Title:  Sr. Associate Marketing Manager - Equine

Job Purpose and Impact

The Sr. Associate Marketing Manager will design and implement a comprehensive product marketing cycle. In this role, you will identify market potential, establish pricing and market strategies, estimate potential sales, define promotional activities with strong project management skills to support category growth with business analysis.

Key Accountabilities

• Leverage category trends, consumer and customer insights, and competitive intel to support portfolio strategy
• Analyze product sales performance results to unlock critical business insights
• Manage several new product pipeline projects, collaborating across cross-functional stakeholders, to deliver against project goals, timelines, and resourcing requirements
• Partner with Marketing Manager in yearly strategic planning to identify and execute business priorities
• Compile and evaluate research on market product requirements and identify enhancements to current features and functionality.
• Coordinate program planning with customers to identify manufacturing schedules, goals, design criteria, costs and similar considerations.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry experience –  strong preference for equine industry experience
• CPG/Retail and/or animal feed/pet food experience
• Product innovation experience, bringing new launches to market
• Portfolio and business analysis experience – identifying key insights to drive decisions

Position Information

• This position is open to remote work; however, the preferred location is Wayzata, MN or Kansas City.
• The expected salary for this position is $115K to $140K. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.
• At Cargill we put people first.  As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).