Marketing Operations Manager

Wilton Brands; Naperville (IL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Wellness programs

Job summary

Wilton Brands is looking for a Marketing Operations Manager in Naperville, Illinois, to enhance marketing efficiency and drive product content readiness. This role involves managing marketing workflows, optimizing processes, and fostering collaboration within the team.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in consumer products, strong analytical skills, and project management expertise, along with a Bachelor's degree. The position supports a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in consumer products, retail, e-commerce, or related industries.
• High proficiency in MS Office, specifically Excel.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize marketing workflows for new product launches.
• Oversee product content readiness and management.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency across marketing operations.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Process optimization

Project management

Analytical capabilities

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office

Product Information Management (PIM) platforms

Job description

Description

Are you passionate about building processes, leading cross-functional collaboration, and bringing products to market? As Marketing Operations Manager, you will drive operational excellence across the marketing organization by owning workflows, systems, and processes that support new product launches, masterdata, and product content development and execution. Reporting to the Director of Consumer Business Units (CBU), this role ensures product content readiness, manages digital asset and imagery workflows, and oversees internal masterdata syndication, ensuring readiness for syndication to retail and digital partners. Working closely with Brand and Product Managers, Masterbrand, Sales, eCommerce, Supply Chain, and Sourcing, this role serves as a cross‑functional connector, ensuring the seamless flow of product data and content across the organization. Day‑to‑day responsibilities include ownership of marketing operations process optimization, driving accountability across initiatives, and enabling data‑driven decision‑making through reporting and performance tracking. The Marketing Operations Manager also leads a team of 2 Marketing Coordinators, fostering collaboration and operational excellence.

Marketing Operations & Workflow Management

• Own and optimize end‑to‑end marketing workflows supporting new product launches and development and execution of refreshed content for existing product lines.
• Build, implement, and maintain scalable processes, SOPs, and governance frameworks.
• Manage project intake, prioritization, and resource allocation across Marketing Coordinators.
• Track timelines, manage dependencies, and ensure on‑time delivery of key initiatives.

Product Content & Digital Asset Management

• Oversee product content readiness including product copy, specifications, imagery, and supporting assets.
• Manage workflows for product imagery creation, review, approval, and distribution.
• Partner with brand owner, Masterbrand, and eCommerce teams to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of content across all channels.
• Support the implementation and optimization of PIM and DAM systems.

Syndication & Masterdata Management

• Oversee internal syndication of masterdata for new product set‑ups and product refreshes.
• Partner with IT and Sales operations teams to troubleshoot and optimize content flow into third‑party platforms (e.g., Syndigo, Salsify).
• Develop reporting to track syndication health, accuracy, and completeness.

Sample & Asset Coordination

• Oversee the process for requesting, tracking, and distributing product samples as needed for content development and new product sell‑in support.
• Partner with Masterdata and Sales Operations teams to support consistent process across sampling needs.

Process Improvement & Team Leadership

• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and execution across marketing operations.
• Implement best practices and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring clear documentation and repeatability of processes.
• Establish governance models for workflows, approvals, and execution standards.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Marketing Coordinators, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Equipment

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years' experience in consumer products, retail, e‑commerce, food & beverage, manufacturing, or related industries.
• Project management experience or PMP certification preferred.
• Experience supporting commercialization, innovation, or go‑to‑market processes.

Instructions

• High proficiency in MS Office, specifically Excel, along with strong analytical capabilities.
• Experience in Product Information Management (PIM) platforms (e.g., Syndigo & Salsify) preferred.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including strong written and verbal communication.
• Strong leadership capabilities with the ability to foster a culture of collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to develop & maintain relationships while collaborating cross‑functionally within areas of the business.
• Demonstration of growth mindset by embracing the qualities of agility, curiosity, accountability, and innovation consistent with Wilton’s Culture Recipe.

Baking Conditions

• Professional office environment, sedentary in nature.
• Routinely use standard office equipment such as (laptop computers, monitors/keyboards, printers, and telephones).
• Processes information and communicates effectively with others.
• Ability to travel domestically or internationally as needed.

Rewards

Pay Transparency Wage Tier*: II

Wilton offers great benefits that allow you to manage your well‑being and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at work. Our comprehensive benefits package includes, for eligible employees: paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and wellness programs. A full list of benefits will be provided to eligible employees at initial offer.

Wilton values an engaging in‑person work environment with focus on cross‑functional collaboration and problem solving. We also recognize the need for workplace flexibility. This is why Wilton offers a hybrid schedule with the ability to work half a day on Fridays.

The base pay offered to the successful candidate will be reviewed and determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. At Wilton, we aim to offer a fair and competitive compensation package tailored to each candidate’s unique background and the specific needs of the role. All compensation decisions are made with careful consideration of these factors, and it is not unusual for individuals to be hired at the top wage tier that reflects their education, experience, and the role requirements. Our IL Benefit and Transparency information can be found here (2025-Benefits-and-Pay-Transparency.pdf).

Wilton is an equal employment opportunity employer. We attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, individuals with disability or veteran status as provided by law. Wilton Industries is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.