Monster Beverage Corporation

Vice President, Commercial Strategy and Planning

Monster Beverage Corporation$232K — $310K *
Food & Beverages
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Business, Strategy, Marketing or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of strategic leadership and commercial strategy experience.
  • 5+ years in a senior leadership role, operating at the executive level.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint; PowerBI experience preferred.
  • Familiarity with Nielsen or IRI syndicated data platforms.
  • Strong understanding of commercial planning processes and financial modeling.
  • Experience in leading cross-functional teams in complex initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Develop North America's 3-5 year commercial growth strategy for scalability.
  • Lead commercial planning processes including growth sources and distribution expansion.
  • Integrate eCommerce into the commercial strategy for omnichannel alignment.
  • Define key customer frameworks and business planning standards.
  • Manage product lifecycles, including exit strategies to streamline offerings.
  • Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Marketing, and Supply Chain on strategy execution.
  • Identify market opportunities and trends to refine strategic priorities.
  • Lead business case development for new initiatives and partnerships.
  • Build and lead a high-performing team with clear accountability and performance measurement.

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.
  • Collaborative work environment across multiple business functions.
Full Job Description
A Day in the Life:

As Vice President, Commercial Strategy & Planning, you will be a key leader in driving Monter Energy's North America growth strategy. You will lead the development and execution of commercial strategies across customer segments, channels, and markets to deliver sustainable, profitable growth.

In this role, you will own end-to-end commercial planning, including go-to-market strategies, portfolio priorities, distribution expansion, and investment recommendations. Working collaboratively across Commercial, Operations, Finance, and Marketing, you will ensure alignment between strategy and execution, helping Monter Energy capitalize on emerging opportunities, respond to market trends, and achieve its long-term growth objectives.

The Impact You'll Make:
  • Develop the North America 3-5 year commercial growth architecture to ensure the business is structured for scale.
  • Lead the commercial planning processes - including sources of growth, innovation, channel planning, go-to-market planning, and distribution expansion; direct the go-to-market planning process across channels, customer segments, and geographies to achieve our annual and long-range plan targets and ensure adherence to MEC brand objectives.
  • Integrate eCommerce and digital commerce into the commercial planning process, ensuring omnichannel strategy keeps pace with evolving shopper behavior.
  • Define the strategic customer framework and joint business planning standards that guide how Monster Energy invests in and grows its most critical retail and foodservice relationships.
  • Lead product lifecycle management, including retirement strategies and exit plans, to reduce complexity and drive consistent execution on the most productive items across the system; execute new product commercial readiness and launch execution standards to improve innovation speed to market and reduce execution risk.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Marketing, and Supply Chain to ensure commercial strategies and capabilities are fully integrated and operationally executable across the business; align the North America Coca-Cola bottler system to ensure Monster Energy, bottlers, and retailers move in sync.
  • Identify and address market opportunities, competitive dynamics, and category trends to sharpen strategic priorities and ensure Monster Energy stays ahead of shifts in the marketplace.
  • Lead business case development and investment recommendations for new commercial initiatives, packages, channel expansions, and strategic partnerships to enable confident, data-backed decision-making at the executive level.
  • Build, develop, and lead a high-performing team, establishing clear accountability structures and coaching team members to grow their strategic, analytical, and planning capabilities; maintain commercial performance measurement frameworks that give leadership clear, real-time visibility into progress against key growth objectives.
Who You Are:
  • Bachelor's Degree in the field of Business, Strategy, Marketing, or a related field required. MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
  • More than 10 years of experience in strategic leadership, commercial strategy, go-to-market planning, and business development
  • More than 5 years of experience in a senior leadership capacity with demonstrated ability to operate at the executive level
    Computer Skills Desired: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. PowerBI reporting experience highly desired.
  • Working knowledge of Nielsen and/or IRI syndicated data platforms.
  • Strong command of commercial planning processes and financial modeling tools.
  • Proven experience developing and executing commercial strategies in a consumer goods, beverage, or high-growth consumer brand environment
  • Track record of preparing and presenting to C-suite leaders, boards, and external stakeholders.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives in a matrixed organization.


Monster Energy provides competitive total compensation. The estimated annual salary range for this position is listed below. Actual compensation may vary based on skills, qualifications, experience, and work location.

Pay Range

$232,500-$310,000 USD

About Monster Beverage Corporation

Monster Beverage Corporation is an American beverage company that manufactures energy drinks, natural soft drinks, and fruit drinks. The company was founded in 1935 as Hansen's and was renamed Monster Beverage Corporation in 2012. The company's flagship product is Monster Energy, which is one of the top-selling energy drinks in the world. Monster Beverage Corporation is headquartered in Corona, California and has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Learn more about Monster Beverage Corporation
Size
4,092 employees
Market Cap
$52.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.4 billion
Founded
1985
5 Year Trend
+12.7%
Revenue
$4.5 billion
NASDAQ

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