Sr. Associate Product Mgr

McCormick & Company•Hunt Valley, MD

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

McCormick is hiring a Sr. Associate Product Manager for its Cholula portfolio. The role is primarily responsible for business analysis, insight generation, and leading strategic marketing activities to achieve short- and long-term share goals. It also has overall responsibility and/or provides support for profitability, promotion, pricing, packaging, innovation, and research for the portfolio. The position is based at McCormick’s Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland, in a hybrid (50/50) capacity. The role develops and implements marketing plans for product segments that support Cholula’s sales and profit objectives. It analyzes business results and consumption, identifies competitive threats and customer opportunities, and develops and executes plans to address segment priorities. It also leads cross-functional teams and agencies on product development, graphics updates, and other business-growth initiatives, and prepares monthly analyses and reports for senior marketing.

Requirements

Degree in Marketing or a closely related business discipline.
Ideally 2–3 years of experience in marketing or a related field, preferably in CPG.
Strong understanding of Excel, data analysis (Circana POS and Panel), and financial analysis.
Good written communication and presentation skills.
Strong leadership, creativity, and problem-solving skills, with a bias for action.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate and motivate a team to achieve results.
Demonstrated excellent results in professional positions indicating interest and capability for the role.
Demonstrated success leading and championing business recommendations for senior management.

Nice To Haves

Marketing or related-field experience in CPG.

Responsibilities

Analyze product offerings and business results, and provide recommendations.
Understand competitive brands and develop action plans to address threats.
Identify challenges and opportunities at key customers.
Develop and execute plans addressing key segment issues and opportunities.
Execute product-line optimization and cost-savings initiatives.
Independently lead cross-functional teams and agencies on new product development, graphics updates, and other initiatives to grow the business.
Deliver monthly shipment-pacing and forecasting analyses through pre-commercial review reports to senior marketing.
Prepare monthly consumption analyses using Circana data, including recommendations on key programs, through monthly business-process reports to senior marketing.
Develop and implement marketing plans supporting Cholula product-segment sales and profit objectives.