Associate Brand Manager

Job Description

Associate Brand Manager  

Hiring across different categories for multiple premium KHC brands:   

• Associate Brand Manager 
• Associate Brand Manager - Innovation 

About Us  

The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. We’re a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. Our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.  

No matter the brand, we’re united under one vision: To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally. Bringing this vision to life is our team of 39,000+ food lovers, creative thinkers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, we’re transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion – and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen – there’s only one thing to do: join our table and let’s make life delicious!  

Our culture of Ownership, Meritocracy and Collaboration  

We're not afraid to think differently. Embrace new ideas. Dream big. We empower our people at every level – from entry-level intern to senior leader – to own their work. We share a responsibility to think like Owners – to be mindful of the collective and sustained success of Kraft Heinz – which we apply to every situation, every day.  

As part of Kraft Heinz, you're supported to grow and achieve. You’re expected to bring your authentic self to work every day, to lead with humility, and drive outstanding performance at every level – and you’ll be rewarded. You’re given opportunities to leave a mark and build a legacy. But you won’t do it alone. You’re supported by passionate teammates along the way, and our collective, collaborative spirit fuels our incredible progress.  

Position Summary 

As an Associate Brand Manager, you will be accountable for creating customer demand as well as helping to build a brand strategy to drive long term growth. Associate Brand Managers are leaders in the business and will be responsible for portfolio strategy, full P&L ownership, and managing customer and commercialization initiatives. You’ll lead a cross-functional team of colleagues from Product & Packaging, R&D, Culinary, Consumer Insights, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations and manage the end-to-end commercialization process to bring new and exciting innovation products to market. This position is best suited for someone who has a strong bias for action, strong analytical skills, ownership mentality, and creative problem-solving skills. This person must be comfortable working both horizontally and vertically across an organization to keep multiple projects and priorities moving forward to achieve deadlines. 

Key Components of the Role  

• Owns the P&L and comprehends key levers to drive profitability  

• Monitors business performance, identifies actions needed, and implements action plan on key metrics (market share, volume and revenue trends and drivers, competitive performance)  

• Leverages syndicated data sources to understand own and competitor category performance, bringing forth insights and recommendations that drive business impact  

• Contributes to the Masterbrand innovation strategy and 3-year pipeline by identifying trends, consumer jobs to be done and innovation territories that align with our Masterbrand strategy and point-of-difference  

• Leads the ideation, development and execution of new products for assigned brands.