At Hain Celestial, we’re committed to making better-for-you food the easy choice for every kind of shopper. We’re on the lookout for a passionate and driven Junior Shopper Marketing Manager to help bring our brands to life at shelf, in store, and in the minds of shoppers.
If you’re creative, commercially minded, and excited by the power of shopper marketing to deliver growth, this is the perfect role to shape your future.
Reporting into the Channel Marketing Manager, this role is all about bringing the voice of the shopper, customer and channel into our commercial plans—ensuring our brands are seen, shopped, and loved by more people.
You’ll take ownership of annual shopper media plans for selected customers, working cross-functionally and with external partners to deliver standout activations and insight-driven campaigns that help get Hain brands into more baskets.
This is a great opportunity for someone early in their FMCG marketing career to step into a dynamic and fast-paced shopper marketing role with responsibility and visibility from day one.
Key Responsibilities
Shopper Marketing Planning & Execution
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Develop and deliver annual customer media plans aligned to both Hain priorities and customer strategies.
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Own the end-to-end delivery of campaigns—from planning and agency briefing to artwork creation and media booking.
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Support key launches and brand initiatives, with clear focus on 5Ps (Portfolio, Pricing, Promotion, Placement, Point of Purchase).
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Ensure best-in-class execution and adherence to brand visual identity in all campaigns.
Insights, Evaluation & Budgeting
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Track investment and campaign performance, analysing ROI with the insights and category teams to inform future planning.
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Regularly review POS compliance via field agency feedback, resolving any issues with customer partners.
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Keep budgets updated and aligned with live plans in collaboration with your manager.
Trade Marketing & Cross-functional Collaboration
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Work closely with Customer Managers to develop sell-in stories and customer-specific activation plans.
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Build strong relationships with customer media agencies (e.g. Dunnhumby) and internal teams across category, NPD, and finance.
Champion the Customer & Shopper
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Act as the voice of the shopper—bringing deep understanding of shopper behaviour and mission-based insights to the fore.
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Ensure all plans are customer-aligned, relevant, and designed to meet both brand goals and shopper needs.
What You’ll Need
Experience & Education
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Degree educated with 1+ years’ experience in a Commercial FMCG role (Sales, Marketing, Category or Finance).
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Ideally experienced in food brands and familiar with the pace of a shopper-focused business.
Skills & Characteristics
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Excellent communicator with strong presentation and storytelling ability.
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Strong Excel skills and commercial awareness.
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Ability to turn data and insight into impactful marketing activations.
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Highly organised, able to juggle multiple priorities and manage deadlines.
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A team player who builds strong relationships internally and externally.
What can we offer you?
- Competitive salary / rate of pay
- 25 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holiday
- Option to purchase additional annual leave
- A day off work to support our charity partners
- Flexible working options
- Pension
- Medical benefit
- And access to a HUB that offers many discounts from a range of suppliers and retailers
About The Hain Celestial Group
Hain Celestial Group is a leading health and wellness company whose purpose is to inspire healthier living for people, communities and the planet through better-for-you brands. For more than 30 years, our portfolio of beloved brands has intentionally focused on delivering nutrition and well-being that positively impacts today and tomorrow. Headquartered in Hoboken, N.J., Hain Celestial’s products across snacks, baby/kids, beverages, meal preparation, and personal care, are marketed and sold in over 75 countries around the world. Our leading brands include Garden Veggie™ snacks, Terra® chips, Garden of Eatin’® snacks, Earth’s Best® and Ella’s Kitchen® baby and kids foods, Celestial Seasonings® teas, Joya® and Natumi® plant-based beverages, Greek Gods® yogurt, Cully & Sully®, Imagine® and New Covent Garden® soups, Yves® and Linda McCartney’s® (under license) meat-free, and Alba Botanica® natural sun care, among others.
Hain Celestial UK
In the UK, Hain is one of the UK's leading food companies. We create food and drink products with natural goodness at their core. We're the business behind a host of household brands - Hartley's jams and jellies, Sun-Pat peanut butters, New Covent Garden Soup Co., Linda McCartney's meat free food, and Yorkshire Provender to name a few. Nearly half of our business is private label - we create quality freshly prepared fruit and juices, desserts, soups, sweet spreads and meat free products for our retail partners.
Over our sites up and down the UK, we employ circa 1,200 people in roles within Production, Supply Chain, Product Development, Sales and Marketing, and through to our Finance, HR, IT and beyond. Each of our colleagues is vital to our continued success. That's why we target the best talent, and help to develop them through the ranks.
Our Values
Own It – I am empowered and accountable for improving Hain’s business results and impact
Win Together – I collaborate with others to grow, deliver and celebrate success.
Foster Inclusion – I create an environment where everyone feels welcome, respected and valued for their uniqueness.
Be Curious – I explore ideas & insights with a growth mindset.
Our Purpose
To inspire healthier living for people, communities & the planet through better-for-you brands
Our Mission
To build purpose-driven brands that make healthier living more attainable by empowering our people, engaging our partners, and living our lives.
If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can support you in the right way.
If Hain sounds like the company you'd like to contribute your energy and enthusiasm towards, and come on an exciting journey with us, then we can't wait to hear from you!