Customer Marketing Manager

What are we looking for

Required:

• Education: Bachelors degree in Business Administration Marketing Supply Chain or a closely related field.

• Experience: 5 years of progressive professional experience in Customer Marketing Trade Marketing Category Management Brand Management or Sales Operations within the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) or Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry.

• Cross-Functional Experience: Proven track record of working collaboratively across diverse matrixed functions (e.g. Sales Brand Marketing Supply Chain R&D and third-party vendors).

• Project Management: Demonstrated experience leading large-scale cross-portfolio initiatives end-to-end from strategic concept development to successful in-store retail execution.

Preferred:

• Advanced Degree: MBA or advanced degree in a related business field.

• Snacking/Confectionery Retail Experience: Direct experience working within the confectionery snacking or highly impulse-driven retail categories.

• Broker/Vendor Management: Experience directly managing relationships and execution with third-party merchandising or display vendors.

What will be your key responsibilities
Help support an organizational capability in customer centricity enable the sales team for selling and executional success and represent the voice of customer/sales internally.
Bring company and category strategies to life in the marketplace via strong working relationships with sales teams and critical customers.
Influence future innovation pipeline & programs based on channel insights.
Provide key analysis in facilitating new item distribution forecasts by channel / customer.
Drive sales plans around assortment merchandising pricing and shelving for our brands monitoring and assisting in the delivery of top-line and bottom line commitments from sales perspective.
Assist in planning development and presentation of sales & brand materials at all key Trade Shows and Customer Collaboration Planning sessions ensuring our sales strategies and brand initiatives are well represented.
Lead the development of high quality and fact-based Selling Stories and Ready to Sell (RTS) materials.

What can you expect from Mars
Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company where were striving to build the world we want tomorrow today.
A strong focus on learning and development support from day one including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package including company bonus.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below however base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including but not limited to job-related knowledge skills and total compensation package for this position will include variable pay medical and dental benefits participation in 401k plan and paid time off of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.

$119040- $163680