Associate Brand Manager

Lakeville, MN (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 9 days ago

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Job Summary

Own brand growth through strategic leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven insights, translating strategy into annual plans and running major initiatives from innovation to marketplace execution.

  • Own annual and multi-year brand strategies using consumer insights and competitive intelligence
  • Lead cross-functional projects such as launches, renovations, packaging updates, and cost-saving programs
  • Translate brand strategy into actionable operating plans and growth initiatives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Brand & Business Leadership
  • - Serve as a steward of your assigned brands, partnering closely with the Brand Manager to execute the 4Ps: product, price, place, and promotion.
  • - Develop a deep understanding of consumers, competitors, category dynamics, and marketplace trends to drive demand and brand growth.
  • - Own business forecasting and performance monitoring, identifying key drivers across consumption, shipments, pricing, and competitive activity.
  • - Analyze brand and category performance to uncover opportunities and recommend actions that improve business results.
  • - Identify consumer and business knowledge gaps and collaborate with Sales, Operations, R&D, and Consumer Insights teams to address them.
  • - Translate brand strategy into actionable annual operating plans and growth initiatives.
  • - Support the development of annual and multi-year brand strategies through consumer insights, syndicated data, and competitive intelligence.
  • Marketing & Commercial Execution
  • - Lead major cross-functional projects including innovation launches, product renovations, packaging updates, cost-savings initiatives, and other growth-driving programs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required (Marketing, Finance, Business, or related field preferred)
  • 2+ years of experience in marketing, brand management, or a related business function
  • Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) experience preferred
  • Experience analyzing Nielsen, IRI/Circana, or other syndicated point-of-sale data strongly preferred
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial acumen
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling abilities
  • Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities
  • Proven track record of turning insights into actionable business recommendations

Preferred

  • MBA is a plus
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Post Consumer Brands

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Post Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a consumer packaged goods holding company operating in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, food ingredient, pet food and private brand food categories. Through its Post Consumer Brands business, Post is a leader in the North American ready-to-eat cereal category offering a broad portfolio including recognized brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PebblesTM, Great Grains® and Malt-O-Meal® bag cereal. Post also is a leader in the United Kingdom ready-to-eat cereal category with the iconic Weetabix® brand. As leader in refrigerated foods, Post brings innovative, value-added egg and refrigerated potato products to the foodservice channel and the retail refrigerated side dish category, offering side dishes and egg, sausage and cheese products through the Bob Evans®, Better’n Eggs®, Simply Potatoes® and Crystal Farms® brands. Post participates in the private brand food category through its investment in 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, a leading, private brand centric, consumer products holding company. For more information, visit www.postholdings.com.

Founded in 1900
St Louis, Missouri, USA
1.1K employees (55 in marketing)
50% recommend to a friend
67% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
43.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$57
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.4%
Direct
45.7%
Referral
13.8%
Social
11.7%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
45 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
13.5 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$3.6B
Last Raise
$464.9M
Post IPO Debt, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $464.9M
  • Sep 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $600M
  • Aug 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $1.2B

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