Associate Manager, Toy Marketing - Signature Barbie

El Segundo, CA (On-site)

$110K/yr – $125K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the toy category strategy and GTM execution, aligning segmentation, pricing, and roadmaps with design and marketing to drive revenue and margin while deriving consumer-play insights to influence packaging and storytelling.

  • Strategy & Segmentation: Define core, premium, collector, and preschool toy segments and target play patterns.
  • Roadmaps & Innovation: Partner with Design/R&D to balance new toys and refresh cycles across 3–5 year horizons.
  • Performance & Insights: Own toy P&L, SKU productivity, and consumer insights to inform packaging and messaging.

Job Description

Own the toy category strategy and GTM execution, aligning segmentation, pricing, and roadmaps with design and marketing to drive revenue and margin while deriving consumer-play insights to influence packaging and storytelling.

  • Responsibilities: Develop toy strategy by segment (core, premium, collector, preschool, etc.).
  • Responsibility: Manage toy pricing architecture and competitive positioning.
  • Responsibility: Partner with leadership to build 3–5 year toy product roadmaps, balancing innovation and refresh cycles.
  • Responsibility: Own consumer/play insights specific to toy usage and play patterns.
  • Responsibility: Collaborate with Design/R&D to bring toys from concept to shelf.
  • Responsibility: Assist in coordinating with regional commercial teams in gaining buy-in to global product strategies at all levels
  • Responsibility: Own toy business performance (revenue, margin, SKU productivity).
  • Responsibility: Provide input to Brand Marketing on packaging, messaging, and feature storytelling.
  • Requirements: 5+ years experience in brand marketing or related fields, franchise marketing, or purpose-driven strategy/marketing.
  • Requirements: Project management for complex product development timelines.
  • Requirements: Experience in category management, product marketing, or product development.
  • Requirements: Experience partnering with design and manufacturing.
  • Requirements: Background in CPG or toy companies with retail buyer dynamics.
  • Requirements: Strong quantitative/financial skills (forecasting, pricing, SKU productivity).
  • Requirements: Ability to define toy segments, pricing ladders, and innovation cycles.
  • Requirements: Comfortable collaborating with design/R&D, engineering, and manufacturing teams.
  • Requirements: Retail/channel knowledge for mass, specialty, and e-commerce distribution.
  • Requirements: Strong business & financial management with toy category P&L understanding.
  • Nice to have: Experience with retail buyer dynamics.
  • Nice to have: Exposure to mass, specialty, and e-commerce distribution strategies.
  • Benefits: competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.
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Mattel

La Mauritano-Tunisienne des Télécommunications est le premier opérateur mobile en Mauritanie.

Founded in 1999
Nouakchott, Nouakchott-Nord Region, MRT
318 employees (51 in marketing)

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~318

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