Brand Manager, Premium Chocolate Valentine & Easter

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella, Tic Tac, Ferrero Rocher, Raffaello, Kinder Bueno and Kinder Surprise. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

As the Brand Manager, Premium Chocolate Valentines & Easter, you'll be brand owner for Golden Gallery Signature, our premium assorted box chocolate. The Brand Manager, Premium Chocolate Valentines & Easter will manage day-to-day operations and help construct and execute the positioning and vision of the brand through both innovation and creative development. The Brand Manager will also play a key role in driving success of premium chocolate white-space innovation development and launch strategies. This role manages one direct report.

Business and Brand Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting

• In-depth market, competitive and brand analysis to assist in formulating brand strategy within a fast-moving consumer packaged goods category
• Analyzebusiness and brand results to ensure strategies are working and objectives are being realized, recommending course correction whenrelevant
• Maintainunderstanding of the competitive environment to assess impact on business
• Prepareand createengaging, meaningful and persuasive presentations
• Ownand actively managebrand marketing budget

Product Management

• Lead qualitative and quantitative market research - briefing throughinterpreting result and making recommendations for innovation and renovation
• Leadinnovation development with cross-functional team from concept to opportunity assessment through launch within our internal stage gate process
• Partnerwith Finance to ensure profitability with innovation
• Work closely with Category Management and Trade Marketing to develop compelling sell-in stories/toolkits to ensure customer acceptance of innovation

Brand Equity and Communications Planning and Execution

• Leadagency partners in creative development, asset development and execution of consumer and shopper activation
• Ensurecoherency across all consumer and shopper touchpoints to drive cohesive and impactful messaging and trademark consistency in all communications
• Participats in brand planning and overall communication planning with interagency team
• Setand track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), offering recommendations for optimization of plans/assets

Leadership and Self-Management

• Inter-departmental engagement with Trade marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance and Legal to assist in the planning and execution of new initiatives
• Efficiently manage relations with third party vendors (i.e.graphic design agencies, research agencies, etc.), obtaining required output while minimizing costs
• Presentations to Senior Management
• ManageAssociate Brand Manager by creating their development plan and ensuring support to achieve goals and objectives

• Bachelor's Degree in Business; Master's degree in Business is a plus
• 5+ years ofexperience in consumer-packaged goods brand marketing
• Experience working with syndicated databases; i.e. IRI, ACNielsen
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects within scheduled timelines
• Solid project management skills from planning stage to execution and final assessment in order to achieve brand objectives and goals
• Well-versed in Budget Management and Forecasting
• Understanding of nuances of food, drug, mass, club and e-commerce classes of trade
• Exposure to P&L management is a plus
• Global/Upstream marketing experience is a plus
• Experience working in business unit/country team within a global organization is a must

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you'll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

Ferrero N.A. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.