Senior Brand Manager - Potato, Snacks & Plant Based Meals

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Date: 4 Jul 2024

Location: Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3194

Company: Simplot

In Australia, the J.R. Simplot Company’s core operations are food manufacturing and agriculture, encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood and sauce operations. We supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and foodservice customers and are part of Simplot’s Global Food business. With 17 food manufacturing and processing sites, Simplot Global Food serves retail and foodservice customers in 37 countries, and employs 8,000 people across North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

In Australia, we are a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, focussed on creating food that maximises value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

Culture and Benefits

At Simplot, we are fueled by our purpose: We Contribute to Feeding Our World. We imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as one Simplot and are guided by our shared values:

• Respect for Resources

• Spirit of Innovation

• Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

The Perks

• ​​​​​​Flexible working arrangements and a variety of engaging Health and Wellbeing programs

• Bonus incentives

• Diverse leadership development programs and professional development support

• Employee recognition program

• Discounted health insurance and gym memberships

• Sensory Club program - enjoy and taste our new product launches and access to our culinary cooking sessions

• Novated car leasing agreements

• Income Protection Insurance

• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

About Our Role

• Join an organisation that contributes to feeding our world by bringing earth’s resources for life.

• Be part of a culture that lives up to our core value of ‘Passion for People’

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced and commercially minded Senior Brand Manager to lead the Birdseye brand, working across our Potato, Snacks and PBM (Plant Based Meals) categories from our Mentone APAC Headquarters.

Reporting into the Head of Freezer Marketing, the Senior Brand Manager - Potato Snacks & PBM's primary role is to ensure achievement of targets for profitability, growth, innovation and equity of brands, products and categories within the Frozen Potato, Snacks & PBM portfolio by developing and executing the commercial operations plan. This includes ensuring effective and efficient delivery of retail objectives to meet the consumer and customer requirements - both within timeframe and budget.

What You Will Do

• Lead the strategic development and execution of an insights-based customer/channel first commercial operations plan 0-3 years

• Support the strategic development of the 0-3 year brand plans

• Support the Head of Freezer Marketing in developing & executing the CST strategy 1-10 year plan

• Take responsibility with sales & central marketing for delivering and executing the 0-12 month commercial operations plan to enable sales to deliver the annual contract (including NPI, communications, activations etc)

• Manage annual A&P allocated to category (via commercial operations plan process) to achieve 0-3 year contract

• Lead, manage and develop a direct report to support our potato, snacks and PBMs category

About You

• Demonstrated experience in developing strategy

• Ability to understand and analyse detailed financial information and reports

• Experience within a brand management role in the food or FMCG industry is preferred

• Substantial experience in managing a budget

• Experience in partnering with senior level stakeholders to drive decision making

• Demonstrated ability to develop cross-functional relationships

• Possess an engaging personality with experience in motivating and driving a high performing marketing team to achieve favorable results.

Please click on the "Apply" button to submit your application, ensuring a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role AND an up-to-date resume are included (noting that you will be redirected to the Simplot Careers portal).

APPLICATIONS CLOSE MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 18th JULY 2024 - Simplot reserve the right to commence shortlisting prior to advert closing date

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Job Requisition ID: 19122

Travel Required : Up to 25%

Location(s): Chifley Business Park Office - Melbourne

Country : Australia

Simplot is an equal opportunity employer and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. If you feel you would be a great addition to our team please apply online today, we would love to hear from you. If you require technical assistance, please email us at careers.contact@simplot.com

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