Marketing Director

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$230K/yr – $240K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Drive growth by shaping a strategic, cross-functional marketing engine that translates insights into market opportunities and a clear, multi-channel roadmap.

  • Growth Strategy & Execution: translate trends and customer insights into actionable opportunities and prioritize channels across QSR, Processor, and emerging areas.
  • Commercial & Brand Leadership: align R&D/Culinary with product priorities, craft compelling messaging, and oversee campaigns and scalable content to accelerate pipeline.
  • Industry Positioning & Thought Leadership: lead customer engagements, industry events, and storytelling that position the company as an innovative market leader.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead Strategy & Growth
  • Develop and execute the marketing strategy aligned with business growth priorities.
  • Translate market trends, customer insights, and competitive intelligence into actionable growth opportunities.
  • Define annual priorities and establish a clear roadmap for the marketing team.
  • Identify and prioritize opportunities across QSR, Processor, and emerging channels.
  • Drive Innovation & Commercial Impact
  • Partner with Culinary and R&D to guide innovation efforts that align with customer needs and market trends.
  • Influence product development and commercialization priorities.
  • Help Sales strengthen customer relationships through compelling messaging, insights, and value propositions.
  • Support opportunity creation, pipeline development, and commercial conversion.
  • Customer Engagement & Industry Leadership
  • Lead customer-facing marketing programs, including innovation sessions, trend presentations, roadshows, and targeted campaigns.
  • Represent Newly Weds Foods at customer meetings, industry events, and speaking engagements.
  • Position the company as an innovative and forward-thinking industry leader.
  • Strengthen customer engagement through impactful storytelling and market insights.
  • Brand, Communications & Content Leadership
  • Own brand strategy and external communications across digital and traditional channels.
  • Oversee marketing campaigns, agency relationships, and communications initiatives.
  • Establish consistent messaging, storytelling frameworks, and communication standards.
  • Ensure development of scalable customer-facing content, presentations, and sales tools that support commercial growth.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field.
  • MBA or equivalent business leadership experience preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive marketing leadership experience within B2B food ingredients, foodservice, manufacturing, or a related industry.
  • Proven success developing and executing marketing strategies that drive growth, innovation, and customer engagement.
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to connect marketing initiatives to business results.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing across Sales, R&D, Culinary, and executive leadership.
  • Demonstrated success building teams, implementing processes, and driving organizational effectiveness.
  • Strong customer-facing presentation, communication, and relationship-building skills.
  • Experience representing an organization externally through customer engagement, industry participation, thought leadership, or speaking opportunities.
  • Strong financial acumen, including budget management and ROI analysis.
  • Experience operating in a global or multi-regional environment is preferred.

Preferred

    Benefits

    • Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision
    • Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training, Events
    • Emotional – Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing Programs
    • Financial – 401k, Employee Incentive Plan, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

    Salaries

    Posted range

    $230K/yr – $240K/yr

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    Marketing Director

    Newly Weds Foods- Corporate · Chicago, IL · On-site