Associate Brand Manager - Better Than Brands

Rome, GA (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $100K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the brand growth and product-launch playbook by translating consumer insights and analytics into strategic initiatives across brand, innovation, and cross-functional execution.

  • Brand & Growth: Shape strategy, messaging, and long-term plans to boost household penetration and engagement.
  • Innovation & Commercialization: Lead concept-to-launch of new products and packaging, aligning positioning for retail and eCommerce rollout.
  • Campaign & Analytics: Drive integrated campaigns, partner with creative teams, and transform performance data into actionable optimization and selling stories.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Brand Strategy & Growth: Help develop and execute strategies that drive brand growth, household penetration, and consumer engagement.
  • Innovation & Commercialization: Support innovation initiatives from concept through launch; partner cross-functionally on product positioning, packaging development, claims, and commercialization; help bring new products and line extensions to market across retail and eCommerce channels.
  • Marketing & Campaign Development: Support integrated marketing campaigns across digital, social, retail and other in-store channels; collaborate with agency partners on creative development, content, and campaign execution; help develop customer-facing presentations, commercialization materials, and selling stories; monitor campaign performance and identify optimization opportunities.
  • Consumer Insights & Business Analytics: Analyze syndicated data sources (Nielsen/Numerator) for brand and retailer performance, consumer insights, and category trends to identify opportunities for growth; translate data into actionable recommendations and compelling business stories; monitor brand performance metrics including sales, distribution, velocity, household penetration, and market share; support development of customer presentations, innovation recommendations, and strategic business reviews.
  • Financial & Business Management: Assist in managing brand marketing budgets and agency investments; help evaluate campaign and innovation performance to optimize ROI and business impact; support forecasting, financial tracking, and business performance analysis; partner cross-functionally with Finance and Sales to support profitable brand growth.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Work collaboratively across functions including Marketing, Sales, R&D, Project Management, Finance, and external agency partners; manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment; identify opportunities to improve processes, execution, and business performance.

Requirements

  • 2–4 years of experience in marketing or related business field, preferably in the consumer goods industry
  • Strong analytical mindset with ability to interpret data and translate insights into business recommendations
  • Experience working with syndicated data platforms such as Nielsen/Numerator, but not required
  • Passion for brand building, consumer behavior, and identifying growth opportunities
  • Ability to balance creativity with business and analytical thinking
  • Experience managing timelines and juggling multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Excellent project management and organizational skills
  • What We're Looking For includes Curious, proactive, and entrepreneurial mindset

Preferred

  • Curious, proactive, and entrepreneurial mindset
  • Collaborative cross-functional leadership skills
  • Experience working with syndicated data platforms such as Nielsen/Numerator (but not required)
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Summit Hill Foods Inc

Summit Hill Foods is headquartered in Rome, Georgia. The company’s core strength is the development and manufacture of ingredient systems used to deliver superior flavors. Key customers include global and regional food manufacturers, restaurants, and foodservice distributors. The company also markets nationally distributed retail brands including Better Than Bouillon, Louisiana Hot Sauce, and Better Than Gravy. Summit Hill Foods operates manufacturing facilities located in Rome, Georgia and New Iberia, Louisiana.

Founded in 1941
Rome, Georgia, USA
142 employees (8 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
650
Traffic Source Mix
Search
16%
Direct
64.7%
Referral
5.8%
Social
12.4%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~142

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8 (6% of company)

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 13 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2012
    Private Equity