Marketing Manager

Grain & Protein Technologies•Assumption, IL

14d•$75,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Marketing Manager leads a commercially connected marketing function for the North America Grain business. The role sets marketing direction, develops the team, strengthens brands, and directs resources toward high-impact work. It oversees brand, communications, creative services, digital marketing, events, and marketing operations, partnering closely with business leaders, Product Management, Sales, and Pricing. The position connects customer needs, market insight, business priorities, and execution to support commercial performance and business growth. The manager oversees customer and channel communications, dealer incentive and commercial programs, trade shows, industry events, campaigns, digital channels, websites, and social media. The role improves marketing planning, intake, project management, and operating rhythms; establishes meaningful performance measures; manages agencies, vendors, budgets, and other resources; and identifies capability gaps and plans to address them. It also modernizes how marketing work is planned, delivered, and measured by applying tools such as automation, analytics, CRM, AI-supported workflows, and content management where they serve clear business purposes. Over time, the position may expand into broader collaboration on commercial capabilities such as product positioning, market intelligence, and product pricing. The position is based onsite in Assumption, Illinois. Expected annual salary is $75,000–$120,000, plus eligibility for an annual bonus. The company offers health care and wellness plans, dental and vision plans, flexible and virtual work options where available, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, health savings and flexible spending accounts, continuing education reimbursement, life insurance, and supplemental insurance plans.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communications, or a related field.
Approximately 10 or more years of progressive experience in marketing, product marketing, commercial marketing, brand leadership, or a related function.
Meaningful experience leading and developing a team.
Demonstrated ability to set direction, establish priorities, and lead execution across multiple businesses, brands, or stakeholder groups.
Strong commercial judgment and understanding of how marketing supports customer decisions, sales effectiveness, and business growth.
Experience partnering closely with senior business leaders, Product Management, Sales, and other commercial functions.
Ability to move between strategic thinking and practical execution without losing focus or momentum.
Experience improving marketing processes, operating rhythms, resource allocation, or organizational capability.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex issues and communicate directly.
Demonstrated ownership, sound judgment, and consistent follow-through.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing product positioning, value propositions, competitive differentiation, and go-to-market strategies.
Experience with product pricing, pricing strategy, value-based pricing, commercial programs, or price realization.
Experience in agriculture, industrial equipment, manufacturing, construction, or another complex business-to-business environment.
Experience supporting businesses that sell through dealers, distributors, contractors, or other channel partners.
Experience managing a portfolio of brands or supporting multiple business units.
Experience introducing marketing automation, CRM, analytics, AI, or other technologies that improve team effectiveness.
Experience in seasonal, cyclical, or market-condition-driven industries.

Responsibilities

Set marketing strategy and operating priorities in support of business and growth objectives.
Lead, coach, and develop the marketing team, establishing clear expectations, feedback, and opportunities to build capabilities.
Advise business leaders and translate commercial priorities into focused marketing plans and effective execution.
Oversee communications, creative services, digital channels, websites, social media, events, campaigns, and other customer touchpoints.
Own dealer and channel communications, ensuring partners receive clear, timely, coordinated information about products, programs, pricing, and business priorities.
Lead marketing strategy, communication, and execution support for dealer incentive and commercial programs in partnership with Sales, Pricing, and business leaders.
Plan and execute trade shows and industry events as part of the broader go-to-market strategy, with clear objectives, disciplined investment, and coordinated follow-through.
Set priorities across the business unit and direct limited resources toward high-impact opportunities.
Partner with Product Management, Sales, Pricing, and other functions to improve go-to-market execution.
Improve marketing planning, intake, project management, and operating rhythms to increase speed, clarity, and accountability.
Improve the quality and commercial relevance of marketing output by grounding work in customer needs, market conditions, and business priorities.
Build digital, data, and marketing technology capabilities, including practical use of AI, automation, analytics, CRM, and other tools.
Establish meaningful marketing performance measures and use results to improve priorities, investment decisions, and execution.
Manage outside agencies, vendors, budgets, and other marketing resources with discipline and accountability.
Identify gaps in talent, tools, processes, and capabilities and develop practical plans to address them.
Take ownership of moving work forward, resolving competing priorities, and ensuring decisions translate into action.
Modernize how marketing work is planned, developed, delivered, and measured.
Use technology to reduce manual work, shorten cycle times, improve consistency, and enable a small team to deliver greater impact.
Build practical capability in marketing automation, digital customer experience, content management, CRM, analytics, AI-supported workflows, and performance reporting.
Ensure technology serves a clear business purpose.