Sr. Manager Marketing-Core Portfolio (Total Cake) - Remote

Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.
Why work for Dawn Foods?
PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.
Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
• Competitive Pay
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• 3 weeks PTO (pro-rated)
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce.

Job Purpose and Overview
The Sr. Manager - Marketing - Core Product Portfolio (Total Cake) role is responsible for developing and executing category strategies that deliver on customer & consumer needs and drives growth against Dawn's strategic plan. This role supports the North American business unit across all channels.
This is a remote opportunity with travel up to 10%. The preferred time zone for this candidate would be Eastern (EST) or Central (CST)
What will you do as a Sr. Manager Marketing- Core Portfolio (Total Cake) at Dawn Foods?

• Category Strategy: Develop multi-year strategic category growth plans and tactics that support Dawn North America's overall channel/business strategies and help achieve long-term growth and sales & profit goals.
• Portfolio Management:
  • Responsible for ongoing business review and strategy.
  • Become the subject matter expert on assigned category, market, and products.
  • Monitor business performance- identify actions needed- and implement action plan on key metrics.
  • Partner with Innovation team to drive multi-year innovation pipeline.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to execute key projects. Key partners include Finance, R&D, Market Research, Commercial Marketing, Communications, Supply Chain, Operations, and Sales.
  • Research and track market and competitive trends to remain abreast of category developments.
• Internal & External Customer Relationships: Partner with Channel/Regional Marketing & Sales and Insights to ensure product portfolio supports overall channel/customer plans and to ensure product initiatives will achieve commercial plans. Opportunity for presentations and interactions with Senior Leadership, external customers and industry organizations related to portfolios/projects managed.
• Business Management: Track, analyze and communicate business results (Dawn & competition) and take appropriate actions as needed. Manage all aspects of product content and information for accuracy and completeness.
• Travel up to 10% required depending on location.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrate the "Dawn Values" of Team Dawn and support the Dawn Circle of Excellence

What Does It Take to be a Sr. Manager Marketing- Core Portfolio (Total Cake) at Dawn Foods?
Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related area of study required. Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• 7+ years' experience in marketing; classically trained marketing experience with a food manufacturer strongly preferred; experience in product innovation and with B2B (and B2B2C) with manufacturing customers preferred.
• Demonstrated commercial success across multiple channels, categories, and geographies in a team environment.
• Strong strategic ability - comfort in white space; ability to connect disparate data points and information to establish a clear path.
• Demonstrated success developing and commercializing new products.
• Strong project management skills and experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver results.
• Relationship-building skills to partner with and influence leaders, external partners, customers, and work in a matrixed environment; can quickly and effectively shift approach and tactics based on audience.
• Strong analytic and critical thinking skills; Creative problem-solving and collaboration skills; ability to navigate ambiguity and fast-changing environments quickly and effectively.
• Ability to translate consumer, customer, market, and competitive insights into meaningful business opportunities; excellent communication skills & storytelling both verbal and written.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and desire to build a business and drive change.
• Food industry experience desired but not required.
• Microsoft Office Suite proficiency

Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required to use motor coordination with arm, hand, finger, and leg dexterity.
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects up to 10 pounds.
• Normal setting for this job is office environment.

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.
Compensation Range:
$100,130- $165,220 with bonus incentive
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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.
Requisition ID: 35115
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Date: Dec 7, 2023
If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an email to [email protected].