Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Marketing Activation team members, setting clear priorities, performance expectations, development plans, and accountability for results.
• Lead direct report responsible for special events while also independently executing the core duties of the Market Activation Manager, including planning, coordinating, and delivering market activation programs and event-based initiatives.
• Translate the strategic pillar event and market activation roadmap into regional plans, identifying initiatives that support commercial, channel, brand, shopper, and customer priorities.
• Assign work and manage team capacity, timelines, and resources across multiple activation programs to ensure quality execution and delivery against commitments.
• Establish and continuously improve best-in-class activation processes, tools, routines, and post-program learning practices.
• Lead collaboration across Commercial, Sales, Shopper Marketing, Brand, Digital, Creative, Special Events, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, and other cross-functional partners to align objectives and execution requirements.
• Build productive relationships with external brand partners, agencies, vendors, venues, customers, and community partners and hold them accountable to agreed scope, timing, quality, and deliverables.
• Develop and implement activation strategies grounded in consumer, customer, product, cultural, and marketplace insights to build demand and market share within the assigned region or geography.
• Proactively generate and encourage the team to generate creative, multifaceted ideas that engage consumers while supporting commercial priorities and brand objectives.
• Develop and implement strong commercial strategy plans, executive-ready presentations, and recommendations tailored to different audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 6 plus years of related experience or High School Diploma/General Education Diploma with 9 plus years of specific experience

Preferred

• Master’s Degree

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Match, PTO, Education Reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision coverage, Paid Time Off, Retirement Benefits, and complimentary Health Screenings.