Associate Brand Manager

Associate Brand Manager

Daisy Brand, a family-owned leader in the dairy industry, is seeking a dynamic Associate Brand Manager to propel our business forward. As the market leader in the billion-dollar Sour Cream and Cottage Cheese categories, Daisy accounts for 50% of sour cream purchases in the U.S. and is America's #1 Cottage Cheese Brand. We are committed to delivering high-quality, nutritious, and delicious dairy products. Join our team to drive innovation and growth in these iconic categories.

Join Daisy Brand's tight-knit Marketing Department, a collaborative and hands-on team fueled by a passion for our heritage and iconic Sour Cream and Cottage Cheese brands. We're dedicated to delivering top-tier marketing campaigns, and operating as a true team.

Position Overview

Daisy Brand is seeking a talented Associate Brand Manager to support our Sour Cream, Dips and Cottage Cheese businesses at our Dallas, TX corporate headquarters. This dynamic role focuses on driving marketing initiatives, including influencer partnerships, digital audio campaigns, national television advertising, paid social media strategies, and organic social content creation. You will be expected to develop an in-depth understanding of our brand, our categories and the consumer in order to develop recommendations that are aligned with our brand positioning. This role requires marketing intuition, analytical skills, project management expertise, creative ability, leadership, excellent inter-personal communication, and strategic thinking. You will manage projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as Operations, IT, Sensory, R&D, Finance, Accounting, and Logistics. Additional project management will revolve around the management of agency relationships, packaging vendors, social and influencer relationships. The Associate Brand Manager will also contribute to brand planning, budget and media investment planning, strategy development and execution, and business analytics to enhance brand visibility and growth.

Position Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Project management
• Agency management
• Budget management
• Television advertising concept and production
• Owned and Paid Social media management
• Influencer management
• Sales support
• E-Commerce programs
• Analytics reporting
• Consumer research

Key Competencies

Experience / Qualifications

Company Overview

For five generations spanning over a century, Daisy Brand has been a family-owned company committed to providing the freshest, most wholesome dairy products. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with manufacturing facilities in Garland, Texas (1998), Casa Grande, Arizona (2008), and Wooster, Ohio (2015). Daisy is the market leader in two billion-dollar categories, sour cream and cottage cheese, and generates over half a billion in revenues annually. Daisy Sour Cream represents 1 out of every 2 sour cream purchases in the United States and is the largest sour cream brand in food service, military, and club. It is recognized by consumers for A Dollop of Daisy, a tagline that put this once small brand on the map. Daisy Cottage Cheese is America's #1 cottage cheese brand and continues to bring new consumers into the category with its innovative single serve packaging and consistent high quality. Daisy recently expanded into a new category with the launch of two dip products and is in the process of expanding distribution. Daisy's core values, Clean and Trust, resonate in all aspects of our business operations. In 2008, the Foundation for Financial Service Professionals awarded Daisy the prestigious American Business Ethics award. While maintaining a strong culture of curious and innovative problem-solvers, Daisy Brand has more than doubled employment over the last 15 years and is continuing to grow. Currently, we are proud to employ over 650 full-time staff across more than 25 states throughout the United States. At Daisy Brand, we value longevity and aim to foster a working environment where employees can envision a long-term career. Companywide, the average employee tenure stands at over seven years. Our corporate office and sales team each boast an average tenure exceeding eleven years, while our manufacturing facilities also demonstrate strong employee retention with tenures averaging over seven years.

Benefits

Daisy Brand offers an industry leading benefits package that includes : a no-deductible, $0 premium option for employee-only health coverage. 401(k) with 50% company match on first 8% of earnings you contribute. Safe harbor and profit-sharing company contributions to 401(k). Company paid short- and long-term disability coverage. Company paid 2X annual salary life and AD&D insurance. 4 weeks annual paid time off. 20 floating holiday hours and 6 company paid holidays. Extra time off for volunteering. Tuition reimbursement. Fitness membership reimbursement. And more.

Daisy Brand is a nicotine-free company. Daisy Brand is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans and disabled encouraged to apply.