Now Hiring - Senior Marketing Manager New Platform Development in Plymouth, WI

Req ID: 360 Plymouth Corporate 1ST, Persnickety People. Exceptional Cheese. Come join our New Platform Development team Your Story. You are a hands-on leader who applies marketing and project management knowledge to translate insights into platform-able new product solutions addressing the needs of both customers and consumers. You demonstrate effective leadership. You support the identification and development of new product strategies and provide project leadership to a portfolio of initiatives. Your Passion. Our Culture. At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you. Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company. You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career. With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality. If youre ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here. What You Do. Collaboratively lead new product development and innovation initiatives in support of corporate growth objectives and delivery of annual plans. Leads cross-functional teams. Develop new product platforms including product, package, positioning, and marketing plans. In conjunction with NPD leadership and division management, understand business priorities and leverage industry knowledge and consumer understanding to identifying new product opportunities. Collaborate with Consumer Insights function to establish a fact-based understanding of consumer dynamics, needs, and implications to our business. Derive actionable insights and leverage research to guide new product development. Monitor industry, customer, consumer, and competitive trends and analyze implication to the business. Bring insights to the attention of New Platform Development team and sales divisions. Develop business case outlining financial attractiveness and market potential of new product platforms to prioritize initiatives and appropriately allocate resources. Contribute to NPD budget recommendations and regularly monitor performance. Ensure organizational alignment on key initiatives by regularly presenting project updates and recommendations to management. Actively manage the extension of new product platforms across multiple sales divisions and channels of trade. Your Education and Experience. Master's degree required. MBA preferred. Eight plus years CPG marketing new product development experience required. Three plus years experience in a CPG new product development role is strongly preferred. Your Qualifications. Demonstrated competency in new product development best practice processes, project management, and in leading cross-functional teams. A track record of success developing and launching new products in CPG industry. Ability to utilize primary and secondary research to identify actionable insights and to guide new product development efforts. Strong communication skills. The ability to collaboratively lead and work within cross-functional teams to establish priorities, objectives, and deliverables. A strong team orientation. Strong understanding of retail sales channel and customer needs in that channel. The ability to develop and maintain a budget. Willingness to challenge the status quo and provide thought leadership. A results-oriented/bias for action attitude and work style. The ability to confidently manage multiple projects simultaneously. The ability to effectively present work to senior management and to key customers Your Needs. Our Values. People-First Culture - Our people-first culture is founded on a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. Your team really is your extended family and friends. Our Sargento Family rallies around those experiencing challenging situations and are the first ones to celebrate milestones. Live Well, Work Well - You are encouraged and enabled to balance your career with interests and activities outside of work. We value Humor and Fun because we can laugh at ourselves and you cant smile without saying cheese. Our CEO always says, if youre not having fun at work or spending time with your family, then youre doing it wrong. Career Advancement - We support your career aspirations with individual development plans, career paths, coaching and mentoring through our promote from within philosophy. It is not uncommon for employees to start their career in an entry-level manufacturing position and with dedication, hard work, and our tuition reimbursement program they have the potential to advance into leadership roles. Caring for Community - When you work here, you can make a difference in the company and in the lives of people in our communities, including supporting the United Way, Habitat for Humanity and feeding those in need. We partner with the Green Bay Packers through our Touchdowns for Hunger program which has resulted in donating $1.3 million to date for hunger relief. We support our employees who serve their communities year-round including providing paid time off to contribute to causes that are meaningful to them. Brand Innovation & Leadership - Were a national brand, owned by a real family. Because we are privately-held every employee is considered part of the Sargento Family and can make a meaningful impact. We seek people who will challenge assumptions and introduce new ideas to help achieve our corporate goals. We are an industry leader because of our quest to find the next breakthrough and have been a Nielsen Award Winner thanks to our game-changing products. Our Story. With 2,000 employees and net sales of $1.4 billion, Sargento Foods is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 60 years. We created the worlds first, successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses. Sargento is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where we manufacture and market shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces. Sargento is known for the exceptional quality of our products and for product design, packaging and merchandising innovations that have transformed our industry. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.