CONAGRA

Brand Manager

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Chicago, IL

Job Description

The Role:

This job posting is an Evergreen Requisition designed to gather talent for future open positions. It Is a way for Conagra to expedite the hiring process when there is a need to fill that type of role. By applying to an Evergreen Requisition, you are expressing your interest in a particular job function within Conagra. Your application will be reviewed by a Talent Acquisition Specialist who may reach out to learn more about your career interests, and how that may best fit with Conagra. In addition to submitting your resume to an Evergreen Requisition, we encourage you to create a job search agent to be alerted when positions in your areas of interest become available.

The Brand Manager will have strong analytical acumen and in-depth knowledge of P&L interdependencies to identify and evaluate key business issues and drivers. You quickly identify risks, opportunities and identifies actionable gap solves. You'll set vision and clear goals for the cross functional project teams related to consumer insights, pricing, forecasting, promotion, finance, operations and sales to drive growth for the business. You define strategies and translate those strategies into initiatives that will result in accelerated share and sustainable profit growth.

What Youll Do:

* You will coordinate and lead a variety of cross-functional teams for the business in order to deliver strategies and short and long term goals. Will lead assigned Associate Brand Managers and balance business priorities.
* Collaborates to understand, align and activate against target consumer behavior and insights
* Owns the AOP plan & process, taking data & cross-functional input to build plans that achieve following year financial goals. Evaluates progress against plan and recommends corrective action as needed.
* Owns the Fully Competitive landscape assessment.
* Leads the monthly consensus process
* Frequently communicates opportunities and risks.
* Assists in the development and communication of effective trade customer strategies.
* Identifies opportunities and implements plans for line extensions and new product introductions.
* Contributes to the development of the brand organization and coaching of ABMs and interns.

What Youll Bring:

* Bachelors Degree and minimum 5 years of work experience in brand marketing or related field. Background in Consumer Goods (CPG) strongly preferred
* MBA Degree preferred
* Experience managing multiple projects at once in a fast paced, matrix management environment
* Experience identifying, building and delivering growth initiatives in the fast-moving consumer packaged goods industry.
* Proven ability to deliver initiatives that have been realized and contributed significant gains in the capture of market share, revenue and volume growth, and operational efficiencies.
* Demonstrated success anticipating future business opportunities or problems and developing strategies that address them proactively.
* Has successfully worked in matrix environments or Center of Excellence business models and can demonstrate aptitude for building productive, cross-functional teams that drive to specific medium- and long-range goals.

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

* Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
* Wealth: great salaries, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
* Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
* Balance: paid-time off , flexible work-schedules

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team thats passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, Banquet, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, and Vlasic, and emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.

CONAGRA

Chicago, IL

Conagra Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company in North America. The company operates through Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments. The Grocery & Snacks segment primarily offers shelf stable food products in various retail channels in the United States. The Refrigerated & Frozen segment provides temperature controlled food products in various retail channels in the United States. The International reporting segment offers food products in various temperature states in retail and foodservice channels outside of the United States. The Foodservice segment offers food products, including meals, entrees, sauces, and various custom-manufactured culinary products packaged for sale to restaurants and other foodservice establishments in the United States. Conagra Brands, Inc. sells its products under the Marie Callender's, Reddi-wip, Hunt's, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Orville Redenbacher's, Alexia, Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Blake's, Duke's, Frontera, Banquet, Chef Boyardee, and BIGS brand names.

The company was formerly known as ConAgra Foods, Inc. and changed its name to Conagra Brands, Inc. in November 2016. Conagra Brands, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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