Associate Brand Manager, Foodservice

Hopkins, MN (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and align product strategy with market needs, then drive cross functional execution to hit growth, margin and share targets across a portfolio with sales, R&D and operations partners.

  • portfolio direction and market-driven prioritization to win against competitors
  • Lead cross functional delivery with sales, R&D, QA, and operations to achieve growth, volume and profitability
  • Prove product value with data and translate strategy into reformulations, packaging and go-to-market decisions

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Drive business results
  • Actively manage performance of and develop a vision and strategic plan for products within assigned portfolio
  • Convert strategy into action and deliver objectives: growth, volume, margin, market share
  • Manage product portfolio activities, including reformulations, graphic updates, packaging changes, etc.
  • Maintain product information, including photos, features and benefits, product specifications, etc.
  • Fully understand and utilize financial metrics in making decisions
  • Deliver results through working with people
  • Convince, inspire, motivate and encourage others to move toward significant vision or goal
  • Collaborate with sales force, sufficiently gain their trust and commitment
  • Identify lead and participate in cross functional teams to efficiently and effectively deliver results

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience
  • 3+ years marketing/business experience.
  • High initiative, strong communication and relationship building skills and overall understanding of industry segments are a must

Preferred

  • Dynamic professional with the ability to collaborate effectively across the organization.
  • Ability to contribute to the fast-paced environment and bring focus to priorities of the division.
  • Ability to lead cross functional teams by setting objectives, expectations and accountability.
  • Able to determine product positioning; skilled in strategic thinking.
  • Demonstrated successful commercial launch of a product line with sustained market growth.
  • Strong organizational skills; ability to prioritize tasks in a demanding environment.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills with strong analytical and decision-making skills.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications.
  • Working knowledge of SAP.
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Michael Foods Inc.

3.2 Glassdoor

For over 100 years, the Michael Foods family of businesses has leveraged quality ingredients and innovative processes to offer the finest products and solutions to our customers and consumers. Today, Michael Foods is the nation’s largest processor of value-added eggs; producing and distributing value-added egg and refrigerated potato products to foodservice and food ingredient customers. Michael Foods has several industry leading brands within our portfolio including Papetti's® (value-added egg products), Simply Potatoes® (refrigerated potatoes), and Easy Eggs® (retail-ready egg offerings).

Founded in 1908
Hopkins, Minnesota, USA
1.5K employees (23 in marketing)
59% recommend to a friend
72% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
23.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
62%
Direct
37.2%
Social
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
23 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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