Brand Marketing Director, Gum & Mints

Mars•Chicago, IL

17h•$153,600 - $211,200

About The Position

The Gum & Mint category is a key growth priority for Mars, contributing significantly to its global snacking portfolio. With a leading market share (>50%), Mars’ iconic brands like Extra, Orbit, and Doublemint drive multi-billion dollar revenues across 180+ countries. This category supports Mars’ growth and profitability through innovation, convenience, and broad consumer appeal. As part of the Global Gum & Mint Portfolio team, this role will lead the Gum Brand Marketing portfolio agenda, designing its marketing strategy, brand positioning, lead advertising brief and develop/lead the agenda for the global Gum community. It is main focus is on the development of the global brand Orbit/Extra (OEFY) brand agenda while being involved on Airwaves, Extra USA and Hubba Bubba brand teams. This role reports to the Global Gum & Mint Portfolio Leader.

Requirements

7+ years of relevant experience required
Bachelor's degree required
Strong Marketing expertise in brand positioning, brand building, architecture, and communication.
Proven record of strategic brand planning and development as well as communication brief and development.
Strong expertise in consumer growth agenda and portfolio strategy.
Strategic mindset with strong execution capability
Strong team leadership and ability to drive influence across matrix organization and stakeholder management

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred

Responsibilities

Develop and drive Orbit/Extra - OEFY brand globally. Lead the global brand governance and ensure alignment on co-create, ambition, positioning and portfolio architecture.
Drive the brand positioning and its main strategic pillars of development with strong consumer insight/data driven decisions
In partnership with the Brand & Content team, build meaningful distinction and relevance for OEFY Brand with Gen Z and Gen Alpha to accelerate category growth by: identifying key drivers from data driven and human cultural insights, redefining and strengthening audiences and positioning, building communication and advertising briefs, and dialing up authenticity by tapping into content/activation ideas/partnerships that ladder up to new/community led/culturally relevant ways of building brands (in process accelerate earned, shared, owned aspect of deployment)
Define brand and portfolio architecture by analyzing brand health, understanding roles, brand stages/evolution across markets, customer segments, innovation play and 2030 category growth strategy
Lead co-create and collaboration across key markets by orchestrating and driving engagement through period connects, key forums etc.
Maintain oversight of global brand strategy in partnership with brand and content teams, regions and global brand governance, and on-going connectivity across brand strategic initiatives
Build and develop the Gum community through the leadership of knowledge by aiming to inspire and guide the global community towards our brands growth agenda.