Associate Marketing Manager - Retail Case Ready

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of the category marketing strategy development for Retail Case Ready in alignment with broader business objectives, providing expertise and using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to generate and apply insights on customer needs, customer strategies, market trends, consumer behaviors, and competitive dynamics to inform product or category decisions, guide category direction, and support effective priority setting.
• Support initiatives across innovation, new product development, and co-creation of customer solutions, driving product commercialization and portfolio health through integrated pipeline development, including concept ideation, business assessments, and coordinated project execution.
• Partner with R&D, Business, and other cross-functional teams to help move innovation concepts from ideas through commercialization.
• Lead initiatives to improve customer experience for the assigned category by developing and activating differentiated value propositions, while supporting customer engagement plans through crafting compelling selling stories and marketing materials tailored to specific customer needs.
• Support the development and execution of marketing programs, launches, promotions, and customer-facing materials.
• Track innovation progress, timelines, and key milestones to ensure initiatives remain aligned with strategic priorities and are delivered on schedule.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business Administration, a related field
• Minimum requirement of 4 years of work experience in a similar role
• Experience translating insights and data into clear recommendations and action plans
• Proven experience collaborating cross-functionally

Preferred

• Experience in food, retail, or consumer-packaged goods marketing
• Experience supporting marketing strategy execution in a cross-functional, matrixed environment
• Experience navigating complex organizational structures and influence without direct authority

Benefits

• At Cargill we put people first.  As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit:  https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness  to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).