Senior Brand Manager - Meal Ingredients

Company and Position Information:

Del Monte Foods, Inc. (DMFI) is a multi-national food company headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, with a powerful portfolio of brands, including iconic Del Monte®, Contadina® and College Inn®. Our premium-quality meal ingredients, snacks and beverages can be found in six out of ten U.S. households.

At Del Monte Foods, we believe in supporting one another. In helping our people shape their own careers - in letting them grow outward, upward and across disciplines. We are tending to the greater good, providing accessible, nourishing, great-tasting food for all. We are Del Monte Foods – Growers of Good.

As part of the dynamic Del Monte Foods, Inc. Marketing team, the Senior Brand Manager – Meal Ingredients is responsible for a portfolio of our companies iconic and emerging brands—Contadina, S&W, Take Root Organics, College Inn, and Kitchen Basics. This role is pivotal is helping us strategically lead the pathway to growth on this expanding portfolio of brands.

The ideal candidate is a builder, an individual who has the passion and the dedication to grow their business and team through innovative thinking, collaboration, and hard work. He/she takes a holistic approach to marketing, developing not only inspired campaigns, but also developing amazing products, competitive pricing strategies, and new channels of distribution. He/she leads teams that include multiple stakeholders from within the Marketing department and outside of the Marketing department including Field Sales, Finance, Demand & Production Planning, Operations, and R&D.

Position can be a hybrid role based out of the Walnut Creek HQ office (preferred) or be fully remote and in the following states: AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, MI, MN, NJ, NC, NV, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI.

The salary range for this role is: $101,296 - $182,208

Responsibilities:

Strategy

• Own both short-term and medium-term brand strategies from creation through execution.
• Lead the development, implementation and evolution of this business unit with cross functional team.
• Set the vision and long-term strategies for a key business unit.
• Evaluate consumer, customer and competitive trends to inform strategies and business plans.
• Develop renovation and go-to-market strategy in partnership with internal and external partners and cross functional team.

Planning & Execution

• Network with key stakeholders throughout the organization (R&D, Manufacturing, Sales, Finance, etc.) to both manage the work and ensure effective buy-in.
• Partner with Insights and R&D to fill and refresh our long-term renovation pipeline. Partner with Innovation team and R&D to develop our long-term innovation pipeline
• Lead development and implementation of the annual integrated marketing plans for several Del Monte’s equities and product lines including: Contadina, Take Root Organics, College Inn, and Kitchen Basics. Partner with Sales Planning to translate strategies into specific go-to-market tactics across channels and key Customers.
• Lead the development and implementation of the annual brand plans. Deliver both short and long-term share and investment results.
• Drive learning agenda to identify and define initiatives to amplify the growth potential in our brands and multi-year growth pillars. Lead cross-functional teams to bring those to market.

Organizational Development and People Management

• Manage Brand Managers and ABMs to deliver objectives.
• Select, coach, train, and manage career development of direct reports.

Finance

• Own marketing budget for brands to ensure spending is within budget and properly allocated.
• Influence all P&L line items for the brand, evaluating alternate marketing plans, product/portfolio strategies, pricing/trade promotion plans, and distribution/channels strategies to meet financial hurdles and deliver optimum enterprise value.
• Lead cost savings opportunities where applicable to improve margins.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ Degree in Business or related field. MBA strongly preferred.
• Strong professional background with 6+ years brand and marketing experience (within CPG, preferably Tier 1 Organization)

Del Monte Foods Leadership Behaviors:

As leaders we:

Ground Our Teams

• Provide the support our teams need for success.
• Hold ourselves and our teams accountable.
• Connect our teams to a clear strategy.

Create the Climate

• Empower our teams to make decisions and take action.
• Enable smart risk taking.
• Solve problems together with our teams.

Nurture the Good

• Lead with empathy.
• Are intentional about building trust.
• Grow and develop our teams.

WE OFFER:

• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k).
• Competitive salary.

Del Monte Foods, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical condition, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

• No sponsorship is available for this position.
• No agencies or 3rd party vendors.