Brand Innovation & Product Experience Associate

Nestle; Solon (OH); Presencial; USD 91.000 - 132.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

401k with company match

Healthcare coverage

Performance-based incentives

Descripción de la vacante

Nestlé USA is hiring an Associate, Product Experience (PX) to shape how brands come alive through product, packaging, and value delivery. You’ll partner with CX and cross‑functional teams to drive innovation, renovation, and launches that strengthen the brand across key moments of truth.

You will support 3C insights, concept development, launch readiness, and digital shelf execution, contributing to sustainable growth and consumer impact.

Formación

• Typically has a University Degree (BA/BS) in Marketing or a related business field, or equivalent experience.
• MBA preferred.
• Knowledge of budget control methods, policies, and procedures.
• Strong negotiation and relationship‑building skills.
• Strong research and strategic analysis skills.
• Ability to work independently and autonomously, adapt quickly to change, and deliver results.
• Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Basic financial acumen and understanding of how to calculate risk and return on business decisions.
• Ability to prioritize workload, self‑manage projects, handle multiple tasks, and meet strict deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Passion for developing products that make a difference in consumers’ lives and build brand love.

Responsabilidades

• Leverage consumer, category, and customer insights to develop a competitive and holistic innovation pipeline.
• Support product and consumer research activities, translating insights into actionable recommendations that inform business reviews and forecasting.
• Partner with the Manager and Commercial Development to translate category and customer understanding into executional outputs.
• Execute pipeline delivery activities across front‑end innovation (FEI), including scoping, concept development, and market readiness aligned with defined innovation and renovation strategies.
• Execute development of concepts, claims, naming, packaging, and commercialization deliverables that support successful innovation launches and product renovations.
• Coordinate day‑to‑day innovation management activities to ensure execution against timelines, deliverables, and business objectives.
• Support monitoring of product launch success and identify opportunities to optimize, scale, fix, or swap initiatives.
• Own delivery of launch readiness activities, including input for commercial selling materials, launch tools, digital shelf content, and customer execution plans in partnership with Commercial Development teams.
• Lead packaging development and product experience initiatives aligned with brand strategy, ensuring a superior consumer and shopper experience
• Deliver remarkable‑tasting products that build consumer trust and fulfill the brand promise.
• Support portfolio strategy, partnering with Commercial Development and Finance to deliver business priorities.
• Provide input and execute deliverables supporting innovation and renovation integration into shopper plans, including retailer media.
• Own digital shelf execution, including PDP content, product information, and digital asset deployment, ensuring a consistent and compelling product experience across eCommerce platforms.
• Support monthly business reviews (MBP/MBR) for marketing, enterprise forecasting, and annual planning processes by preparing innovation inputs, new item performance updates, and recommendations that inform business decisions.
• Prepare marketing forecasting inputs, including consumption data, new item assumptions, performance updates, and business changes, helping translate results into actionable recommendations.
• Track and report on brand performance, innovation priorities, and key initiatives, ensuring leaders have visibility to performance trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Prepare and analyze assessments, translating innovation, product, and business performance data into actionable insights and priorities.

Conocimientos

Marketing degree

MBA (preferred)

Budget control

Negotiation

Research & analysis

Independent work

Problem solving

Communication

Financial acumen

Time management

MS Office

Product development

Educación

BA/BS in Marketing or related field

MBA

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

Nestlé USA is hiring an Associate, Product Experience (PX) to shape how brands come alive through product, packaging, and value delivery. You’ll partner with CX and cross‑functional teams to drive innovation, renovation, and launches that strengthen the brand across key moments of truth.

You will support 3C insights, concept development, launch readiness, and digital shelf execution, contributing to sustainable growth and consumer impact.