Associate Brand Manager - Seventh Generation

OVERVIEW:

The mission of Seventh Generation is to inspire a consumer revolution that nurtures the health of the next Seventh Generations.  By establishing a talent powerhouse that brings our principles, practices and partnerships to life we will build the most trusted brand in the industry.  

Five strong values are at the heart of SVG: 

1. Care Wholeheartedly.  We have big hearts: they are full of our love for the planet, our consumers, our people, our partners, our products and our brand. 

2. Collaborate Deliberately.  It takes a village right?  Together we can achieve things that we could never have done by ourselves.  Not to mention it’s a lot less lonely. 

3. Nurture Nature.  Nature got it right.  We know it.  That’s why we aspire to design products from plants not petroleum, from fields not factories. 

4. Innovate Disruptively.  If you always do what you have done you will always get what you always got.  We think innovation and creativity can change the world.

5. Be a Trusted Brand.  Can a company be a friend?  We like to think so.  We love our consumers and we hope they love and trust us.  

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES - Associate Brand Manager Innovation:

• Key stakeholder and executor of the development and management of long-term innovation that leans into mission and consumer benefit led agenda within assigned categories, through collaboration with senior marketing leadership and cross-functional areas.
• Contribute to product positioning and key consumer messaging leveraging rich insights.
• Analyze insight led research and databases to identify key trends, opportunity areas. 
• Track and manage assigned product development initiatives through cross-functional development funnel.
• Provide monthly/quarterly dashboard to monitor progress and surface risks and opportunities.
• Coordinate with any external resources as needed (agencies, freelance, partnerships, etc) to develop innovation pipeline
• Collaborate with Brand Activation to bring overall strategy to life as well as develop supporting sales tools.

RELEVENT EXPERIENCE:

• 1-3 years of brand management experience in consumer packaged goods setting.  Experience within Natural Products industry a strong plus.  Commitment to Natural Products industry and socially responsible business a must.
• MBA preferred.
• Proven ability to understand and consider financial scenarios (e.g. product P&Ls, ROI analyses, etc).
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams. 
• Experience working with insight led research and databases to identify key trends, opportunity areas.  
• Experience working within business analytics and interpreting results to drive decision-making (IRI/Nielsen, Spins, and customer-specific databases preferred).
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Team player with “can do” attitude.
• Desire to own decisions and take responsibility for outcomes.
• Mature individual with capacity for rapid change and degree of ambiguity.
• Desire to work in small, entrepreneurial environment and for a socially responsible business.
• Willingness to travel when required.
• Must exhibit a passion for the company’s vision, mission and values. 

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Open office environment
• Travel up to 25% of the time

KEY COMPETENCIES DESIRED:

• Growth Mindset: A strong focus on growth through a winning, competitive mindset. Understanding key competitors and how we would win through differentiating our mix.
• Consumer & Customer Focus: Putting our consumers & customers first is a must. Distilling consumer understanding into key insights as well as understanding the customer proposition are instrumental to success.
• Bias for Action: A heightened emphasis on speed and urgency in all our actions. In order to ensure our continued category leadership the successful candidate will have to think outside the box and challenge traditional ways of working in order to ensure quick delivery.

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