Lead the planning and execution of volume and profit driving initiatives for assigned product lines and channels with support of Marketing Director, field sales and the cross-functional team. Gain broad exposure to all functional activities including sales and customers, operations, product development and finance, which results in the development of strong marketing and general management skills.

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Oak Brook

Job Type:

Marketing

Job Posting Title:

Associate Marketing Manager - pasta

Job Description:

Roles & Responsibilities:

Support the development of annual business plan and multi-year strategic plans
Execute plans for assigned product lines/ channels to deliver against plan objectives
Act as the project leader/ manager for business development and cost-savings initiatives, acting as the key cross-functional go-to person for project decisions, guidance, communication and management
Provide ongoing reporting and analysis of category data and segments to identify product and competitive strengths and weaknesses, identify growth opportunities and defense strategies as needed.
Monitor and report out on competitive activity and implications
Partner with sales and channel marketing to understand key account strategies and identify and implement appropriate category management solutions for optimizing account performance.
Leverage consumer insights, IRI and other available data to provide selling stories for key initiatives
Use multiple data sources to identify new product opportunities and support development of the product pipeline
Manage the product launches from concept through commercialization – including positioning, product and package development, pricing strategy, go-to-market tactics and performance tracking

EEO Statement:

Winland Foods believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Winland Foods is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.