Head of Growth Marketing (Food e-Commerce)

Do you want to make a meaningful impact on business performance? Are you looking for a new challenge in one of the UK’s most exciting food retailers? At www.souschef.co.uk we’re now looking for a Head of Growth to galvanise our unique brand and market opportunity, delivering crucial growth over the next three years.

Sous Chef is one of the UK’s most-loved food brands, winning the prestigious Observer Food Monthly award for best independent retailer. Our founder Nicola has been shortlisted for the Natwest Everywoman Awards most inspiring women in business, and our FEEFO Platinum Award gives an insight to the passion our customers have for the business.

With a driven and sparky team, Sous Chef is at the leading edge of food trends and fast becoming the “go to” site for adventurous home cooks and chefs. We have a warehouse filled with some of the world’s most exciting ingredients – sourcing products from 20+ countries, enjoy regular tastings, and travelling worldwide – to bring customers inspiration and flavours that they’ve never experienced before.

The Challenge

With 400,000+ happy customers and strong growth ambitions, the Head of Growth will hit the ground running to double revenue over the next 3 years, essential to reach sustainable scale for the brilliant team we’re building.

You will need to quickly master and optimise our existing marketing mix, as well as bringing a test-and-learn mindset to drive continuous improvement. You’ll obsess about the customer and lifetime value, and work relentlessly to create a brand that delivers an extraordinary experience.

The Candidate

You have 5+ years of marketing experience and 2+ years of B2C e-commerce; the digital landscape is your native environment. Whether you come from e-commerce retail or agency-side, you’ll have a proven track record of driving performance across the full spectrum of online channels: SEO, paid search, CRM, social and more.

Steadfast in your mission to grow, you’re a born creative and innovator – and ultra-smart. You’re an independent thinker: using your own data-driven insights to spot opportunities, and quickly act on them. You are happy taking a hands on approach to growth – but also excited to manage agencies and develop junior team members.

You could succeed by yourself, but you recognise you’re stronger with a great team: invigorated by the opportunity to bring new products to market, working closely with our buyers and sales. You have a passion for food, and our ingredients make your heart sing.

The Rewards

You will have impact. You will have chance to test and try your ideas – shaping and mould this business into a household name by building a world class growth and marketing function.

So if you are ready for the challenge of working in a dynamic fast paced environment with a proven track record of digital marketing, and a passion for food, we want to hear from you.

Our Values

Our people are VERY important to us and our aim as we grow is to build teams that are happy, energised and engaged as they drive the company forwards – all working in the same direction.

• Be True - I talk to my colleagues, customers and suppliers openly and honestly – respecting others’ opinions, knowing I will be listened to in return.
• Inspiring Leadership – How I act sets the example for others: I show up with enthusiasm – ready to take on fresh challenges and explore new ideas.
• Wow Everyone – I always ask myself how I can go one step further, ultimately to delight customers. My actions speak louder than words.
• One Team – Our successes and mistakes are shared together - what I do and what we all do is what counts.