Responsibilities:

• Ensures that brand packaging graphic standards are developed for all brands, and that brand packaging content is consistent with packaging standards

• Reviews and develops structural packaging standards to ensure consistency with brand messaging, and warehousing and transportation requirements

• Responsible for the relationship with outside companies that create pre-press artwork

• Manages work-assignments and processes for the packaging team

• Advises category directors when additional efforts are needed to maintain packaging timelines

• Works with Category teams to develop processes ensuring content in GFS systems is consistent with brand messaging

• Works collaboratively with outside agencies, IT, and Finance to identify ways to ensure the price relationship between Brands and National Brands is consistent and maintained

• Works collaboratively with outside agencies, IT, and Sales and Marketing to identify ways to move forward with Brand recommendations in our electronic ordering platforms

Ideal candidate will have:

• Strong Brand Management skills, including the ability to identify, develop, or evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors

• Knowledge of principles and methods for marketing, promoting, and selling products or services.

• Analytical skills to determine the most effective brand tactics using internal data, industry trend data, and other relevant data sources.

• Ability to inject creativity, fresh thinking, and new perspectives and to generate new and imaginative ideas.

• Strong communication skills – both written and verbal – to communicate effectively with a broad-based team made up of other managers and staff members during the advertising, promotion, and marketing process.

Education:

• Bachelor Degree Packaging Engineering

• Five or more years previous experience in product brand positioning or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• In lieu of the specified education and experience requirements, a proven capability to perform the essential functions of the job, as demonstrated by an equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant work experience may be considered.