Frito-Lay Tostitos/UTC Innovation - Associate Marketing Manager

PepsiCo•Plano, TX

10d•$93,500 - $156,450•Onsite

About The Position

Frito-Lay Tostitos/UTC Innovation - Associate Marketing Manager Imagine What Can Happen When YOUR “Can-Do” Attitude MEETS OUR Iconic Brands Bring your passion and talent to our stage and continue to share our future and deliver innovative products to our consumers. The Innovation team is looking for a strategic, analytical problem solver and results-oriented marketer who thrives in a fast-paced environment were chartering a clear path in the face of ambiguity, bringing others along, and executing flawlessly are crucial. This is an exciting opportunity as the team develops innovation strategy and executes new and exciting launches across a portfolio of brands. This role will be responsible for leading core innovation across some of our most iconic and important brands with a particular focus on Tostitos, helping to drive growth and countless smiles to consumers! As the Associate Marketing Manager, you will lead strategy and execution for a multi-horizon pipeline for our Unflavored Tortilla Chips category and the Tostitos brand. This role will help execute the innovation strategy with cross-functional teams and develop a robust innovation pipeline. We are a nimble team. This experience will develop and showcase your ability to stay on top of leading trends, think strategically, act quickly and think outside the box to fully realize product ideas from concept to scale-up. And you’ll grow in your executive presence as you influence senior leaders across the organization to believe in our great innovation plans.

Requirements

Previous CPG and/or agency innovation experience strongly preferred
MBA degree or BBA with 3+ years of direct, full-time work experience
Strong project management skills and cross-functional team experience
Strong demonstrative leadership potential and strategic thinking
A passion for understand consumer behavior and an ability to translate trends and insights into product ideas that uniquely satisfy unmet needs
Can-do spirit with an aptitude in dealing with ambiguity facilitated by a penchant for creative-thinking and problem-solving
Ability to keep others engaged and accountable while delivering results flawlessly and on time
A sense of urgency, bias for action, and strong attention to detail
Strong written and oral communication skills
A curiosity to learn about all parts of innovation (pack, product, etc.) and the functions (operations, supply, etc.) that go into turning concepts into products
A flexible and 360 marketing/GM like mindset with strong understand of brand building
Project Management
Prior experience leveraging consumer insights to develop effective marketing programs and campaigns
Ability to effectively collaborate, communicate and influence in a matrix environment
Creative thinking and problem-solving skills
Demonstrated ability to develop and cultivate relationships
Strong Strategic Thinking, Drive for Results, Creative Problem Solver, Optimistic, and Entrepreneurial
Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills

Responsibilities

Lead the execution of innovation projects for Tostitos/UTC through stage gate process in collaboration with cross-functional partners while navigating complexity
Bring strong analytical background and strategic rationale to build recommendations for pipeline development
Balance art and science, leveraging your deep understanding of the consumer and trends to make gut instinct decisions, while balancing with insights & analytics to drive a data-oriented learning agenda
Develop new products through close cross-functional partnership with speed to market as a focus
Partner with brand and sales team to create best in class sell story and tools for sell-in
Lead best-in-class cross functional partnership skills across the organization including brand, insights, finance, supply chain, R&D, sales, and agency partners