Marketing Director - Food/Beverage - Northeast US

Marketing Director - Food/Beverage - Northeast US

HUNT EXECUTIVE SEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT

Our client is a rapidly expanding $1B branded food/beverage manufacturing company. 

Title:                    Marketing Director - Food/Beverage
Reports to:          CMO
Location:             Northeast - US
 
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Responsible for developing, driving, and managing overall strategic marketing planning process.
  • Works closely with Food Technology/R&D, Manufacturing Operations, Sales, and Marketing to align product strategy with global company objectives.
  • Leads all initiatives concerning product pricing, packaging, and promotion.
  • Identifies and collaborates with appropriate internal and external resources to move projects and go-to-market plans forward in a timely manner.
  • Collaborates frequently with the global commercial team to ensure marketing strategy alignment.
  • Conducts and/or coordinates marketing research and analysis to develop product definitions; frequently utilizing Nielsen data and others sources.
  • Leads and executes marketing and product presentations to key stake holders and external parties.
  • Maintains and manages communications and contacts to collect and analyze technical, financial, schedule, and sales information for product line.
Education & Experience
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of CPG (consumer packaged goods) experience with significant product/brand management experience.
  • Previous people management experience required.
  • Previous product launch experience required.
  • Working knowledge of food/beverage highly preferred.
  • Proven track record of ability to work within a team environment and/or independently as needed; adapt to change quickly (high flexibility); high personal motivation; ability to work with minimal supervision.
  • Must demonstrate ability to utilize quantitative and qualitative market information in order to support Marketing and Business Development and to facilitate the decision making process.
  • Proven track record of personal contributions regarding the brand and/or category strategic planning process, successful strategy execution (with coordination of internal and external resources), and results (growth).
  • Ability to travel overnight as needed; overnight travel is estimated at 20%
  • Must demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills as well as oral presentation and written skills.
  • Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; Master’s degree preferred (MBA/MA).
 
If you or anyone you know are qualified and meet the requirements outlined in this announcement, please send your resume to research@huntsearch.com for consideration. Please Note: this is intended to provide a brief overview of the position described above and is being shared with numerous potentially qualified individuals and organization leaders within our network. We receive hundreds of referrals and inquiries daily from multiple sources.
 
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