Responsibilities

• Product Development and Improvement focusing on Rich’s retail appetizer portfolio: execute innovation/renovation activity against plan
• Product/Segment Knowledge: “Expert” on retail appetizer category/segment (understand operational capabilities, technical aspects, uses, customer positioning)
• Provide input into the demand plan
• Provide support and solutions to the Product Supply Chain
• Make pricing recommendations on new products and general price increases based on value
• Problem solve inventory/spoilage issues
• Recommend SKUs for rationalization and execute
• Consumer/Customer/Industry understanding, target markets and segments for category
• Understanding competitive set/competitive assessment/market quantification and analysis
• Perform Category Discovery work to generate new products and platforms within appropriate target segments

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in marketing or related field required; MBA preferred
• Minimum 5 years experience in a marketing role
• Demonstrated financial skills to include P&L analysis and other analyses
• Solid communication skills to include verbal and written capabilities; strong presentation ability
• Experience in CPG or food industry a plus
• Strong proficiency to include Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Leverages AI tools and emerging technologies to accelerate insights, improve decision-making, enhance productivity, and drive marketing effectiveness
• Ability to travel up to 10% as needed