Senior Brand Director - Grocery, Food & Beverage

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Job description

Our client, a successful brand, is seeking a Brand Director to lead Grocery, Food & Beverage, and Hospitality.

Responsibilities:

• Create the assortment line plan by department, class, and retailer in order to achieve financial targets and optimal brand experience
• Build a Distribution Strategy across all channels
• Work with Licensees, Retailers, or DTC partners to develop and implement category business plans
• Establish strong relationships along with an understanding of the customer and/or consumers to maximize potential
• Collaborate with Licensees and/or suppliers for assortment development, development calendars, and product approvals; ensure all associate deliverables are completed on time
• Create an annual assortment line plan by department, class, and retailer in order to achieve financial targets and brand experience for customers and visitors
• Conduct effective negotiations with vendors on availability, product specs, distribution, delivery deadlines, and cost geared towards maximizing the company, retail partner or direct profits and margin goals
• Partner with the Culinary team on product strategies and requirements to ensure customer needs are met, while remaining innovative
• Leverage data and insights to analyze performance and understand trends to drive assortment and business decision making
• Develop and execute category lines to improve assortments, merchandising standards and execution
• Onboard and train new Licensees on key brand strategies and initiatives
• Maintain strong working relationships with vendors
• Analyze history and current business to strategically forecast future opportunities
• Establish successful and collaborative cross-functional partnerships with Marketing, Culinary, Production & Sourcing, Design, Planning, CRM, and broader Merchandising teams

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Merchandising, Business Administration, or a related field
• A minimum of 8-10 years of merchandising, brand management or comparable experience in a multi-channel environment in Food, Beverage, Grocery
• Experience working with national multi grocery such as Kroeger, Albertson's, Alhold Delhaize, etc.
• History of managing a team successfully
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills with prior experience working with senior management
• Proficiency in Excel
• Comfort working within data-rich software platforms - Product Information/Catalog Management System for SKUs, Products, Categories and Navigation - Shopify (preferred, PIM - Salsify or similar platform, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

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