Senior Associate Brand Manager, Babybel

Bel makers of iconic brands including Babybel The Laughing Cow Boursin Kaukauna Merkts Prices and GoGo squeeZ is a growing global company thatvalues your contributions strives to create a sense of belonging for everyone andoffers career growth and development opportunities as well ascompetitivetotal compensation and meaningful well-being benefits from day one. For All For Good our company signature reflects Bels commitment to Purpose*Full Snacking sustainability and responsible food for all.The company has headquarters for its cheese business unit in Chicago and offices for GoGo squeeZ in New York City. Bel operates four US manufacturing plants in Little Chute WI and Brookings SD Nampa ID and Traverse City MI.

Job Description Summary

The Marketing organization is responsible for developing the long-term strategy for the brand building differentiated market positioning developing superior brand mixes as well as developing and executing integrated marketing plans. Specifically brand management defines the brands pricing packaging trade merchandising advertising and promotion strategies and is responsible for P&L management in delivering profit volume and market share objectives. The Senior Associate Brand Manager will report directly to the Senior Brand Manager on the business and assist in managing the Babybel brand and its sub-lines.

The Senior Associate Brand Manager will be responsible for leading the planning execution and analysis of various business initiatives. This role will gain broad exposure to all functional activities on the brands business (including but not limited to Consumer Insights New Products Sales Operations and Finance). In this role the SABM will lead consumption and be relied upon for analytical insights that help shape and develop business strategy in conjunction with the Sr. Brand Manager. Additionally this role will manage communications projects with Bels agencies across advertising creative media PR and consumer promotions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Communications Planning and Execution: leads the integrated pan-agency comms planning process working with agency partners to develop and execute breakthrough marketing programs.
• Business Management and Analysis: uses consumption/panel and shipment data sales performance and financial analysis and market trends to understand key business metrics and competitive activity. Makes business recommendations based on key findings.
• Brand Strategy: translates brand strategy into channel-specific strategies and executions.
• Packaging: includes leading changes to base product and promotional packaging as needed.
• Program Evaluation: measures marketing program effectiveness with an ROI lens and makes optimization recommendations.
• Commercialization Management: leads innovation and renovation commercialization and launch; includes leading the project through the stage gate process working with cross-functional partners ensuring a successful launch and performing post-launch analysis.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Minimum Bachelors degree required MBA preferred

• 4 years of Brand Marketing experience (CPG preferred)

Specific Competencies Required

• Must have expertise in data analysis (Nielsen/IRI preferred); translating data into insights demonstrate strong leadership teamwork and strategic thinking skills.
• Must be an independent and proactive contributor that can excel in changing and ambiguous situations.
• Demonstrate learning agility through on-the-job experience formal and informal mentoring and classroom training.
• Ability to communicate (both verbally and in writing) concisely and effectively within function and with cross-functional and agency partners.

Performance Expectations

• Quality accuracy timeliness reliability and ownership of work performed.
• Ability to gain the trust and respect of management coworkers vendors and agency partners.
• Maintain the integrity of confidential business and product information; can make decisions in a complex environment without having all the information at hand.
• Gives and can receive ongoing straightforward and constructive feedback; develops trustful relationships and engages teams towards common objectives.

Working Conditions: Work is performed largely in an office environment. Hours of work will generally be during regular business hours with at least 40 hours a week. At times there will be some variation in work hours due to special projects deadlines and other concerns. Occasional travel may be required.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Acknowledgement: This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed by employee assigned to this position. It does not state or imply that these are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to the job. The employee may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by management. All requirements are subject to change over time and to possible modifications to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.

Total Rewards:

Base Salary: $120000 - $130000

Bonus Potential: 20%

401k Medical Dental Vision from Day One PTO days and more

Hybrid work schedule in Chicago

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran status disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal state or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brands policy to comply with all applicable federal state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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