Sr. Brand Associate

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Job Description:

We will leverage candidates who apply to this pipeline as roles become available.

Sr. Brand Associates lead critical project management tasks. They may own an innovation or club program, components of the P&L and/or a smaller business within an OU.

Responsibilities:

• Lead critical project management tasks (Project Management Review, timeline, key commercialization dates, team meetings, HMM)
• Execute elements of brand building, innovation, and/or business model ideas to close gap to financial and volume targets in collaboration with cross-functional teams
• May own an Innovation or Club program, components of the P&L and/or a smaller business within Operating Unit, including topline and/or bottom-line responsibilities
• Oversee all or part of demand planning to forecast by applying business insights
• Mentor and train Brand Associates to ensure team achieves brand strategies
• Track and manage details of the brand strategies
• Own budget management and tracking for Associate Brand Manager (ABM)
• Ensure full team has performance data/summaries and identify opportunities/trends/solutions across the 4Ps and report insights to ABM/Sr. ABM
• Execute on customer requests (i.e., new product info or packaging mock-ups)
• Manage CPW/project timeline
• Manage ECLIPS with packaging driver
• Lead Sales Materials development
• Partner with cross-functional team to resolve service issues

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years of experience post-undergrad
• Skills: business analyst/strong analytical mindset, project management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a Brand Associate or similar role
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks
• Ability to manage and prioritize tasks based on brand priorities
• Ability to analyze data and create recommended actions across 4Ps
• Ability to influence others without formal authority
• Understand how to apply brand strategy to execution

The salary range for this position $77,100 ‐ $128,700. At General Mills we strive for each employee’s pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences, performance and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decision including, but not limited to, education, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.

Company Overview:

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.