Associate Trade Marketing Manager

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

 

We are looking to hire an Associate Trade Marketing Manager immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

 

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation

• Career growth opportunities

• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices 

 

 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Associate Trade Marketing Manager I bridges Field Sales and Marketing; leading strategic sales promotion plans and resolving issues to support national business goals and achieving sales and profit targets.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage a portfolio estimating ~$300M  in annual sales.
• Participate in the annual brand planning process.  Own translating strategic direction from Marketing (annual and ad hoc) into National and Category specific strategies for deployment to Field Sales for execution.
• Actively provide insights and participate in joint planning sessions with Field Sales (managers and brokers) to ensure one comprehensive plan.
• Assists in developing incremental marketing/trade funds programs and launch these programs to the Field Sales Team
• Helps resolve a variety, often unique, Sales and Customer issues related to economics, sales, production, supply chain, and/or marketing.
• Aids with development and coordination of Sales and Customer initiatives/plans related to new products introductions, including but not limited to complete Innovation Sell Decks
• Participate in new item and promotion forecasts to ensure customer service needs are met; include working with Marketing and Supply Chain via the IBP process.
• Deliver monthly and ad hoc reporting for trade, innovation and other business needs.
• Assist in managing inventory and production needs as necessary.
• Manages the forecast and tracking of display vehicles.
• Work along with Marketing, Category Management, Revenue Management and other cross functional partners on strategic initiatives related to major customer sales opportunities.
• May have the opportunity to manage a summer intern.

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Analytics or other related fields
• 3+ years of consumer product good experience with at least 1 year of direct customer selling experience.
• Valid driver’s license
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft office including PowerPoint and excel.
• Must be able to work with large data sets including pulling and interrupting data independently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Required to present to large groups of people virtually and in person.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills. Required to manage multiple projects at the same time while managing day-to-day tasks and objectives.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- A minimum of 2 years of Category Management experience is strongly preferred

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As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future. 

 

Base Salary:  87,910 - 153,870

 

Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience for this role, and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan/ McCormick’s Sales Incentive Bonus (SIB) Plan/ McCormick’s Dividend Program.

 

In addition to a competitive compensation package, permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include: 

• Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits