Innovation Lead, RTD & Beer (Hybrid/Remote)

GALLO; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

GALLO is seeking an Innovation Manager, RTD & Beer, to transform consumer insights into new-to-world brands. You will lead ideas from concept through commercialization, balancing creativity with rigorous execution to win in dynamic RTD and beer categories.

You'll own introduction strategies and go-to-market plans, collaborate across Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, and Finance, and steer test-and-learn programs to decide when to iterate, scale, or pivot.

Qualifications

• Master's degree plus 4 years of brand marketing or new brand development experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of brand marketing or new brand development reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR High School Diploma or State Issued Certificate plus 10 years of brand marketing or new brand development reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Experience in the Beer or RTD industry.
• Required to travel up to 50% of the time in-market and at team collaboration weeks in order to perform job duties.
• Knowledge of the retail and on-premise channels.
• Experience managing multiple external agencies.
• Strong analytical & financial acumen.
• Ability to influence management, lead cross-functional teams, and work through others.
• Ability to effectively manage competing priorities and operate with a sense of urgency.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Required to be 18 years or older.

Responsibilities

• Lead introduction strategies and go-to-market plans while partnering across Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, and other cross-functional teams.
• Lead test-and-learn initiatives and translate consumer and market insights into differentiated propositions.
• Shape positioning, packaging, pricing, creative development, consumer activation, and channel execution.
• Manage A&P investments, P&L considerations, KPIs, and measurement plans.
• Collaborate with agency and distributor partners and spend time in market learning from customers and consumers.
• Present innovation strategies and results to senior leadership.

Skills

Brand marketing

New brand development

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical & financial acumen

Communication skills

Travel in-market up to 50%

Agency management

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma

Tools

Agile methodologies

MS Excel

P&L software

Job description

GALLO is seeking an Innovation Manager, RTD & Beer, to transform consumer insights into new-to-world brands. You will lead ideas from concept through commercialization, balancing creativity with rigorous execution to win in dynamic RTD and beer categories.

You'll own introduction strategies and go-to-market plans, collaborate across Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, and Finance, and steer test-and-learn programs to decide when to iterate, scale, or pivot.