PFUS Brand Innovation – Marketing Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of innovation projects for key brands through stage gate process in collaboration with cross-functional partners while navigating complexity
• Help define and evolve the long-term portfolio innovation strategy, identifying growth platforms, whitespace opportunities, and future demand spaces
• Bring strong analytical background and strategic rationale to build recommendations for pipeline development
• Balance art and science, leveraging your deep understanding of the consumer and trends to make gut instinct decisions, while balancing with insights & analytics to drive a data-oriented learning agenda
• Develop new products through close cross-functional partnership with speed to market as a focus
• Partner with brand and sales team to create best in class sell story and tools for sell-in
• Lead best-in-class cross functional partnership skills across the organization including brand, insights, finance, supply chain, R&D, sales, and agency partners

Requirements

• Previous CPG and/or agency innovation experience strongly preferred
• MBA degree or BBA with 3+ years of direct, full-time work experience
• Strong project management skills and cross-functional team experience
• Strong demonstrative leadership potential and strategic thinking
• A passion for understand consumer behavior and an ability to translate trends and insights into product ideas that uniquely satisfy unmet needs
• Can-do spirit with an aptitude in dealing with ambiguity facilitated by a penchant for creative-thinking and problem-solving
• Ability to keep others engaged and accountable while delivering results flawlessly and on-time
• A sense of urgency, bias for action, and strong attention to detail
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• A curiosity to learn about all parts of innovation (pack, product, etc.) and the functions (operations, supply, etc.) that go into turning concepts into products

Benefits

• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.