Brand Manager, Savoury

Mondelēz International; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 93,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid leave programs

Education related programs

Job summary

Mondelēz International in Canada is seeking a marketing leader to drive the Savoury brand portfolio, building consumer-centric plans and delivering end-to-end marketing campaigns. You will craft long-term vision, collaborate with Sales, R&D, and Insights, and lead the team toward profitable growth.

You will develop strategies anchored in consumer needs, manage a broad scope of projects, and work in a hybrid Toronto-area environment with strong leadership expectations.

Qualifications

• Understanding consumer behavior in CPG environments
• Ability to translate insights into brand actions
• Experience building integrated marketing campaigns

Responsibilities

• Develop annual brand plans and allocate resources
• Lead portfolio strategy aligned with brand vision
• Drive revenue and profit forecasts through integrated marketing plans
• Inspire cross-functional teams and agency partners to execute campaigns

Skills

Consumer insights

Brand strategy

Analytics & storytelling

Cross-functional leadership

Executive presentation

Communication skills

Market knowledge (Canada)

Education

University degree in Business/Marketing

Job description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

Working with cross-functional and regional teams, you implement a portfolio strategy that is aligned with the brand vision to drive sustainable growth. You support profit and loss management and future business development plans and objectives including new product development and platform opportunities.

How You Will Contribute

Working with other internal stakeholders, you will support the brand portfolio strategy and priorities to enable consumer-centric brand portfolio growth. You will develop annual plans, setting objectives and allocating resources. In addition, you will offer recommendations for integrated commercial plans, develop and execute marketing plans that deliver on revenue and profit forecasts, and share objectives. Based on your deep consumer insights and brand positioning, you will develop and implement integrated marketing communications and 360 degree campaigns.

What You Will Bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Consumer behavior, preferably in the consumer goods sector in matrix environment
• Developing a seamless consumer experience
• Managing business objectives beyond brand and budget
• Analytics and creativity—a balance of commercial and strategic acumen
• Leading and influencing teams
• Communicating effectively, verbally and in writing, and executive presentation skills
• Markets with diverse economic environments a distinct advantage

Additional Job Description

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead the future of our Savoury business, working on Canada's favourite cracker brands. As a part of this role, you will have chance to lead the team on a broad scope of projects to build your marketing and leadership skills:

• Brand Strategies: Develop long term vision and strategies to grow the portfolio anchored in consumer needs by collaborating with key cross functional partners.
• Innovation and Renovation: build long term pipeline of consumer first and customer centric innovation (format, flavors, beyond the core) & renovation. Proactively lead the team to drive both short- and long-term development.
• Execution with excellence: lead our cross-functional team to deliver end to end execution excellence from commercialisation all the way to customer presentation and in-market execution.
• Bring insights and analysis into action: become the champion of consumer needs! Proactively monitor brand performance along with key competitors across the market to identify growth opportunities, and work with partners to provide recommendations.
• Business acumen: lead the team to profitable growth by leveraging all levers of the P&L
• Brand building and In-store activation: build brand equity of our Savoury portfolio in Canada by developing remarkable creative & media working with our agency partners.
• Cross-functional Leadership. Cultivate a growth mindset and strong working relationships with both internal (Sales, R&D, Supply, Revenue Growth Management, Insights & Analytics, Sales planning, E-commerce) and external partners (agencies, packaging designs…)

What extra ingredients you will bring

• Passion for building collaborative teams anchored in positive relationship building.
• Growth mindset, can-do attitude, and drive for results.
• Creative thinking, learning agility, positivity and resilience when dealing with challenges.
• Strong presentation and storytelling skills to inspire internal team members & sales partners.
• Entrepreneurship and proactive mindset, ability to lean in and deliver results autonomously.

Education / Certifications

• University degree with focus on Business/Marketing is an asset.

Job specific requirements

• Minimum of 5-7 years of work experience in a marketing or strategy role
• Ability to thrive and handle ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build and deliver against strict timelines.
• Ability to work with a cross functional team and inspire agency partners.

Work schedule

• Regular business hours M-F (Hybrid)

Salary and Benefits

The expected base salary range for this position is $93,300 to $116,650 CAD depending on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible to participate in a highly competitive bonus program with a target of 10% with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.

Mondelez also offers several generous employee benefits (some subsidized or fully paid for by the company), including health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, and enhanced vacation and holiday entitlements. AI may be used as part of the recruitment process and in accordance with local laws. This posting is for a current vacancy.

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada. Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario. A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone; We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies. Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company. We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity. In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging.

Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please note that the term "accommodation" in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.

Job Type

Regular

Brand & Portfolio Management

Marketing