Associate Marketing Manager – Animal Nutrition

Land O'Lakes • Arden Hills, MN

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Associate Marketing Manager – Animal Nutrition This role is located at our Corporate Office in Arden Hills, MN. We offer a hybrid work environment that consists of 3 days in the office (T/W/Th) and 2 days remote/virtual (M/F). This role does not offer full remote/virtual. About Land O' Lakes Land O'Lakes Inc. is a $14 billion dairy and agricultural cooperative with a legacy spanning more than a century. Land O’ Lakes, Inc. offers some of the most respected brands in agribusiness and food production across its three divisions: Dairy Foods, Winfield Crop Inputs and Purina Animal Nutrition. With an uncompromising commitment to animal excellence, Purina Animal Nutrition offers a portfolio of complete feeds, supplements, premixes, ingredients, and specialty technologies for the livestock and lifestyle animal markets. Position Purpose We are seeking an Associate Marketing Manager (AMM) to support strategic growth initiatives within the commercial animal nutrition portfolio. This role will be assigned to part of the commercial animal nutrition portfolio. Reporting to the Marketing Manager, the AMM will assist in executing marketing strategies and managing business operations to deliver commercial plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 2+ years of marketing, sales, or business experience
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams and collaborate cross-functionally
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

• Experience or strong interest in dairy nutrition, young animal systems, or additives-based businesses
• Strong interpersonal /relationship building skills
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Effective leadership, project management, and organizational skills
• Effective analytical, critical thinking and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to deliver results from a cross-functional team in a positive manner
• Exposure to pricing, portfolio management, or commercialization activities
• Familiarity with Stage Gate or new product development processes
• Customer facing or sales partnership experience
• Passion for agriculture and livestock production systems

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and execution of annual business objectives, strategies, and action plans, leading ongoing performance tracking, plan communication, and business reviews.
• Lead ongoing portfolio management activities, including product renovation and innovation projects, packaging updates, and prioritization of key business initiatives.
• Partner with the field, RAM, and cross functional teams to gain market, industry, channel, and producer insights to populate marketing strategies and direction and ensure accurate tactical execution.
• Coordinate with Income Optimization in the collection of competitive pricing to properly price/position branded products in the marketplace and accuracy of sales incentive points and hierarchy assignments on branded products
• Manage volume forecasts, financial targets, and marketing spend for the assigned portfolio through ongoing tracking, reporting, and cross-functional coordination.
• Advance commercialization through the Stage Gate / New Product Development process, driving coordination across internal divisions to support launch readiness and execution.
• Contribute to broader Purina, Fortiva and Land O’Lakes marketing initiatives as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level