significant brand marketing experience at a similar level, with a proven ability to lead at pace, navigate complexity and influence effectively across cross-functional teams.

You’ll also bring (essential criteria):

• Significant experience across core marketing disciplines, including brand planning, innovation & renovation, campaign development, and budget management.
• A fantastic understanding of consumers, shoppers, and market dynamics, with the ability to turn insight into impactful brand and commercial decisions.
• Proven experience working cross-functionally with teams such as Sales, CDT, Supply Chain, above the market and agency partners to deliver business results.
• Confidence leading medium to high-complexity projects, influencing senior stakeholders and balancing creativity and commercial rigour.
• A collaborative leadership style, with experience coaching and developing others and building a high-performing, inclusive team culture.

What you need to know:

Advert posting date: 22/10/2026

Advert closing date: 05/11/2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don't delay in submitting your application.

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

At Nestl, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.