Responsibilities

• Own ongoing performance tracking across innovation and renovation platforms (consumption, velocity) highlighting distributor performance
• Deep collaboration with distribution partners to build business plans for innovation
• Develop a deep knowledge of actionable insights in key markets to inform pipeline prioritization and renovation decisions
• Look for efficiencies across markets on innovations to serve as many geographies as possible
• Monitor competitive landscape, innovation pipelines & performance, and category shifts in key markets
• Support post-launch tracking and optimization recommendations
• Build executive-ready reports and dashboards for leadership updates
• Lead renovation initiatives (formula, claims, packaging updates, flavor extensions) leveraging US work to extend across brands for international markets
• Drive execution of innovation projects through stage-gate process (brief development launch readiness) built upon US base where possible and stand alone where cases are robust enough
• Partner with US brand, insights, digital, R&D, medical, regulatory, packaging, and operations on product development decisions

Requirements

• 5+ years of brand management for a CPG Food, CPG Personal Product or OTC brand, International experience
• Functional Skills: strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate market dynamics into actionable tactics,
• Hands-on experience working with market, consumer and distributor data, with the ability to translate insights into clear “where to play / how to win” decisions and identify international white space opportunities.
• Strategic Skills: Collaborative/team player, strategic agility, proven ability to make complex decisions, dealing with ambiguity, ability to influence senior management on strategic decisions based on actionable insights, ability to operate in a multi-cultural, international environment with diverse partners.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment
• Energy & Drive: self-starter, independent thinker, action oriented, strong passion for results
• Organizational Positioning Skills: Strong presentation skills & written communications, ability to interact successfully with senior management
• Personal & Interpersonal Skills: Customer & consumer focus, skilled to build and foster effective peer relationships, proven ability to effectively collaborate across functional areas
• Multi-Lingual preferred but not required

Preferred

• Marketing budget management, volume forecasting, project management