As a leader in the science of nutrition, Nestlé Health Science believes in empowering healthier lives for patients and consumers through a rich product portfolio featuring top brands such as Garden of Life®, Nature’s Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Nuun®, Persona Nutrition®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more, as well as through Aimmune Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies to prevent, manage and treat food, GI and metabolic-related diseases.
Our team members are challenged to make a genuine impact and play an integral role in driving the business forward. We embrace a dynamic culture that always puts the consumer first, and where ownership, accountability and agility are celebrated at every level. To help our people thrive, we offer expansive career growth potential, the opportunity to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, and a range of best-in-class benefits.
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Position Summary:
The Nestle Health Science Vitamins, Minerals and Health Supplements (NHS VMHS’s) Innovation team is searching for a self-motivated, experienced Brand Marketer with expertise in developing and marketing CPG brands. The right candidate will also be passionate about health and wellness and will want to use that passion every day to bring new solutions to consumers across our NHS VMHS brands.
This poised, dynamic manager will lead and deliver the innovation strategy across key platforms within the VMHS business by building white space opportunities and by capturing channel and customer priorities in the US. This role will partner with cross functional teams to define and execute all elements of our innovation platforms from concept to commercialization.
Responsibilities:
- Leads short opportunity development and long-term strategic innovation planning for key VMHS brands
- Partners with consumer insights team to identify category trends and consumer unmet needs and build and action learning plans from idea to opportunity sizing through consumer validation
- Partners with the Nutritional Science and R&D teams to identify new ingredients, technologies, or combinations thereof, which deliver solutions that meet the changing needs of consumers and support emerging consumer platforms
- Partners with Regulatory, Medical and Legal to drive strong product claims and positioning for new products
- Leads new products through stage gate process from concept through commercialization including product design and packaging
- Competitive Analysis ensuring innovation in development has a strong point of difference in market
- Partners with Customer Strategy to develop distribution targets and strong sell-in tools, including presentations and support to achieve retailer commitment
- Collaborates on launch plans with base business marketing team with specific marketing plan activities including media planning & creative execution, consumer promotion, shopper marketing, sampling, and displays
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required, in marketing or related field, MBA preferred
- 3+ years Brand Management / New Product Innovation experience building brands and driving the business including financial management and P&L management
- Proven success in consumer-packaged goods innovation, classically trained innovation marketer ideal
Skills:
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and leadership through product development and commercialization
- Strong leadership and planning skills
- Team Leadership, build cross-functional alignment
- Consumer Understanding (positioning, insights)
- Ability to write strong product concepts and utilize learnings to enhance product development, messaging, and product positioning
- Oral and Written Communication Skills; ease presenting ideas & recommendations to senior leadership
- Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, & Agility
- Analytical & strategic thinking
- Financial business case development, P&L management
- Project Management
- Ability to manage agency relationships, write a brief, provide direction and feedback
- Professional maturity
- Passion for the health and wellness space
The approximate pay range for this position is $110,000- $145,000 base. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location.
Nestle offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefits packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at About Us | Nestlé Careers (nestlejobs.com)
Requisition ID#
242259
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