Brand Marketing Associate (Stouffer's)

The Nestle Professional Solutions at Nestle USA leverages its position as the world's largest food and beverage company to bring brands that you enjoy in your home, to other areas of your life such as the workplace, restaurants, hotels, and your neighborhood College or University. Our portfolio of products and solutions includes beloved brands such as Stouffer's, Coffee mate, Nescafe, and Starbucks. With our extensive networks and industry knowledge, we offer unparalleled support and guidance to foodservice operators, ensuring their success in a competitive market. We strive to contribute to a healthier future by providing the finest ingredients and operational knowledge to every type of foodservice operation. The strength of our trusted brands is supported by a team of skilled professionals who are dedicated to deepening their industry experience. Our team of culinary experts and skilled product developers partner closely with foodservice professionals to generate creative, branded food and beverage solutions that address a wide variety of needs. Our employees thrive on opportunities to grow and develop within the food-service industry, ensuring that we are always at the forefront of industry trends and innovations.

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Nestle Professional Solutions is looking for a Brand Marketing Associate for the Stouffer's brand with experience in product management and a track record of success growing business and improving returns via product portfolio management. This role will develop strategic recommendations based on robust analysis. The Brand Marketing Associate will have responsibility for branded food categories and develop business and marketing objectives, strategy and tactics for the Out-of-Home channels and will execute against these plans. They will focus on delivering the category plans with a strong prioritization on end-to-end new product development to increase sales and profits. They will manage daily activities relevant to the success of these new categories and the Stouffer's brand.

• Identifies and implements initiatives to improve consumer relevance and financial delivery of existing products through cost and portfolio optimization, product performance, packaging, or price-pack architecture.
• Drives product strategy and commercialization against operating plans and budgets by analyzing product performance vs. expectations and providing meaningful action plans to address variances in performance against the annual plan.
• Execute day-to-day tactical Product Marketing plans for the brand, including managing the I2L SKU tracking process.
• Manage external agency partners. Manage and control brand budget. Leverage and use key insights to identify new opportunities.
• Prepares annual business plans and business review and assists in the on the mid and long-term strategic business planning.
• Leads regular updates on initiative performance and makes recommendations to optimize. This includes annual & monthly reviews of category performance, weekly Seasonal promotion performance, and ad-hoc analysis supporting relevant brand teams.
• Provides forecast planning support for Brand, Supply Chain, Commercial Development, and Demand Planning teams.
• Sustains a high level of relationship management with cross functional partners, including product & project management. Utilize strong strategic and communication skills and ability to assemble and motivate cross- functional teams including product development, R&D, sales, finance, regulatory, manufacturing and supply chain to accomplish aggressive new product plans, influence mix and profitable grow of the overall portfolio. Proven ability for multi-project management.
• Manage the marketing communication assets of a portfolio including digital shelf asset development, owned website and product web pages, sales tools (brochures, sell sheets, creative assets) and training.
• Coordinate with Sales and Sales support teams on lead generation process including follow-up, communication with leads, end-to-end ROI
• Participates in cross-functional teams in the ideation, creation, and development of new products and product- related marketing opportunities from concept to commercialization.
• Leads the set-up of new products, including system input, project management, and image development.

• At least 5+ years of progressive experience in product or brand management.
• 3-5+ years of experience influencing cross-functional teams.
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, particularly with Sales, Product Development and cross functional teams
• Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of US military experience required; MBA preferred
• Up to 20% travel required
• Analytical thinker who can confidently present insights-based and financial-backed recommendations to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines, working both independently and as a collaborator.
• understanding of financial planning, product forecasting, assortment planning, and inventory management.
• CPG or Foodservice experience not required but preferred.
• P&L experience and strong planning skills.

Requisition ID:330763

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