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Associate Brand Manager

Company: Russell Stover Chocolates
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: September 19, 2023

Job Description:

At -Russell Stover, -not only do we love eating chocolate, but we love our jobs making others happy with our delicious chocolate products! -Every day we go to work exhibiting our values of excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and collaboration. -Working at Russell Stover you'll be an important part of the -leading manufacturer of seasonal and sugar-free chocolates. -For over 100 years, Russell Stover Chocolates, Whitman's, and Pangburn's have been crafted with the finest ingredients to bring happiness to generations. - -Join our team and let's continue making chocolate lovers happy! -A day in the life---The -Associate Brand Manager -works with the Marketing Director to grow our -Russell Stover Chocolates Seasonal Business, a critical business where we have market leadership across most of our products, and one driving over half of the company's top & bottom line. - -This role requires someone with talent and commitment, willing to continuously learn about our Categories, Consumers, Customers, and Company to grow our business.What you will be doing--- Leading an exciting business generating 1/3rd -of Company sales & profit, sold throughout the year Ensuring you develop expert knowledge in our Categories, Consumers, Customers & Company Designing and managing an innovation pipeline to support the growth needs of the business Delivering innovation through our Stage Gate process to deliver with excellence to-market Participate in long term & annual budget planning, and manage business to deliver commitments Supporting Media Planning for your portfolio and collaborating with the Media Planning agency Supporting the advertising communication strategy and content creation across POSM, TV, digital & social Working with functional partners across global marketing, finance, supply chain, innovation, sales, legal etc.Do you have what it takes? -(Basic Qualifications) Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or related field Experience creating, analyzing and distilling actionable insights from data Desire to work both on advertising initiatives and in developing innovative products Led teams including envisioning success, enabling & energizing them, and executing with excellence Proficient using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPointDo you stand above the rest? -(Preferred Qualifications) MBA degree Experience in a blue chip consumer-packaged-goods company Experience working with IRI or Nielsen Open to future opportunities across the global Lindt & Sprungli company (our parent company)At -Russell Stover Chocolates, -we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.We provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.Make Happy. Work Happy. - - - -

Keywords: Russell Stover Chocolates, Kansas City , Associate Brand Manager, Executive , Kansas City, Kansas

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