Marketing Manager_Innovation

Job title : Marketing Manager_Innovation
Location : Sydney
Job type : Permanent or Full Time
Salary : $170,000 + 20% Bonus
Contact name : John Corrigan
Contact email : jcorrigan@sharpandcarter.com.au
Job reference : 1526862
  • Deliciously Tasty Opportunity with this Iconic FMCG Food Brand - Snacking portfolio
  • Lead & develop Breakthrough Innovation & NPD across Grocery, Convenience & New Business
  • 1 Direct report | $170k + 20% bonus | Culture of ownership, fun & collaboration

About the role
Due to continued growth across key food categories, this is a fantastic Marketing Manager (Innovation) opportunity with a Massive FMCG Food Brand. Reporting to the Head of Marketing (Innovation) this role is about owning their entire Innovation and NPD portfolio. You live and breath Innovation and NPD, using KEY insights and customer data. Your objective... simple, to grow their existing food categories but open up new future of food categories - think snacking, think plant-based foods, think healthy and nutritious in their future foods category!


Key responsibilities
  • Manage and lead the entire end to end NPD and Innovation strategy
  • Create and set the entire marketing mix using actionable insights for Innovation, New Product Development, Packaging, Pricing and Promotion initiatives
  • Build nurturing and long lasting relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally such as Insights, Category, retail channels, food service providers and agencies 
  • Drive business growth and brand equity -expand their offering across snacking, plant-based foods in their future foods category.

What you need to be successful
  • A delicious attitude and mindset balancing a nurturing and collaborative approach to hitting key business and brand objectives
  • A tertiary qualification in Marketing or Business or similar
  • A proven track record as a highly successful Marketing Manager looking for a tasty new challenge or a seasoned SBM ready for the next step up
  • A background in FMCG/QSR/food skilled in building a brand strategy and using insights to manage NPD and Innovation
  • You must have experience marketing across either FMCG Food or FMCG
  • An adaptable and flexible nature and ability to influence key stakeholders to enjoy positive business outcomes
  • A positive, confident, pro-active and resilient personality who takes ownership pf things and has a bias to action and drives initiatives forward. You are both strategic and hands-on and enjoy and take pride in rolling up your sleeves to deliver great outcomes

Benefits
  • Great salary and benefits | $170k+ 20% Bonus
  • Opportunity to shape their marketing and innovation strategy and make a significant brand and company wide impact
  • A supportive, fun and collaborative working environment

About the company
My client is one of the most loved FMCG Food Brands and with their team expanding they are looking to bring an experienced Marketing Manager in. What they are doing now and what they will be doing in the future is going to shake up the entire Food category. Their future foods category is going to be massive and you could be a big part of that growth!
Their culture is about being positive, being resilient, being collaborative, being action-oriented to get things done, loving what you do and bringing your authentic self to work everyday. They are big into collaboration and teamwork and have an unparalleled culture of openness with a family-feel. I love that I get to find them someone great and if it's you please apply below :)


How to Apply
Click APPLY or contact John Corrigan by emailing your CV to jcorrigan@sharpandcarter.com.au