Associate Brand Manager

Responsibilities

• Assisting brand leaders driving business performance, executing on strategy and tactics, delivering on revenue, profit, and market share goals.
• Analyzing the business and has an in-depth understanding of key drivers.
• Delivering market analysis and actionable recommendations to grow sales and expand margin.
• Leading cross-functional teams to launch innovation with speed and agility (within 9 months), taking into consideration both marketplace and internal (financial/technical) dynamics.
• Assisting with preparation of annual operating plans and marketing budget.
• Supporting the Brand team to execute product packaging and label updates.
• Partners cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Regulatory/Legal, Operations, R&D, Consumer and Shopper Insights, Digital Services, etc., to accomplish goals.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in business or its equivalent, MBA preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years of combined relevant professional experience and graduate level education is required. Time spent obtaining a relevant graduate degree (e.g. MBA) may count toward the 3-year requirement.
• Ability to pull insights from multiple sources and distill into a compelling story.
• Strong verbal and written communicator to a wide breadth of audiences including senior management.
• Demonstrated leadership and influencing abilities.
• Ability to work successfully with cross-functional teams.
• Primarily performs work in an office or remote environment and require extended periods of sitting, computer use, and verbal communication. Physical activity is generally limited to occasional standing, walking, repetitive keyboard and mouse use, and light lifting of office materials or equipment up to 10–15 pounds. Employees may occasionally travel or attend meetings in varying office or customer environments.
• Minimal travel to attend key company offsites, team strategy sessions, or vendor meetings. Travel is infrequent and planned in advance.
• The brand supports cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Finance, Regulatory/Legal, Operations, R&D, Consumer and Shopper Insights, Digital Services, etc., to accomplish goals.