Marketing Manager, Protein

At Ecolab, making the world a cleaner, safer place is our business. We are committed to growth and providing our customers with the most effective and efficient cleaning, food safety, and infection control programs available. We believe that our Marketing Department is one of the keys to our success. Marketing roles at Ecolab are very challenging and involve diverse skills and responsibilities. As a marketing function we are committed to driving growth while providing individuals with a range of developmental career opportunities. The members of our marketing team have an opportunity to help our customers meet their goals, differentiate Ecolab from our competition, and impact the achievement of our aggressive growth targets.

We are seeking a Marketing Manager to lead the F&B North America Protein Segment. This segment generates ~$70M annual revenue and it is expected to be one of the main sources of growth for the division.

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute short term, annual and multi-year Business Strategies to achieve sales and profit targets for Protein segment 
• Work closely with Corporate Account and Field Teams to develop and implement customer-specific strategies 
• Participate in ongoing customer interactions that contribute to business insights and results 
• Identify and capture customer problems and opportunities. Leverage those to develop short-term and long-term new product development strategies 
• Develop innovative solutions and strategies in response to customer needs, competitive offerings and changes in market and business priorities 
• Lead new product launches including target customer selection, value proposition development and pricing 
• Lead and develop a high performing business team, including development of ongoing business reviews, ensuring alignment to segment priorities, strategy execution, cross functional collaboration and team development

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree 
• 5- 7+ years of work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA in Marketing 
• Experience in Food/Protein Industry in a technical, sales or marketing role 
• Experience in developing and presenting segment strategies to sales teams and divisional management 
• Ability to relate to influential people and complex organizational structures; strong interpersonal and relationship building skills 
• Knowledge of protein processors and/ or experience with their corporate or plant level decision makers 
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization 
• Experience in developing and launching new products/services 
• Demonstrated leadership skills; setting vision and strategy, planning, critical thinking, orchestrating cross-functionally, overseeing multiple project elements and proven track record of results 
• Solid financial management skills, market sizing, market research experience.

Benefits we offer:

Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. We offer benefits to support our associates’ health and wellness, such as healthcare and time-away policies. We also offer benefits designed to promote our associates’ financial well-being, including short- and long-term financial incentives and retirement income and planning.