Associate Brand Manager, Yankee Candle

Newell Brands•Norwalk, CT

20h

About The Position

The Associate Brand Manager, Global Brand Management position on Yankee Candle will support the development and execution of global innovation and growth initiatives. The role is a critical team member responsible for ensuring collaboration, communication and strong execution of global plans across all regions and countries.

Requirements

A four-year college degree
2+ years of prior experience in brand management, marketing, or related roles is preferred.
Desire to function as a business owner and a passion for brand management. Demonstrated ability to deliver results
Strong understanding of marketing principles.
Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and develop insights.
Creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong communication skills, written and oral.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with marketing analytics tools.
Up to 10% travel potential.
Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

Collaborate across all key functions globally and be recognized as a key leader in driving the cross functional team and agenda
Communicate regularly with regions and countries to ensure they properly adapting the global brand strategy, positioning, architecture, innovation and marketing plans to their markets
Manage several brand projects and ensure delivery on time and in full
Help build and distribute core launch assets and other marketing content to be utilized globally
Support global brand leaders
Be a key liaison between the global team and regions/countries
Ensure feedback on innovation and marketing plans from countries is heard and fully considered by global team before final decisions are made
Lead development of core brand assets and ensure availability to regions and countries as needed
Lead packaging design process for new item launches
Assist and sometimes lead global innovation projects to deliver on time and in full
Partner with central marketing teams to deploy advertising and marketing campaigns globally in a format that can be adopted to the local market
Develop a thorough understanding of the target consumer and ensure all brand activities deliver against the key target
Understand global competitive landscape and provide insights and data to support key recommendations on how to drive share growth
Be a true steward and power user of the data
Prepare reports and presentations to communicate key findings and recommendations to the Brand Manager and senior management
Reviews competitor performance and items to identify best practices, threats and opportunities; Generates learning on how we improve Newell performance
Be a steward of the brand foundational items and help drive global consistency in executing on Visual Brand Language (VBL) across all branded elements
Contribute to post mortem analyses that identify growth opportunities for future launches; help embed the learning into the company