Marketing Manager

Agropur coopérative; Saint Hubert; On-site; CAD 86,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation time

Flexible insurance

Employee assistance program

Career development

Pension plan

Job summary

Agropur in St-Hubert is seeking a Marketing Manager to drive strategic development of the Cheese & Butter portfolio. You will lead projects such as innovation, line extensions, and renovations, and act as the portfolio expert for internal stakeholders and customers.

You will manage the product lifecycle, oversee the marketing plan and budgets, collaborate across sales, finance, and production, and translate market insights into actions that fuel growth in the retail market.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in administration (marketing) or project management.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the B2B sector, preferably in the food industry.
• Experience in project and portfolio management.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, leadership.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in French and English (English is required to collaborate with colleagues in other Canadian provinces).

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes the marketing plan and the innovation plan to achieve growth objectives.
• Acts as the product portfolio expert for internal stakeholders and customers.
• Leads multidisciplinary project teams for new products and portfolio optimizations.
• Interacts with sales, finance, and production to coordinate efforts.
• Evaluates product performance and competitor positioning to identify opportunities and threats.
• Makes recommendations and action plans to close performance gaps.
• Manages product lifecycle for client accounts under responsibility.
• Proposes category projects aligned with strategic objectives to optimize capacity and meet customer needs.
• Establishes strategies for phasing out non-performing products.
• Oversees marketing budgets assigned to projects under responsibility.

Skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Customer-oriented

Bilingual French/English

Education

Bachelor's degree in administration (marketing) or project management

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Type: Regular Every role at Agropur is designed to create value and contribute to collective performance. Agropur is looking for a Marketing Manager to join its team in St-Hubert. Under the supervision of the Senior Director Marketing and Product portfolio for Cheese & Butter, the Marketing Manager actively participates in the strategic development of his sector of activity. He leads projects related to his portfolio (innovation, line extension, renovation). Projects and products are mainly intended for retail market. The Marketing Manager is also responsible for managing and analyzing the performance of his product portfolio, ensure deep market knowledge and monitor budget of projects under his responsibility.

A context that allows you to maximize your impact:

• Recognition of years of service in calculating vacation time.
• Flexible group insurance plan, including telemedicine service.
• Employee assistance program.
• Opportunity to invest in you (Career Path, etc.).
• Pension plan including employer contributions and more.

Salary range 005: $ 85,600$ to $105,800 (Base salary will be determined based on academic background, experience, training, and job-related skills).

The levers through which you will make an impact:

• Actively participates in the development and execution of the marketing plan and the innovation plan in order to achieve growth objectives.
• Acts as an expert on its product portfolio for internal stakeholders and customers, demonstrates accountability.
• Leads, as project manager, the multidisciplinary team assigned to his mandates (new product, portfolio optimization/simplification, etc).
• Acts as the main interlocutor between the different departments (sales, finance, production, etc).
• Evaluates the performance and positioning of the products under his responsibility as well as those of competitors in order to identify opportunities / threats.
• Makes recommendations and close the gap action plans.
• Manages the product life cycle of client accounts under his responsibility.
• Proposes projects for the category (ie: innovation, line extension, etc.) aligned with strategic objectives, in order to optimize available production/conversion capacities and meet customer needs.
• Establishes strategies for abandoning existing non-performing products.
• Manages marketing budget assigned to projects under his responsibility.

What will enable you to create value:

• Bachelor's degree in administration (marketing) or project management.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the B2B sector, preferably in the food industry.
• Masters financial concepts to assess project profitability (P&L).
• Experience in project and portfolio management.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, leadership.
• Customer-oriented.
• Thorough understanding of the MS Office suite.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in French and English (English is required to collaborate with colleagues in other Canadian provinces).

A role aligned with what creates the greatest collective impact.

People are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in working together, speaking honestly, taking ownership, and creating value in everything we deliver. Our culture is built on collaboration, accountability, and a shared commitment to growing stronger together. Joining the team means being part of an environment where people support each other and take pride in making a real impact.

Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.

Agropur uses artificial intelligence technology to assist our recruiters in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position. In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.

Agropur is an E-Verify Employer (US Operations).