Job Description

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants.
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Primary purpose of the position: 

The Category Marketing Manager is a key leadership role within the marketing department, responsible for developing and executing strategic marketing initiatives to drive business growth and achieve organizational objectives. This role involves creating and implementing innovative marketing strategies, leading cross-functional teams, analyzing market trends, building category plans and leveraging consumer insights to develop impactful campaigns. The Category Marketing Manager collaborates closely with senior leadership, innovation, commercial teams, external partners and customers to ensure alignment and successful execution of marketing initiatives.

Essential Responsible Areas:

Collaborate with analytics team and customers to develop deep understanding of beverage categories, customer needs, and consumer buying behavior to identify opportunities for growth
Utilize quantitative and qualitative data to influence internal and external stakeholders 
Partner with commercial strategy to build business cases based on: consumer and customer value, technical feasibility and P&L viability to ensure prioritization of resources to deliver on growth objectives.  
Lead cross-functional innovation team through stagegate process. Develop commercialization plans and deliver go-to-market strategy for new product launches and commercial capability.
Support development of value proposition through communication of core competencies and development of internal initiatives that create value for target customers and build positioning strategies. 
Translate Ball value proposition into customized stories that grow existing and engage new customers in T2T engagements.  
Collaborate with coms team to connect commercial initiatives to communication and media execution as well as arena partnerships 
Establish customer lifecycle management strategy to identify critical touchpoints along the customer journey for both new business and key accounts. 
Evaluate and execute tradeshow and trade media strategies 
Foster close working relationships with South America and EMEA marketing leads to establish global enterprise strategies and share best practices

Position Requirement & competencies:

Broad training in a related field usually acquired through college or work-related experience
MBA Preferred 
Job related experience for 3 year(s) minimum 
2-3 years of experience working in consumer packaged goods industry in brand marketing, sales, revenue growth management, insights or finance preferred
Ability to provide management review and control over sales and marketing work concerned with the development/modification of products, structures, or processes as part of the sales and marketing function.
Ability to apply intensive and diversified evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard sales and marketing techniques, procedures, and criteria.
Experience with syndicated data systems like Nielsen or Circana preferred
Customer facing experience 

Working knowledge of the following areas:

Sales and marketing principles, practices, nomenclature, and procedures, generally accepted managerial practices and procedures, production practices, legal practices, business principles and practices, and the international market
Significant experience and/or relevant college or graduate level coursework in consumer product marketing, new product marketing plans, development of sales plans for new products, market research, marketing communications, and market intelligence.

Compensation & Benefits:

Hybrid On-Site Work Environment: Based in Colorado, this position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site for three (3) or more days per work week (with core collaboration days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). [Travel and local commute between Ball locations and other possible non-Ball locations may be required.]
Hiring Salary Range: $96,000 - $137,180 (Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
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