Associate Brand Manager

Conagra Brands

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brandsis an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.

https://www.conagrabrands.com/


Position Details

Associate Brand Manager
Job
Full-time
1/29/2021
Chicago Illinois
Chicago, IL

You start with a rich understanding of the consumer and then work collaboratively within the Brand team and business partners to translate these insights into business and brand building plans and execution.You will be part of a business team (sales, finance, product supply, product development) and lead development of business fundamental plans (i.e. pricing proposals, business forecasting, product assortment, distribution, merchandising, packaging, sales coordination), identify opportunities for and execution of line extensions and brand renovations, and create and lead the execution of marketing plans for your initiatives. Strong project leadership and communication skills are needed as this position is responsible for coordinating and leading our key initiatives from start to finish across many business functions, aligning the business leadership to those initiatives, and interacting with customers and customer sales teams. A strong analytic foundation is required to identify and evaluate key business issues and drivers from your analysis and interpretation of market and shipment data to aid in brand growth and P&L management.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Business Leader: you are a leader of your business and will align the organization and our leaders to your thinking and recommendations. You will lead a variety of cross-functional teams for the business in order to deliver your strategies and short and long term goals. 
  • P&L Owner: you will play a meaningful role in the delivery of your brand’s P&L goals and the creation and delivery of the financials of your initiatives
  • Strategic Thinking: To beat the competition, you will leverage consumer insights and trends and customer needs to refine/create strategies and initiatives that create a competitive advantage for your business. 
  • Integrator: You will integrate the activities of numerous internal and external partners (business functions, agencies) in the creation and delivery of your business and marketing plans. 
  • Analysis: Marketplace analytics of assigned brand; maintains competitive surveillance.

Position Qualifications:

  • MBA required with relevant brand internship and/or other relevant work experience 
  • Strong project leadership and communication skills are needed as this position is responsible for coordinating and leading our key initiatives from start to finish across many business functions, aligning the business leadership to those initiatives, and interacting with customers and customer sales teams 
  • Strong analytic foundation is required to identify and evaluate key business issues and drivers from your analysis and interpretation of market and shipment data to aid in brand growth and P&L management

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance 
  • Wealth: great salaries, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan 
  • Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences 
  • Balance: paid-time off, flexible work-schedules


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