
Senior Manager, Global Heinz Brand Strategy
- Chicago, IL
- $137,400-171,700 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Help shape and define the long-term Global brand ambition & 1 and 3-year global brand strategy in service of local plan acceleration
- Partner with country-level leaders in key design markets to strengthen & scale the brand’s growth plans locally
- Identify future Global innovation and renovation opportunities in partnership with Global Innovation and Insights teams; define repeatable models to embed ‘global bets’ locally for impact at scale
- Develop core and expansion product portfolio guardrails and guide the brand’s nutrition philosophy
- Build and execute consumer-led global Sponsorship/Partnership strategy to enable scaled value for key markets
- Expand and maintain global pack design architecture guidelines
- Establish standards and governance for brand Licensing/Merchandising
- Collaborate with local design markets to embed brand guidelines and support delivery against standards
- Leverage global data and insights to understand business context and drivers of performance to highlight actions needed in collaboration with zone partners
- Share best practices and guidance with a highly connected and passionate community of +250 Heinz marketers via monthly Global brand townhalls
- Advanced Strategic thinker capable of simplifying and storytelling to effectively translate complex insights into actionable strategies that drive business results
- Strong leadership, ownership, influencing skills at all levels within the organization
- Models great collaboration across complex business and cross-functional teams
- Curiosity and creative problem solving
- Driven, passionate self-starter
- Comfortable in ambiguous environments without a defined roadmap
- 8+ years' experience in top-tier FMCG marketing, with strong expertise in brand strategy development, commercial drivers understanding, portfolio and category development
- Proven experience & passion behind building iconic brands with clear ambition, positioning and purpose
- Global or multi-market brand strategy experience an asset
- Future-oriented strategic thinker who can chart the course in new markets/categories/product lines
- Skilled in end-to-end innovation capabilities
- Clear capabilities in the center of excellence thinking and building guidance to set ‘best-in-class’ standards