Associate, Brand Marketing- Digiorno

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA•Solon, OH

10d•$91,445 - $131,611

About The Position

The Associate, Product Experience (PX) helps shape the DiGiorno brand experience through product, packaging, innovation, and value delivery. The role uses consumer, category, and competitive understanding to support innovation and renovation initiatives, product and packaging superiority, and launch execution. Working with the brand Consumer Experience (CX) team and cross-functional partners, the Associate helps align brand experiences, product performance, and business objectives to deliver consumer impact and sustainable growth.

Requirements

Typically a university degree (BA/BS) in Marketing or a related business field, or equivalent experience.
Knowledge of budget control methods, policies, and procedures.
Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills.
Strong research and strategic analysis skills.
Ability to work independently and autonomously, adapt quickly to change, and deliver results.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Basic financial acumen and understanding of how to calculate risk and return on business decisions.
Ability to prioritize workload, self-manage projects, handle multiple tasks, and meet strict deadlines.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
At least 1–2 years of work experience in marketing or brand management.
Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams and/or agency partners.
Experience leveraging data, research, and trends to generate insights and understand consumer behavior.
Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical capabilities, including developing creative, non-traditional solutions for challenging, undefined problems.

Nice To Haves

MBA.
Circana knowledge is strongly recommended.

Responsibilities

Leverage consumer, category, and customer insights to develop a competitive and holistic innovation pipeline.
Support product and consumer research, translating insights into recommendations for business reviews and forecasting.
Partner with the Manager and Commercial Development to turn category and customer understanding into executional outputs.
Execute front-end innovation pipeline activities, including scoping, concept development, and market readiness aligned with innovation and renovation strategies.
Develop concepts, claims, naming, packaging, and commercialization deliverables to support innovation launches and product renovations.
Coordinate day-to-day innovation management to deliver against timelines, deliverables, and business objectives.
Monitor product launch success and identify opportunities to optimize, scale, fix, or swap initiatives.
Own launch-readiness activities, including input for commercial selling materials, launch tools, digital shelf content, and customer execution plans with Commercial Development teams.
Lead packaging development and product experience initiatives aligned with brand strategy to ensure a superior consumer and shopper experience.
Deliver great-tasting products that build consumer trust and fulfill the brand promise.
Support portfolio strategy in partnership with Commercial Development and Finance.
Contribute and execute deliverables integrating innovation and renovation into shopper plans, including retailer media.
Own digital shelf execution, including PDP content, product information, and digital asset deployment across eCommerce platforms.
Support monthly marketing business reviews, enterprise forecasting, and annual planning by preparing innovation inputs, new-item performance updates, and recommendations.
Prepare marketing forecasting inputs, including consumption data, new-item assumptions, performance updates, and business changes, and translate results into recommendations.
Track and report brand performance, innovation priorities, and key initiatives, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for leaders.
Prepare and analyze assessments, translating innovation, product, and business performance data into actionable insights and priorities.