Position Title: Manager, Brand Equity
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 06
Requisition ID: 45022
About the role.Reporting to the Sr. Director, Brand Equity & Portfolio, this 6-month contract role will provide dedicated marketing communications, project management, and agency management support across several high-priority global initiatives. From mid-October 2026 through March 2027, you will play a critical role in advancing strategic marketing workstreams that support McCain's growth agenda, brand transformation, and long-term ambitions.
This is a highly visible opportunity requiring strong organizational skills, stakeholder management capabilities, and the ability to coordinate multiple agency partners and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced global environment.
What you'll be doing.- Lead project management of McCain's new marketing vision, logo, and asset pack initiatives, ensuring creative development, production, and global deployment milestones are achieved.
- Coordinate with agency partners and internal stakeholders to finalize creative assets and ensure successful execution against timelines.
- Support the implementation of a new global marketing intranet site by gathering requirements, shaping project briefs, and partnering with marketing technology teams.
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement and project coordination for the Cultural Playbook initiative, including meeting management, communications, and agency support.
- Manage agency relationships across multiple strategic initiatives, ensuring timelines, deliverables, contracts, purchase orders, and invoicing remain on track.
- Product-manage the Category Reset & Rally workstream, including meeting coordination, action tracking, stakeholder follow-up, and execution planning.
- Act as a liaison between global, regional, and agency partners, ensuring feedback is gathered, communicated, and actioned effectively.
- Support internal communications, events, and engagement activities that build awareness and excitement around key marketing initiatives.
- Manage budget administration activities, including purchase orders, invoicing, Coupa compliance, and coordination with finance partners.
- Support global packaging design projects through agency management, timeline tracking, meeting facilitation, and stakeholder communications.
- Develop presentations, progress updates, and communications materials for internal leadership and organizational updates.
What you'll need to be successful.- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
- Significant experience in marketing communications, project management, and agency management.
- Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) experience required, preferably supporting a master brand within the food and beverage industry.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple agency partners simultaneously, including creative, culture/change, communications, and packaging agencies.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to coordinate complex workstreams, timelines, and deliverables.
- Experience managing budgets, purchase orders, invoicing activities, and compliance requirements within Coupa or a similar procurement system.
- Proven stakeholder management capabilities with experience collaborating across global, regional, and cross-functional teams.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills, including meeting facilitation, note-taking, follow-up management, and executive-ready communications.
- Comfortable operating in highly visible environments with exposure to senior leaders and strategic initiatives.
- Ability to quickly ramp up, work independently, and effectively manage multiple priorities within a fixed-term assignment.
About the team.The role is part of the Global Brand Equity & Portfolio Marketing team and reports to the Sr. Director, Brand Equity & Portfolio. The successful candidate will collaborate with global and regional stakeholders across Marketing, Human Resources, Corporate Communications, Research & Development, Finance, and external agency partners. This position plays a key coordination role during a period of team transition while supporting several high-profile global initiatives.
Compensation Package : $97,500.00 - $130,000.00 . CAD annual base salary equivalency, paid in alignment to contract term
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Should this role hold a duration 12 months or longer, you will be eligible for our full benefits suite. This includes the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
Job Family: Marketing
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)
