Channel Marketing Associate Manager

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive channel and customer marketing activations for a CPG brand, collaborating with cross-functional teams to grow share and online performance.

  • Own the development and execution of customer-specific marketing activation plans.
  • Must-have: 5-7 years of relevant CPG sales/marketing experience.
  • Standout: Proven retail media planning or agency-management experience.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Drive Growth: Develop channel and customer-specific opportunities in collaboration with brand, sales, innovation, digital, research, and supply chain partners.
  • Execute with Impact: Lead account-specific marketing activations aligned with national campaigns, product launches, and product initiatives.
  • Maximize ROI: Ensure all channel activation plans are delivered on time, within budget, and achieve defined success metrics.
  • Leverage Insights: Translate shopper and brand insights into impactful marketing strategies that elevates the online experience.
  • Partner & Influence: Champion category leadership principles, support joint business planning, and participate in customer sales calls.
  • Stay Ahead of Competition: Craft compelling trade narratives to neutralize competitive threats and accelerate growth.
  • Analyze & Optimize: Measure the performance of activations, provide post-campaign analysis, and recommend data-driven improvements.
  • Collaborate with Agencies: Lead and manage agency partnerships to ensure excellence in execution.

Requirements

  • Bachelor\'s degree in marketing, business, communications, or a related field.
  • 5-7 years of relevant experience in sales and marketing in the CPG industry.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently in the creation and execution of customer-specific marketing activation plans.
  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to explain your recommendations
  • Retailer catalog management experience inclusive of new item launches, online activations, and digital shelf excellence
  • A deep understanding of eCommerce and the digital marketplace
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively across all departments.
  • Advanced PowerPoint and English writing and communication skills.

Preferred

  • Experience building and managing a PIM/PXM platform (Salsify, Syndigo, etc.)
  • eCommerce Channel Marketing or Account Management experience
  • Proven track record of strategic retail media planning
  • Agency management experience
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WD-40 COMPANY

Founded in San Diego, California U.S.A. in 1953, WD-40 Company is a publicly traded, global sales and marketing company. The blue and yellow can with the little red top and yellow “shield” carries with it positive brand equity - the brand is memorable, easily recognizable, and known for its superiority in quality and reliability to end users across 62 unique channels of trade in more than 176 countries. Our maintenance products currently make up ~90% of net sales and homecare and cleaning products ~10%. WD-40 Company's corporate headquarters and Corporate Brand Support Center are located in San Diego. Our ~750 highly engaged team members in our 17 offices throughout the world are caretakers of our brands and innovators of our future. Our “Why”: We exist to create positive lasting memories in everything we do. We solve problems. We make things work smoothly. We create opportunities. Our “How”: We create positive lasting memories by cultivating a culture of learning and teaching which produces a highly engaged workforce who live our company’s values every day. Our “What”: Our mission is to deliver unique, high value, and easy-to-use solutions for a wide variety of maintenance needs in workshops, factories, and homes. We market and distribute our brands across multiple trade channels in countries all over the world. In the company's 70+ year history, there has not been a reduction in force. We work diligently to ensure that our approach to workforce planning and hiring is carefully architected to ensure sustainable workforce in good times and bad. We take seriously our commitment to hiring and developing great talent. This aligns with our purpose driven and values guided people first strategy.

Founded in 1953
San Diego, California, USA
934 employees (120 in marketing)