Sr. Associate Brand Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Mars University

Company bonus

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Mars Incorporated in Chicago seeks a Senior Associate Brand Manager to support brand/season initiatives, lead cross-functional teams, and drive analytics, planning, and activation tracking for the business. You will help develop brand strategy and execute marketing activities to meet brand and season targets.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree, 3+ years in Marketing (CPG preferred), strong presentation skills, and a bias toward action.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
• 3+ years Marketing work experience, preferably in CPG.
• Strong communication skills for presentations at all levels.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; influence without authority.
• Analytical: comfortable mining and interpreting data.

Responsibilities

• Analyze brand performance and category trends to improve plans.
• Influence brand strategy and growth opportunities using data.
• Monitor advertising and promotions budgets.
• Evaluate activities and extract actionable insights.
• Execute marketing plans with cross-functional collaboration.
• Develop and track growth levers (price-pack, reach+).
• Collaborate with Sales on customer calls and forecasting.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Marketing experience

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Bias toward action

Resilient problem solver

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

The Senior Associate Brand Manager (Sr. ABM) will be responsible for supporting the cell team to build brands/seasons and deliver the cell value creation plan. They will support the Marketing team and will lead cross-functional business teams in the planning, execution and analysis of various project and initiatives and possibly seasons. They will own analytics, planning/executing/tracking activations, portfolio planning and forecasting for their business. Additionally, the Sr ABM will have opportunities to assist in the development of brand strategy and the execution of various marketing activities to achieve specific brand/season objectives, including delivery of sales, MAC, and Household Penetration targets.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree required. MBA preferred
• 3+ years Marketing work experience required, preferably within CPG industry.
• Strong communication skills (oral, written, listening). This includes ability to give effective presentations to all levels of management.
• High levels of interpersonal skills, specifically around influencing without direct authority, resolving conflict, and creative problem solving.
• Proven analytic skills. Must be comfortable mining and analyzing data, then developing clear and actionable conclusions/recommendations.
• Proficient in managing complex projects. Well organized, successful at prioritization, attentive to details, clear oral and written communicator.
• Biased toward action. Takes initiative, entrepreneurial, can hit the ground running and move projects forward right from the start.
• Resilient problem solver. Can build consensus even if all team members may not agree. Can find creative solutions and common ground to move key initiatives forward.

Sr. Associate Brand Manager (Finance)

Job Description

The Senior Associate Brand Manager (Sr. ABM) will be responsible for supporting the cell team to build brands/seasons and deliver the cell value creation plan. They will support the Marketing team and will lead cross-functional business teams in the planning, execution and analysis of various project and initiatives and possibly seasons. They will own analytics, planning/executing/tracking activations, portfolio planning and forecasting for their business. Additionally, the Sr ABM will have opportunities to assist in the development of brand strategy and the execution of various marketing activities to achieve specific brand/season objectives, including delivery of sales, MAC, and Household Penetration targets.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree required. MBA preferred
• 3+ years Marketing work experience required, preferably within CPG industry.
• Strong communication skills (oral, written, listening). This includes ability to give effective presentations to all levels of management.
• High levels of interpersonal skills, specifically around influencing without direct authority, resolving conflict, and creative problem solving.
• Proven analytic skills. Must be comfortable mining and analyzing data, then developing clear and actionable conclusions/recommendations.
• Proficient in managing complex projects. Well organized, successful at prioritization, attentive to details, clear oral and written communicator.
• Biased toward action. Takes initiative, entrepreneurial, can hit the ground running and move projects forward right from the start.
• Resilient problem solver. Can build consensus even if all team members may not agree. Can find creative solutions and common ground to move key initiatives forward.

What would be your key responsibilities?

• Analyze & review brand/season/cell performance, competitive dynamics, and category trends to offer recommendations to increase effectiveness of plans and execution.
• Influence brand strategy and growth opportunity recommendations leveraging customer, consumer, and brand data.
• Monitor brand expenditures and manage the advertising and consumer promotions budget.
• Conduct post evaluation of activities, extracting insights to develop lessons learned and recommendations for future brand activity.
• Execute marketing plans - activation, renovation, and innovation - with excellence, including cross-functional collaboration to ensure quality and readiness of plans, tracking of performance in market, course-correction, and learnings to improve future performance.
• Develop & track growth levers through flywheel analysis (i.e., price-pack, reach+, etc.)
• Collaborate with Customer Marketing to engage Sales and join key customer calls.
• Participate actively in forecasting to understand brand and market trends and drive a quality demand call.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits.Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.

$108,160-$148,720