Confectionery Customer Growth Marketing Manager

Mars; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars is seeking a Customer Marketing Manager in Chicago to bridge Marketing and Sales, deliver the Voice of the Customer, and drive brand performance with key customers and external partners.

You will partner with sales to develop joint business plans, translate insights into opportunities, influence the innovation pipeline, and support selling stories and RTS materials. The role requires travel around 10-15% and a bachelor’s in business with 3+ years in related roles, plus MS Office proficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in field sales, internal sales or customer marketing.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office / Microsoft Suite.
• Ability to travel 10–15% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Help support an organizational capability in customer centricity, enable the sales team for selling and executional success, and represent the voice of customer/sales internally.
• Bring company and category strategies to life in the marketplace via strong working relationships with sales teams and critical customers.
• Influence future innovation pipeline & programs based on channel insights.
• Provide key analysis in facilitating new item distribution forecasts by channel / customer.
• Drive sales plans around assortment, merchandising, pricing and shelving for our brands, monitoring and assisting in the delivery of topline and bottom-line commitments from sales perspective.
• Assist in planning, development and presentation of sales & brand materials at all key Trade Shows and Customer Collaboration Planning sessions ensuring our sales strategies and brand initiatives are well represented.
• Lead the development of high quality and fact-based Selling Stories and Ready to Sell (RTS) materials.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Suite

Job description

Mars is seeking a Customer Marketing Manager in Chicago to bridge Marketing and Sales, deliver the Voice of the Customer, and drive brand performance with key customers and external partners.

You will partner with sales to develop joint business plans, translate insights into opportunities, influence the innovation pipeline, and support selling stories and RTS materials. The role requires travel around 10-15% and a bachelor’s in business with 3+ years in related roles, plus MS Office proficiency.