Senior Brand Manager – Meal Ingredients

Company and Position Information:

Del Monte Foods, Inc. (DMFI) is a multi-national food company headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, with a powerful portfolio of brands, including iconic Del Monte, Contadina and College Inn. Our premium-quality meal ingredients, snacks and beverages can be found in six out of ten U.S. households.

At Del Monte Foods, we believe in supporting one another. In helping our people shape their own careers - in letting them grow outward, upward and across disciplines. We are tending to the greater good, providing accessible, nourishing, great-tasting food for all. We are Del Monte Foods - Growers of Good.

As part of the dynamic Del Monte Foods, Inc. Marketing team, the Senior Brand Manager - Meal Ingredients is responsible for a portfolio of our companies iconic and emerging brands-Contadina, S&W, Take Root Organics, College Inn, and Kitchen Basics. This role is pivotal is helping us strategically lead the pathway to growth on this expanding portfolio of brands.

The ideal candidate is a builder, an individual who has the passion and the dedication to grow their business and team through innovative thinking, collaboration, and hard work. He/she takes a holistic approach to marketing, developing not only inspired campaigns, but also developing amazing products, competitive pricing strategies, and new channels of distribution. He/she leads teams that include multiple stakeholders from within the Marketing department and outside of the Marketing department including Field Sales, Finance, Demand & Production Planning, Operations, and R&D.

Position can be a hybrid role based out of the Walnut Creek HQ office (preferred) or be fully remote and in the following states: AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, MI, MN, NJ, NC, NV, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI.

The salary range for this role is: $101,296 - $182,208.

Responsibilities:

Strategy

Set the vision and long-term strategies for a key business unit.
Lead the development, implementation and evolution of this business unit with cross functional team.
Own both short-term and medium-term brand strategies from creation through execution.
Evaluate consumer, customer and competitive trends to inform strategies and business plans.
Develop renovation and go-to-market strategy in partnership with internal and external partners and cross functional team.

Planning & Execution

Lead the development and implementation of the annual brand plans. Deliver both short and long-term share and investment results.
Drive learning agenda to identify and define initiatives to amplify the growth potential in our brands and multi-year growth pillars. Lead cross-functional teams to bring those to market.
Lead development and implementation of the annual integrated marketing plans for several Del Monte's equities and product lines including: Contadina, Take Root Organics, College Inn, and Kitchen Basics. Partner with Sales Planning to translate strategies into specific go-to-market tactics across channels and key Customers.
Partner with Insights and R&D to fill and refresh our long-term renovation pipeline. Partner with Innovation team and R&D to develop our long-term innovation pipeline
Network with key stakeholders throughout the organization (R&D, Manufacturing, Sales, Finance, etc.) to both manage the work and ensure effective buy-in.

Organizational Development and People Management

Select, coach, train, and manage career development of direct reports.
Manage Brand Managers and ABMs to deliver objectives.

Finance

Influence all P&L line items for the brand, evaluating alternate marketing plans, product/portfolio strategies, pricing/trade promotion plans, and distribution/channels strategies to meet financial hurdles and deliver optimum enterprise value.
Lead cost savings opportunities where applicable to improve margins.
Own marketing budget for brands to ensure spending is within budget and properly allocated.

Other duties as assigned

Del Monte Foods Leadership Behaviors:

As leaders we:

Ground Our Teams

Connect our teams to a clear strategy.
Provide the support our teams need for success.
Hold ourselves and our teams accountable.

Create the Climate

Solve problems together with our teams.
Enable smart risk taking.
Empower our teams to make decisions and take action.

Nurture the Good

Are intentional about building trust.
Lead with empathy.
Grow and develop our teams.

Qualifications:

Bachelors' Degree in Business or related field. MBA strongly preferred.
Strong professional background with 6+ years brand and marketing experience (within CPG, preferably Tier 1 Organization)

KEY COMPETENCIES

Builds the Future:

Builds a clear picture of the growth path for their business.
Identifies and focuses resources on the biggest priorities.
Identifies and builds a pipeline of product line with external and internal partners and cross functional team.

Builds the Business:

Comfortable alternating between roles-an advocate for the brand and the consumer as well as a business leader, influencing outcomes and pushing towards excellence.
Crafts marketing and business plans that create long-term competitive advantage.
Creates opportunities and solutions through resourcefulness and strong bias for action.
Combines a disciplined and fact-based approach with consumer insight and intuition.

Builds People and Teams:

Can motivate and influence people across management levels and bring visibility to COS fruit business.
Motivates and develops talent across their direct and indirect teams.
Creates an inclusive and creative environment.

Builds Trusts:

Works collaboratively with internal and external agency and cross functional partners
Acts with high degree of ownership and personal accountability.
Uses clear and concise verbal and written communication to lead upwards and across the organization.
Consistently delivers results despite obstacles.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Strong track record of business results.
Demonstrated ability to bring consumer insights to life across all product and marketing touchpoints.
Innovation/Renovation experience and prior knowledge/experience of center store food categories is desirable.
Proven ability to build integrated marketing campaigns.
Experience leading cross-functional teams.

WE OFFER:

Competitive salary.
Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k).

ALL RESUMES NEED TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE LINK BELOW TO BE CONSIDERED. (). Please be advised that your application is not complete until you fill out, sign, and submit an Application for Employment for a specific position for which Del Monte Foods, Inc. is actively recruiting. Your application must reflect that you possess the required qualifications for the position.

No sponsorship is available for this position.

No agencies or 3rd party vendors.