Newell Brands:

　　Newell is a leading $9B global consumer products organization with over 29,000 employees and more than 70 beloved brands. Newell’s vision is to light up everyday moments by being a consumer led marketing organization that leverages innovation and base business management to be the growth engine for the enterprise! We are on a journey to accelerate brand market share growth by transforming into a brand management led organization.

　　Rubbermaid Commercial Products:

　　For over 50 years, Rubbermaid Commercial Product (RCP) has provided solutions with industry-leading durability to meet the challenging demands of commercial facilities. Our products span multiple categories including Refuse, Skincare, Commercial Cleaning, and Material Handling – and help commercial facilities operate at their very best. With iconic brands such as BRUTE®, SlimJim®, WaveBrake®, and HYGEN, RCP has a proud 55-year heritage of market-leading solutions.

　　Position Summary:

　　The Associate Brand Manager position will be deeply involved in building and executing plans for future growth:

　　· Support the development of 3-year strategies and tactical plans that align to overall business objectives.

　　· Conduct analysis regularly to understand why business lines are delivering or under delivering and provide recommendations to improve future performance.

　　· Manage several brand projects and ensure delivery on time and in full

　　· Understand the consumer target and consumer journey. Deliver effective and persuasive communication at key moments of truth to drive purchase intent and appeal.

　　· Support (and lead where appropriate) the innovation process from idea to generation to market-readiness and market success, ultimately delivering new products that create category growth and increase profitability.

　　The Brand Manager position will also serve as the general manager for the business that they oversee:

　　· Analyze and recommend action related to the product line P&L, with focus on profitable and sustainable growth.

　　· Work across the business units with all key functions – Sales, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Distribution, Customer Service, IT, Finance, HR, Legal – driving accountability and leading the team to over-achieve business objectives, hit deadlines, and generally steer the business in a consistent direction.

　　· Act with a sense of urgency to resolve issues the arise and to take advantage of opportunities.

　　The ideal candidate will bring at least 2 years of brand management and innovation leadership experience combined with proven ability to drive omnichannel growth in multiple sales channels.

　　Key Responsibilities:

　　Helps build annual brand marketing and business plan

　　Achieves revenue and profit targets by delivering key initiatives

　　Collaborates with omni/activation team to drive brand tactical plans within guardrails of A&P strategy and budget

　　Supports (and leads where appropriate) New Item and Innovation projects; Partners with PMO to ensure cross functional readiness for innovation gate meetings

　　Partners with finance to deliver accurate innovation forecasts; Leverages finance for decision support to ensure choices consider the full impact

　　Understands Chooser/User target and ensures every action serves the target

　　Writes briefs for consumer insights projects; Partners with insights team to ensure research has a clear purpose and will be actionable; Responsible for reviewing research output and recommending actions in partnership with Insights team

　　Partners with sales and customer planning to prepare presentations for key customers and ensure readiness for joint business planning

　　Leverages analytics to inform innovation pipeline and build future portfolio that drives trade up, grows margin and increases share of shelf; Improve in market assortment

　　Identifies top selling eCommerce items and partners with digital marketing team to create plans that invest in retailer media and affiliate marketing to grow market share

　　Calculates the ROI of events, advertising and projects; Leverages data and an ROI mindset to select projects

　　Analyzes promotional events and promotional plan; Partners with sales to recommend enhancements to the promotional plan

　　Studies key competitors to identify the competition’s price strategy

　　Supports customer teams to unlock new distribution (selling decks, sell sheets, samples, etc.)

　　Conduct in-market chooser/user and distribution visits quarterly

　　· Manage the product portfolio including analysis related to adding, growing and exiting categories, sub-categories and SKUs

　　Supports the creative strategy development process· Partner with Brand Marketing and Marketing Communications to execute commercialization plans that support annual brand plan

　　· Work cross-functionally to identify growth and operational efficiency opportunities for the category; collaborate with internal teams to drive change

　　Required Experience/Qualifications:

　　A four-year college degree, MBA preferred.

　　2+ years of brand management experience

　　· Preferred experience in B2B

　　· Up to 20% travel required

　　Exposure to consumer insights and leveraging analytics of primary and secondary research, emerging trends, POS results and competitor/category actions to drive leadership brand sales.

　　Demonstrated ability to deliver results

　　· Proven ability to work and deliver results as a cross-functional team member

　　· Analytical P&L management combined with critical thinking skills to deliver desired financial results and managing overall category everyday business decisions.

　　_Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.