Associate Brand Manager
Current• Play a key role in leading the brand’s new positioning, including developing a creative brief for IAT, reviewing, and providing feedback to the agency on new creative proposals, and executing new strategies.• Assist in the planning and execution of an integrated brand image and message throughout all advertising, packaging, and promotional efforts.• Manage day-to-date brand budget operations, including processing invoices, tracking input forms, and reporting on A&P spend.• Develop and drive category strategy, monitoring performance and identifying opportunities at retail partners to support new distribution and drive growth of the current portfolio.• Led new product development and market research, providing consumer insights, and market opportunity, and delivering product recommendations to cross-functional teams.• Collaborated in New Innovation Processes Project. Responsible for building and implementing a “New product-sell in tracker” providing organizational visibility and tracking of new product launches. Delivered training of tracker to cross-functional teams. • Support the management of agency relationships, through specific requests and working together to identify problems and opportunities for success.