Brand Manager - SunnyD Vodka Seltzer & Daily's Cocktails

Stamford, CT (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead marketing and brand growth initiatives for Harvest Hill Beverage Company across digital shelf, PR, social/influencer programs, and innovation.

  • Own the digital shelf and retailer-aligned creative updates across platforms.
  • Must-have: 3+ years in marketing/brand management with syndicated data (Nielsen/IRI/Circana).
  • Standout: Strong cross-functional collaboration with product development, packaging, and go-to-market campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the digital shelf including consistency across platforms, creative optimizations, copy updates and ensure adherence to retailer requirements
  • Lead public relations efforts to drive awareness
  • Assist in brands social communities & influencers communications including strategy, content development, execution and measurement
  • Participate in campaign communication development
  • Lead point of sale, merchandising and distributor creative requests from development through execution
  • Manage consumption reporting and consumer trends data and collaborate with business intelligence to develop sales decks and selling stories
  • Work with sales to fulfill retailer incentive rebate and couponing programs
  • Assist with ad hoc projects and sales requests
  • Leverage IRI, Panel, Shipment and ad hoc consumer data to analyze brand and category performance
  • Maintain knowledge of key competitive activity, new products, product and market/channel trends shaping the category

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or MBA in Marketing, or equivalent work experience. Experience in mid -large alcohol company a plus
  • Minimum 3+ years of related work experience in marketing and/or brand management
  • Work experience and strong background in syndicated data analysis (e.g. Nielsen, IRI/Circana)
  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of employment visas at this time.
  • Strategic Leadership - ability to drive both short and long-term brand growth and profitability.
  • Analytical - ability to convert analysis into insights, sustainable strategies, and actionable plans.
  • Curious and creative thinker - resourceful in seeking information to solve problems with achieving objectives/ results in mind.
  • Results oriented mindset- Exceptional time management skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment can easily pivot as needed with focus on achieving positive outcomes and driving brand growth.
  • Energized by an entrepreneurial environment – not afraid to do things themselves to get things done. Comfortable making decisions with limited information and resources. Self-reliant/proactive and has a pioneering spirit. Takes initiative and follows-through on commitments to achieve results.
  • Strong communication and influence skills – clear, concise, and persuasive in style. Leads thinking of both marketing and cross-functional counterparts and agencies. Ability to build strong relationships with agency, cross-functional teams, and vendors.
  • Exceptional time management skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment can easily pivot as needed.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Preferred

  • Experience in mid -large alcohol company a plus
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Harvest Hill Beverage Company

Harvest Hill Beverage Company is one of the nation’s largest independent branded beverage producers, delivering consistent annual revenue growth, with sales of over $1 billion. The company was formed in June 2014 with the acquisition of Juicy Juice, and further expanded with 3 subsequent acquisitions which were consolidated into one company in May 2017. Our portfolio of iconic brands includes Juicy Juice®, SunnyD®, Veryfine®, Fruit2O®, Little HUG®, Daily’s Cocktails®, and Nutrament®. We manufacture, market, and distribute across multi-channels including Grocery, Mass Merchandisers, Warehouse Clubs, Convenience, Foodservice, and Liquor Distributors.Harvest Hill is headquartered in Stamford, CT with a nationwide network of manufacturing and distribution facilities. We employ over 1,000 employees in the United States and are owned by private equity firm, Brynwood Partners. For more information, visit harvesthill.com.

Founded in 1984
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
178 employees (6 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
10.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29.6%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
7.5%
Social
14.5%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~177

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6 (3% of company)

Funding

Last Raise
Debt Financing, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2023
    Debt Financing

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