Senior Brand Manager, Coca-Cola Trademark

The Coca-Cola Company•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Implements a marketing/sales strategy for one or more of the organization’s more complex or strategically significant products/services to meet established sales or market share targets; conducts market research; monitors and analyzes product performance, market trends, consumer behavior etc.; prepares sales forecast; monitors sales volume, revenues and costs against forecasts; oversees product development and design. Individual contributor with comprehensive knowledge in specific area; ability to execute highly complex or specialized projects. Position Overview: We are currently seeking a Brand Manager who is creative, innovative, and inspirational to refresh the world. This role requires a high level of collaboration, working effectively with various stakeholders including brand team members, agencies, customer teams, innovation, R&D, and commercial leadership. If you are strategic, driven, and collaborative, we want to hear from you.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications or Business.
5+ years of experience in brand management.
Experience with Nielsen or IRI, Bases and other quantitative research tools and a passion for understanding consumer behavior.
Knowledge of procedures and media used to drive increased volume and brand equity.
Knowledge of and ability to apply basic marketing concepts.
Ability to manage and inspire agency performance.
Making consumers and their needs the primary focus of the business.
Knowledge of the creative brief development process.
Ability to evaluate creative concepts and executions based on creativity, strategic alignment and consumer impact.
Ability to utilize syndicated, custom, and secondary research to identify opportunities to develop brand plans and marketing tactics.

Nice To Haves

MBA Preferred.

Responsibilities

Writing short and/or long-term business/brand plans, identifying business objectives, strategies, key initiatives and performance measurements.
Developing marketing plans which support strategic initiatives to deliver annual business plan.
Developing and communicating written briefs for use by agencies and directing their work activities.
Assessing consumer opportunities that are currently untapped by leveraging consumer research and in-market performance.
Assisting in developing portfolio strategies across brands/categories.
Providing on-going business analysis to identify and prioritize brand-building opportunities.
Developing annual brand business reviews, as well as growth platforms and brand roles.
Recommending brand budgets and investment allocation.
Building a clearly defined positioning for new offerings, new categories entrants/brands.
Leading alignment on the brand initiatives with key functions and bottler marketing, sales and technical teams.
Project development in conjunction with functions, such as Operating Unit management, Market Managers and bottling system partners.
Presentations of business results for marketing manager, regional manager and divisions.
Recommendation and analysis of trends and key initiatives to the management team and bottlers that will drive brand growth.