Associate Brand Manager, Foodservice

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that's First in Food.

Location Description

Hopkins, MN is home to our Michael Foods, Inc. corporate headquarters. Hopkins is located 7 miles west of Minneapolis, boasting natural surroundings in a suburban environment that also provides quick access to major travel ways and local restaurants that give our community a distinct character. Located in the Excelsior Crossing building where employees are provided with beautifully landscaped walking paths and water features creating an optimal environment for outdoor and walking meetings, along with the opportunity to take a relaxing walk or outdoor lunch before, within, or after your work day.

Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Associate Brand Manager, Food Service is responsible for providing marketing leadership across the portfolio as assigned. The position is also responsible for working with cross-functional areas to maximize sales volume and margins.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive business results

• Actively manage performance of and develop a vision and strategic plan for products within assigned portfolio

• Convert strategy into action and deliver objectives: growth, volume, margin, market share

• Manage product portfolio activities, including reformulations, graphic updates, packaging changes, etc.

• Maintain product information, including photos, features and benefits, product specifications, etc.

• Fully understand and utilize financial metrics in making decisions

• Deliver results through working with people

• Convince, inspire, motivate and encourage others to move toward significant vision or goal

• Collaborate with sales force, sufficiently gain their trust and commitment

• Identify lead and participate in cross functional teams to efficiently and effectively deliver results

• Ensure market driven direction

• Demonstrate passion for creating value for the customer

• Use solid market data in decision making

• Possess data to prove product value proposition is superior to competitor

• Guide product fit, function and market position

• Obtain sufficient technical knowledge to act as liaison between company and customer

• Communicate knowledgeably with internal R&D, QA, and Operations team about product needs

• Articulate how products fit within the portfolio, the overall company and the market

• Manage multiple priorities

• Manage time and work flow to meet business objectives

• Utilize principles of project management

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience
• 3+ years marketing/business experience.
• High initiative, strong communication and relationship building skills and overall understanding of industry segments are a must

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Dynamic professional with the ability to collaborate effectively across the organization.
• Ability to contribute to the fast-paced environment and bring focus to priorities of the division.
• Ability to lead cross functional teams by setting objectives, expectations and accountability.
• Able to determine product positioning; skilled in strategic thinking.
• Demonstrated successful commercial launch of a product line with sustained market growth.
• Strong organizational skills; ability to prioritize tasks in a demanding environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications.
• Working knowledge of SAP.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work and may not include all the duties associated with this position.

The pay range for this position is $80,944 - $113,322 per year.