Brand representative Jobs in Kansas City, MO

At Russell Stover, not only do we love chocolate, but we love our jobs! Every day we go to work exhibiting our values of excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and collaboration. Working at Russell Stover you'll be part of the leading manufacturer of boxed, seasonal, and sugar-free chocolates. For over 100 years, Russell Stover Chocolates, Whitman's, and Pangburn's have been crafted with the finest ingredients to bring happiness to generations. Today, we produce over 55 million pounds of chocolate annually, and our legacy brands can be found in 13 company-owned stores and over 9,000 wholesale accounts. Join our team and let's continue making chocolate lovers happy!

A day in the life...

We are looking for someone with a passion for brand management to join our dynamic and growing Marketing Team. As the Brand Manager, you will be responsible for developing plans and executing projects and initiatives for their assigned brand segment or portfolio, which support both the short and long-term marketing strategy. You will also collaborate cross-functionally to ensure the brand remains relevant to consumers, drives profitable corporate growth and that all activities support the brand equity. You will take the lead in managing vendor and agency partners and all aspects of their projects.

While this role is very analytical and requires strong attention to detail, it is also highly collaborative both within the Marketing team as well as key stakeholders across Sales, R&D, Finance and Operations. This role is ideal for someone with a strong foundation in CPG brand management. Based on performance and career progression, you will have the opportunity to present significant opportunities for growth within Russell Stover, and also opens up possibilities within Lindt & Sprngli worldwide.

What you will be doing...

Marketing Strategy

• Develop consumer-relevant, annual marketing plans which contribute to sales, profit and brand health objectives and execute for assigned brand.
• Leverage working knowledge of consumer, category and brand and continually identify and recommend business-building initiatives which deliver against the company's business and marketing objectives.
• Thoroughly understand the Russell Stover Brand and sub-brands. Develop brand plans and initiatives, including PR, digital support, promotions, packaging and creative, which fully align and strengthen the brand's positioning.

Research and Analytics

Product / Portfolio Management

Brand / Customer Support

Do you have what it takes?

Basic Qualifications)

Do you stand above the rest?

Preferred Qualifications)

At Russell Stover Chocolates, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.

Make Happy. Work Happy.