Senior Marketing Manager, Categories

Organika Health Products; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Organika in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager, Categories to drive growth across product categories through strategic market positioning, branding campaigns and product launches. You will analyze consumer needs and trends, lead cross-functional teams with Sales and Supply Chain, develop campaign briefs, manage budgets, and ensure consistent brand messaging.

This role offers a dynamic, collaborative environment at Organika, with opportunities to shape category strategy and increase

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration or related field.
• 7–10 years marketing experience in CPG or retail environments.
• Proven track record in go-to-market strategies and integrated campaigns.
• Strategic thinking translating insights into growth strategies.
• Strong project management and organisational skills in deadline-driven environments.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing stakeholders.
• People management experience mentoring junior team members.
• Strong analytical skills to monitor metrics and inform decisions.
• Budget management experience and resource allocation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; capable of campaign briefs.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned product categories with accountability for market share.
• Manage go-to-market for categories from launch to lifecycle and performance.
• Develop marketing strategies focusing on branding and market positioning.
• Conduct market analysis to understand consumer needs and trends.
• Lead cross-functional campaigns with Sales, Supply Chain and Product.
• Create comprehensive campaign briefs with objectives, audiences and messaging.
• Define campaign success metrics and monitor performance.
• Oversee end-to-end campaign execution and budgets.
• Ensure brand consistency across consumer touchpoints.

Skills

Marketing experience

Category management

Brand marketing

Go-to-market

Campaign management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Budget management

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Organika is a premium natural health company from Vancouver, Canada. We have been obsessed with helping people live healthier for over 35 years now! As trendsetters in the health industry, we strongly believe everyone should have accessibility to natural wellness solutions. We are award-winning innovators, whose collective commitment is to offer the highest-quality standards and put our customers first.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Marketing Manager, Categories to help drive the growth and profitability of our product categories through strategic market positioning, brand-aligned campaigns and product launch strategies across assigned product categories.

The role will focus on understanding and anticipating consumer needs, market trends, and leveraging these insights to drive product revenue and brand development and requires both strategic thinking and hands-on execution excellence. You'll develop campaign concepts and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver flawless launches and campaigns. Working within the brand framework, you'll elevate product positioning to align with our brand identity, manage campaign budgets, and ensure every consumer touchpoint strengthens our brand presence in the marketplace.

Your expertise in branding, market analysis, and product lifecycle management will be key in creating and executing marketing strategies that resonate with our target audience and differentiate our products in a competitive landscape, working very closely with Sales and other cross-functional departments. And your success will be measured by your ability to execute campaigns and marketing programs that drive market share growth, maintain brand consistency across all touchpoints, and effectively coordinate stakeholders from Innovation to Sales to bring products to market successfully.

Key Responsibilities

1. Category Growth Management:

• Own assigned product categories with accountability for maintaining and growing market share
• Manage the entire Go-to-Market for assigned categories, from market launch to full product lifecycle and performance management
• Develop and implement comprehensive marketing strategies for assigned product categories, focusing on branding and market positioning and in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders
• Conduct in-depth market analysis to understand consumer needs, market trends, and the competitive landscape.
• Leverage these insights to identify revenue opportunities and brand differentiation.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen competitive positioning within assigned categories
• Monitor category health metrics and recommend strategic adjustments
• Develop and manage pricing strategies to optimize profitability while ensuring competitiveness in the market
• Collaborate with sales and distribution teams to devise effective product placement and promotional strategies

2. Go-to-Market and Campaign Development & Execution:

• Work closely with Sales and Supply Chain to ensure the feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and successful launch and repeat orders of new products.
• Lead cross-functional teams in Go-to-Market Sales and Marketing campaigns, ensuring cohesive brand messaging and strategy execution, both at a campaign and always-on level
• Design and execute always-on programs for assigned categories to meet annual targets and keep products relevant outside of specific campaign season
• Collaborate with Senior Brand Manager and Art Director to develop campaign strategy and concepts for major annual campaigns and always-on programs
• Create comprehensive campaign briefs that articulate objectives, target audiences, key messages, and creative vision
• Develop campaign positioning and messaging architecture that elevates product benefits within the brand framework
• Define campaign success metrics and performance targets in collaboration with Brand Marketing Analyst and other marketing stakeholders
• Manage end-to-end campaign execution from concept through post-launch, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery
• Oversee creative production including photoshoots, video content, digital assets, and retail materials
• Partner with stakeholders in digital, community & partnerships and trade marketing to execute channel-specific activations within campaigns and as part of always-on programs
• Manage campaign budgets, tracking spend and optimizing resource allocation
• Lead campaign reviews and optimization based on performance data

3. Brand Consistency & Elevation:

• Ensure all marketing touchpoints reflect brand identity, voice, and visual standards
• Collaborate with Marketing and Sales stakeholders to elevate brand presentation at every consumer interaction

4. Performance Monitoring and Analysis:

• Regularly monitor and analyze category performance, making data-driven decisions to adjust strategies as needed for optimal results.
• Present revenue updates and strategic recommendations to senior leadership, demonstrating the impact of branding and category marketing efforts on business growth.
• Encourage a culture of financial management discipline within the team, fostering novel approaches, clear processes, reporting and out-of-the-box thinking.
• Budget Management: Oversee budget allocation for category marketing initiatives, ensuring effective use of resources for maximum impact.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration or a related field
• Minimum of 7-10 years’ marketing experience in CPG or retail environments, with demonstrated expertise in category management and brand marketing
• Track record in developing and executing go-to-market strategies and integrated marketing campaigns from concept through launch
• Strategic thinking capabilities with ability to translate market insights and consumer research into actionable category growth strategies
• Excellent project management and organisational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple campaigns and product launches simultaneously in deadline-driven environments
• Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder relationships across Sales, Supply Chain, Product and other departments
• People management experience with ability to mentor and develop junior team members
• Strong analytical skills with ability to monitor category performance metrics, interpret data, and make data-driven strategic recommendations
• Demonstrated budget management experience with financial discipline and ability to optimize resource allocation
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including ability to develop compelling campaign briefs and present strategic recommendations to senior leadership
• Deep understanding of brand strategy with proven ability to maintain brand consistency while elevating product positioning across all consumer touchpoints
• Creative problem-solving abilities with customer-centric approach to marketing challenges

Why work for Organika?

Working with us means you will belong to a team of driven individuals who thrive in a versatile and ever-changing environment. We are on a journey to achieve our vision of being the most trusted consumer health brand in Canada and we are looking for individuals who are genuinely excited about this!

Certified as a Great place to Work® and a Diversity Equity Inclusion Workplace™ we are serious about providing an environment that supports happy, healthy, and hungry individuals achieve their personal and professional dreams. With over 70% of our team holding nationalities outside of Canada, and the ability to speak over 25 different languages, we are a team that welcomes everyone.

Aside from being a part of a globally recognized brand, we offer some great benefits and perks such as: access to an on-site RHN, yoga, guided mediation, professional development allowance, fitness reimbursements, mat-leave top-up, regular social events, product discounts...just to name a few.