Brand Manager - Dolmio and KanTong (Contract)

Mars Food has an exciting opportunity to join our team as Brand Manager on a 9 month contract basis, based in Sydney CBD or Wyong locations. Reporting to the Portfolio Marketing Manager, in this highly varied role, you will work closely with other members of the Marketing Team on key strategic projects from data and insight led strategy, to idea generation, concept development, budget management, product design, pack design, brand and market positioning, and more!
 

Mars Food Australia has an incredible range of brands that exist in a number of categories and partitions with several thousand points of purchase. Given a mix of global and local brands you’ll be flexible to wear many hats on a daily basis to balance elements and stakeholders. In this role, you’ll use your brand experience to support the our ambition of ‘Better Food Today, Better World Tomorrow’.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor of Business (preferably in Marketing)

• Minimum 2 years Brand Manager experience or other relevant marketing/category experience.

• Specific experience in Food industry and/ or fuelling FMCG innovation pipelines via NPD strongly preferred.

• Ability work in a highly agile and dynamic environment, nimbly switching between projects while remaining organised and focused on the long-term vision

What will be your key responsibilities·

• Financial delivery: Responsible for Portfolio Targets for the DOLMIO and KanTong brands. Lead the management and development of the portfolio range and manage performance.

• Brand & Category Strategy: Responsible for driving a leadership position within Italian and Cooking Sauces by delivering category growth through strong partnerships cross functionally, as well as with key customers. Responsible for development of the annual growth plans as well as the overarching 3 year portfolio strategy.

• Comms strategy: Responsible for development and deployment of integrated communications planning leveraging creative excellence.

• Innovation Management: Responsible for developing the innovation pipeline for the portfolio, from concept ideation to launch. This includes innovation, renovation and value creation projects.

• Stakeholder Management: This role requires global & regional brand team interaction: leveraging relevant global strategies and learnings and sharing local resources to accelerate the DOLMIO brand and Italian portfolio.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Genuine career progression with a focus on you and your career goals. Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University

• Global health and wellbeing program to support flexibility and work-life balance

• Opportunity to make a difference with our volunteer and ambassador programs

• A culture that offers collaboration, leadership and rewards you for the role you play within Mars

• At Mars Food, work in an environment that contributes to people eating a healthy, tasty, affordable, convenient, and sustainably sourced meals

Mars does not accept agency applications, and applications will be reviewed as they are received.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.