Brand Manager- Marketing - Innovation- Lunchables & Capri Sun

A successful Brand Manager- Innovation will possess the proven capabilities below:

• Adaptability: Thrives in ambiguity and working in the ‘gray’- while showing strong drive for results and project leadership skills. Flexible in changing priorities and continuous learning loops in KHC’s bespoke agile methodology.
• An Owner: Thrive in a "hands on" environment and "wear many hats”
• Influential: Influence at all levels of organization and work seamlessly with cross-functional teams Engagement and influence with the executive team and cross functional leaders.
• Strategic: Collaborate strategically with business partners. Demonstrate creativity in approaching and solving problems- new and different ways to bring vision and structure to whitespace- with a deep understanding of how the consumer thinks and behaves to generate insights.
• Impactful: Effect "so-what’s" by making concrete recommendations routed in deep understanding of marketing- business and consumer. Showcase strong interpersonal and communication skills- pull disparate pieces of data together into a cohesive and compelling story.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build and maintain effective partnerships across various functions both inside and outside the organization.
• Self-Starter: Ability to demonstrate a high degree of independence- resiliency- motivation and leadership/ownership- with limited oversight.

Key Components of the Role

• Bring forth a consumer-first mindset to day-to-day decisions- ensuring the integrity of the brand remains protected while balancing financial and operational considerations
• Manage the creation and validation of a multi-year innovation strategy that is rooted in meaningful consumer pain points in regard to the kids snacking category
• Assist with innovation through the stage gate process- providing visibility to senior leaderships on opportunities- and aligning them to next steps/tradeoffs
• Leverage syndicated data sources to understand own and competitor innovation performance- bringing forth insights and recommendations that drive business impact
• Execute the innovation strategy by collaborating with cross functional team (R&D- consumer insights- quality- legal- engineering- operations- sales and finance) to commercialize ideas from concepts to reality
• Assist with agency relationships for design of new products- and lead validation with consumers in partnership with the consumer insights team

Qualifications

• Marketing passion - enthusiasm for consumer marketing- culture- new product ideas and trends
• Advanced communication & simplification skills – ability to synthesize data/insights in order to tell and sell a solid story
• Excellent Execution- propensity to move with speed/agility- fueled by an ownership mindset and advanced time management skills
• Experience in a marketing related role- preferably demonstrated successful innovation launches
• Demonstrated leadership skills - ability to inspire teams by forging strong relationships and commanding the respect/trust of others
• Strong storyteller and collaborator with the ability to blend art and science