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Brand Manager, New Products |
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Food Processing & Manufacturing |
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Manager |
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Director of Marketing |
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Responsibilities: |
The new product development manager for will be responsible for working closely with the Marketing Director in developing the new product strategy and products assigned categories / growth platforms and leading the cross-functional team from conception through commercialization. Consistent with an agreed set of strategies, this individual; will use the stage gate process to identify and prioritize winning concepts, and lead project teams to shape and optimize new products, setting milestones that meet target commercialization dates. |
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Education
Required: MBA pref. |
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| Position
Experience: |
- 5+ years progressive marketing experience to include: new product strategy and launches, market research, interaction with field sales, brokers, customers, outside advertising, promotion and event marketing firms
- Experience should include a minimum of 2 product launches/brand extensions and direct experience in consumer research, advertising, P&L
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Food experience is required
- Ideally has been a brand manager on a business for 18+ months
- Strong strategic thinker, ability to deal with ambiguity working in "white space"
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Qualified candidates must have white space experience that includes consumer research (focus group, surveys) and concept development. Must have NP experience at the manager level. |
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| SUBMIT
YOUR RESUME: |
JOB6179 (Word
document preferred. Please, no ZIP files.) |
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5% |
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