Assistant Brand Manager

Nature's Variety (NV) is a fast growing natural and holistic pet food company. NV is a leader in marketing nutritious raw frozen diets, kibble, cans, and treats for dogs and cats. The company's brands include Instinct®, Prairie®, and SweetSpotsTM.

NV's company purpose is to empower people to transform the lives of their pets. In order to accomplish this, we are committed to hiring and developing a team of passionate, performance oriented professionals who love to win and make a difference. The company is backed by Catterton Partners, a top ranked Private Equity firm.

Position Overview:

To assist in the execution of the marketing strategy for the Instinct® brand. This will involve working effectively with internal and external stakeholders in a role as both a project manager and a day to day business manager.

Travel Requirements: Requires travel up to 15% of time


Responsibilities:

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Manage strategic and tactical marketing activities (e.g., - website management, POS, events, sales support, etc.) for existing products and new product launches.
• Manage brand projects by demonstrating independence and ownership via timeline updates, meeting notes, presentations, agency communications, project forms, and budget management.
• Develop and execute the promotion plan. Analyze promotional programs to maximize effectiveness/efficiency.
• Be the lead on all aspects of the competitive data reporting and analysis.

Qualifications:

Personal Attributes:

• Leadership (charting new courses and generating enthusiastic followership)
• Proven ability to execute
• Strong organizational skills (ability to manage multiple projects)
• Follow-up and communication (expressing ideas effectively orally and in writing)
• Practical learning (assimilating and applying new information)
• Entrepreneurial orientation with a willingness to take risk
• Comfort in an environment in which ideas are vigorously discussed and debated
• Personal profile comfortable working at a rapid pace in which decisions often have to be made with imperfect information
• Inquisitive
• Creative
• Mature orientation with ability to hold information in extreme confidence
• Teamwork/Collaboration and ability to work with multiple stakeholders (effectively working within and outside formal lines of authority)

Skills and Technical Expertise:

• Highly developed project management skills
• Experienced in classical marketing techniques and brand building initiatives
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Microsoft Project

Preferred Experience:

• 4+ years in consumer packaged goods marketing working across multiple channels of trade
• Demonstrable history of delivering superior results in a performance based company
• Proven success in working within a team based environment
• MBA Preferred
• Bachelor's degree (B.S. or B.A.) with work experience mandatory

Compensation:  Competitive compensation package including base salary, and bonus eligibility. Other benefits include health & dental insurance, life & AD&D insurance, flex spending, paid vacation, 401k.

To Apply:

Please send your resume via email.