Job Title: Senior Associate Brand Manager - Kerrygold
Function: Marketing
Reports to: Senior Brand Manager
Position Type: Full Time, Hybrid
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 9 - 5pm (3 days in office per week)
Role Overview and Key Responsibilities This Senior Associate Brand Manager will play a key role in shaping the future of the Kerrygold business in the U.S. and in building out new capabilities on the team. It's a great opportunity for a candidate who has learned fundamentals of P&L management, consumption reporting, brand management, and wants high visibility with the ability to influence and drive change.
Reporting to the Senior Brand Manager, the Senior Associate Brand Manager will: - Own delivery of several aspects of the Kerrygold business in North America on a growing brand team.
- Contribute to the development and deployment of the short-term and long-term brand strategy.
- Lead development and roll out of a monthly business tracking process. Translate data into opportunities or actions, and implement action plan on key metrics (market share, volume and revenue trends and drivers, competitive performance).
- Lead customer/shopper marketing strategy, including partnering with sales on ecommerce digital marketing.
- Manage portfolio strategy and assortment optimization with clearly defined roles for each segment of the business.
- Lead monthly demand review process, develop and manage driver-based business & forecast model with demand planning.
- Partner with NPD (innovation) team to guide innovation through development, customer sell-in, and lead new products through market launch with best in class support plans.
- Lead diverse cross-functional teams with multiple stakeholders, complex inputs, and time sensitive deadlines.
Desired Skills and Requirements: - Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred
- 7+ years of experience (or combination of education and experience), experience in Consumer Goods (CPG)
- Leads with curiosity
- Ability to identify opportunities for new processes or frameworks and drive buy-in across the organization
- Strong analytical mindset, ability to translate data into insights and actions
- Financial acumen, ability to navigate a P&L and connect marketing and business strategies to financial levers
- Strong ability to navigate ambiguity and operating in a growing and evolving organization
- Creative problem solver
- Experience leading cross-functional teams in matrixed organization
- Proactive and action-oriented, sees opportunities to add value or optimize and takes action
- Strong project management skills and attention to detail
- Ability to clearly manage key stakeholders while driving work forward
Total Rewards at Ornua Foods North America will include a competitive salary and annual bonus scheme. The following are a list of other benefits you can avail of: low employee contribution for Medical, Vision and Dental benefits cover; 401k; Paid Time Off; Maternity Leave (20 weeks); Parental Leave; Flexible working; Fitness Reimbursement; Charity Donation; Complimentary Kerrygold products; Free car parking and secure bicycle storage; Free healthy snacks and drinks in the office; Reward & Recognition program; Volunteering opportunities; Service Anniversary Awards. The salary range for this role is $114,000 to $139,000 and the candidate will be offered a salary commensurate with their level of experience.
