Nestlé Looking for Assistant Marketing Manager at North York, Ontario, Canada Full Time

While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Häagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people.

We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We’re a team of changemakers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, that take risks that will help drive us forward.

Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated employees.

Position Snapshot

What to Expect:

We are looking for an Assistant Marketing Manager based at our Head Office in North York reporting into the Senior Marketing Manager, Beverages. This role is a fantastic opportunity to help plan, develop and execute marketing plans to continue the growth of the Beverage portfolio.

A day in the life of an Assistant Marketing Manager

As an Assistant Marketing Manager you will be working on our exciting Beverage portfolio (including brands such as Nescafe, Starbucks, Coffee Mate, Nestea, Nesquik, Carnation Hot Chocolate). This role is a great opportunity to grow and develop your marketing experience. You will be involved in the development of the innovation pipeline, brand building projects, promotional activities, monitoring market performance and budget management. You will be working daily with cross-functional teams to make your plans come to life with lots of autonomy and support to really thrive.

You will also:

• Monitor, analyse and report on market and category performance whilst managing a PFME budget.
• Develop deep consumer & shopper knowledge in partnership with the Consumer Insights Manager and share it effectively with relevant cross functional stakeholders.
• Lead the development and implementation of specific parts of the annual business and brand plans ensuring it is in line with our overall growth strategy.
• Identify, scope and validate innovation opportunities and securing alignment from the Leadership Team and other key stakeholders.
• Execute Innovation projects, including development and implementation of “best in class” launch plans and promotional activities.
• Play a key role in working cross-functionally with a whole host of stakeholders internally and externally to Nestlé ensuring the successful implementation of our strategic growth plans. For example, sales, category, supply chain, suppliers, packaging and external agencies to name but a few.

Role Requirements:

• Have the ability to build great relationships with internal and external stakeholders from various backgrounds and work collaboratively on multiple projects.
• Be passionate to build and grow brands, with ‘can-do’ attitude and a willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Strong strategy development, creative problem solving and insight skills.
• Self-motivated, results focused with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Must be able to manage change and evolve in a fast-paced dynamic and matrix environment.

Preferred Skills:

• Ideally have some exposure to Sales and /or Marketing within a Consumer Goods environment
• Understanding of commercialization process and experience in launching new innovations within CPG is a plus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment
• Company matched pension plan
• Three weeks of Vacation and five personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)
• Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
• Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
• Access to Educational Assistance & Tuition Reimbursement
• Bonus eligibility
• Gender affirmation benefits to ensure access to necessary care, resources, and coverage for gender-affirming procedures
• Fertility Services and Surrogacy Medical Coverage to support the pursuit of a path to parenthood regardless of medical conditions, gender or sexual orientation
• Adoption benefits to remove some of the financial barriers associated with adoption
• Up to 50% off – Nespresso Coffee Machine, Capsules and accessories
• Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
• Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships

What You Need To Know

We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.

We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for our future. With more than CHF 91.4 billion sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. We believe our people are our most important asset, so we’ll offer you a dynamic inclusive international working environment with many opportunities across different businesses, functions and geographies, working with diverse teams and cultures. Want to learn more? Visit us at www.nestle.com.