Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday apply to this job via the Workday application.
Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global childrens toy entertainment and digital gaming company
At Spin Master our unwavering commitment to open mindedness integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack By hiring the best and brightest mindsand thats why we want you!
What will you work on
As a Senior Brand Manager you will be responsible for developing and managing innovative initiatives leading the long-term innovation strategy and merging consumer and category insights to develop new products that adhere to consumer needs.
How will you create impact
- Lead and manage white space innovation initiatives from ideation through launch; responsible for execution of all projects including business case development market research packaging forecasting and customer sell-in
- Manage P&L including forecasting pricing costing and profitability analysis in order to achieve brand financial goals
- Liaise with Licensing team to ensure all key milestones forecasts calendars and other critical details are aligned to and shared
- Utilize consumer insights to deliver new concepts that will drive incremental growth
- Define white space opportunities and innovative solutions to improve at the customer and SKU level
- Lead process for proactively identifying and briefing item refreshes and align cross-functionally on a go to market plan
- Align cross-functional teams to ideate and develop a rolling 3-year product innovation strategy aligned with brand vision and mission and growth goals.
- Strategically lead inventor relationship management concept evaluation process and go-forward decision alignment while collaborating with internal and external teams.
- Define and track KPIs to identify opportunities and integrate into brand plans
- Continually evaluate the brand health to address challenges and opportunities
- Ensure product innovation concepts meet brand and financial goals; manage cross-functional teams throughout stage gate and commercialization processes
- Present brand innovation strategies to senior leadership based on market trends competitor insights and brand learnings
- Regularly perform industry trend analyses to identify and consolidate white space opportunities
What are your skills and experience
- Consumer product brand management experience in a new product-oriented industry preferably working with toy entertainment fashion or other fast paced industries
- Direct experience working with the full product development cycle with a track record of thriving in a growth oriented and changing environment and experience dealing with overseas development and manufacturing
- Experience analyzing consumer data & translating into new product recommendations
- Deep understanding of the consumer global markets competition and trends to inform product slots and play pattern decisions
The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Connecticutis $135000 to $150000 Per Annum. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job years of experience within the required industry education etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.
#LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1
#LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1
What you can expect from us:
Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation creativity and fun.
- Growth and Career Opportunities
- Flexible Work Hours
- Innovation Collaboration and Fun
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Other fun Perks!
Whats it like to work here
Spin Master is a fast-paced hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isnt for everyone we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation please contact our Talent Acquisition team by email at or by phone at and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @SpinMaster to stay up to date on Spin Master career opportunities.
We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
Required Experience:
Manager
Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday apply to this job via the Workday application.Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global childrens toy entertainment and digital gaming companyAt Spin Master our unwavering commitment to open mi...
Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday apply to this job via the Workday application.
Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global childrens toy entertainment and digital gaming company
At Spin Master our unwavering commitment to open mindedness integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack By hiring the best and brightest mindsand thats why we want you!
What will you work on
As a Senior Brand Manager you will be responsible for developing and managing innovative initiatives leading the long-term innovation strategy and merging consumer and category insights to develop new products that adhere to consumer needs.
How will you create impact
- Lead and manage white space innovation initiatives from ideation through launch; responsible for execution of all projects including business case development market research packaging forecasting and customer sell-in
- Manage P&L including forecasting pricing costing and profitability analysis in order to achieve brand financial goals
- Liaise with Licensing team to ensure all key milestones forecasts calendars and other critical details are aligned to and shared
- Utilize consumer insights to deliver new concepts that will drive incremental growth
- Define white space opportunities and innovative solutions to improve at the customer and SKU level
- Lead process for proactively identifying and briefing item refreshes and align cross-functionally on a go to market plan
- Align cross-functional teams to ideate and develop a rolling 3-year product innovation strategy aligned with brand vision and mission and growth goals.
- Strategically lead inventor relationship management concept evaluation process and go-forward decision alignment while collaborating with internal and external teams.
- Define and track KPIs to identify opportunities and integrate into brand plans
- Continually evaluate the brand health to address challenges and opportunities
- Ensure product innovation concepts meet brand and financial goals; manage cross-functional teams throughout stage gate and commercialization processes
- Present brand innovation strategies to senior leadership based on market trends competitor insights and brand learnings
- Regularly perform industry trend analyses to identify and consolidate white space opportunities
What are your skills and experience
- Consumer product brand management experience in a new product-oriented industry preferably working with toy entertainment fashion or other fast paced industries
- Direct experience working with the full product development cycle with a track record of thriving in a growth oriented and changing environment and experience dealing with overseas development and manufacturing
- Experience analyzing consumer data & translating into new product recommendations
- Deep understanding of the consumer global markets competition and trends to inform product slots and play pattern decisions
The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Connecticutis $135000 to $150000 Per Annum. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job years of experience within the required industry education etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.
#LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1
#LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1
What you can expect from us:
Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation creativity and fun.
- Growth and Career Opportunities
- Flexible Work Hours
- Innovation Collaboration and Fun
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Other fun Perks!
Whats it like to work here
Spin Master is a fast-paced hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isnt for everyone we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation please contact our Talent Acquisition team by email at or by phone at and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @SpinMaster to stay up to date on Spin Master career opportunities.
We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
Required Experience:
Manager
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