Program Leadership & Strategic Ownership: Lead and own Below-The-Line (BTL) program/toolkit development from inception to completion. Apply critical thinking to proactively identify market opportunities and drive high-impact retail solutions.
Agency Management & Briefing:Author comprehensive, strategic Creative Briefs. Serve as the primary day-to-day lead for both Creative and point-of-sale(POS) production agencies, ensuring deliverables are high-quality, on time, and on budget.
Strategic Point of View (POV):Act as an expert commercial partner to Brand teams. Critically evaluate incoming brand requests, provide a distinct trade perspective, and optimize programs/POS toolkits based on retailer and shopper realities.
Below-The-Line (BTL) Subject Matter Expertise:Serve as the internal authority on shopper marketing and retail execution. Oversee the entire lifecycle of point-of-sale (POS) development, including creative ideation, structural design, production, and final store/account deployment.
Professional Communication & Stakeholder Management:Present program/toolkit strategies and updates with a high degree of professional polish. Collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams (Sales, Brand, Agency) and maintain strong alignment with Trade Marketing Leadership.Senior Trade Marketing Manager.
Coordinates withLegal, Trademark and other intercompany functionsto ensure appropriate standards and procedures are maintained, including reviewing creative for all print and promotional items for alignment with legal and brand equity guidelines.
Leads the development ofpresentations and online materials conveying POS ordering and commercial execution guidance for field sales teams.
Ensures field sales, agencies, internal design team and vendors have proper direction (i.e. graphic standards, quality expectations, etc.) in the development of programming needs.
Assists in monitoring and evaluating program success, identifying and recommending opportunities for improvement.
Responds to general daily requests by agencies, field sales, and Trade Marketing management.
Supports Trade Marketing teams with special projects (trade, shopper and/or consumer) as needed.