Senior Associate Brand Manager, Ritz Innovation

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Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

Job Description

The Sr. Associate Brand Manager on the Ritz Innovation team is responsible for helping drive the innovation pipeline for one of most iconic cracker brands. This role partners cross-functionally to identify consumer-driven growth opportunities, develop and launch new products, and build the long-term innovation strategy for the RITZ brand. The ideal candidate is a curious, analytical, and creative marketer who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

How you will contribute

Working across brand and cross-functional teams, you will progress existing innovation projects through commercialization and lead cross functional teams to solve problems and execute with excellence.  In addition, you will generate key consumer insights to inform innovation strategy and the long term pipeline.  Furthermore, you will build selling stories to be presented to retail customers for distribution.

Key Responsibilities

Innovation Strategy & Pipeline Management

• Support the development and management of the innovation pipeline, ensuring alignment with brand strategy and category growth objectives 

• Conduct consumer, competitive, and market analyses to identify white-space opportunities and emerging trends in the snacking category 

• Build compelling business cases for new product concepts, including volume forecasting, P&L development, and strategic rationale 

New Product Development & Launch 

• Lead day-to-day project management of innovation initiatives from concept through commercialization, partnering with R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, etc. 

• Manage stage-gate processes and ensure projects meet key milestones on time and within budget 

• Own and manage the forecast for innovation items, partnering with Finance, Sales, and Demand Planning to ensure accuracy 

Consumer & Market Insight 

• Champion a consumer-first mindset by leveraging qualitative and quantitative research to inform decision-making 

• Monitor competitive activity, category trends, and retail landscape to identify risks and opportunities 

• Translate insights into actionable innovation briefs 

Cross-Functional Leadership 

• Serve as the central point of coordination across R&D, Operations, Finance, Sales, Legal, Pack, Insights, and Regulatory to drive innovation projects forward 

• Collaborate with the broader Ritz brand team to ensure innovation efforts are integrated with base brand plans and communications 

• Present recommendations and project updates to senior leadership with clarity and confidence 

Commercial Planning & Execution 

• Partner with Sales and Customer Marketing to develop sell-in materials, distribution strategies, and launch plans for new items 

• Manage innovation-related budgets and ensure efficient allocation of resources 

What extra ingredients you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knoweldge:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field required

• 3-5 years of brand management or marketing experience in CPG required

• Experience working with Nielsen data platforms 

• Empathy for consumers and ability to turn insights into “wow” experiences with our brands and products 

• Ability to thrive in and handle ambiguity & fast paced environment 

• Ability to build and deliver against strict timelines 

• Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional teams with multiple stakeholders 

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities 

• Strong business acumen 

• Analytic and creative thinking skills 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills 

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills 

• Highly organized

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—includingOreo and  Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country. 

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