We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes, Pools, and Cars.

When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team who cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families, the cleanliness of their homes and pools, and the life of their automobiles. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, empowerment, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics. As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life.

Your Role at KIK

The Marketing Manager, Pro Brands opportunity in our Pool Division will be responsible for executing Strategic Marketing and Product Management initiatives within the Independent Pool Dealer and Distributor channels of trade. Primary responsibilities will be managing the BioGuard® brand Co-op Marketing Program, overseeing trade advertising initiatives across l the Pro channel, execution of annual marketing calendars, product portfolio management, and providing analytical insights that lead to wins. This position will also entail customer-facing interaction with pro dealers and distributors at trade events throughout North America. 

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own the BioGuard brand Co-op Marketing Program; manage key agency relationships to support the flawless execution of the BioGuard brand Co-op Marketing campaigns targeting pool and spa owners at a local level
• Manage Key Independent Pool Dealer Relationships and programs; assist with marketing campaigns that drive incremental profitability for BioGuard dealers and enable dealers to push innovative products at retail
• Manage key NC Brands Distribution and Dealer relationships to promote brand loyalty, always striving to increase consumer and dealer adoption of specialty technologies.
• Oversee all advertising initiatives for pro brands, including trade media and customer program deliverables.
• Assist in the analysis of product portfolio productivity and profitability across independent Pool Dealer and Distributor Brands; informing the business with fact-based recommendations to drive P&L growth across the portfolio.
• Translate Industry Insights, trend data, and the voice of the customer actionable plans that create value-add versus competition and effectively communicate product advantages to consumers
• Support the execution for industry Tradeshows and Dealer Education Events; this will include brand and product communications, logistics and promotional giveaways. 
• Partner with internal stakeholders across Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Regulatory and Marketing Communications to achieve all operational targets.
• Be a thought leader for the B2B business marketing strategies and execution, successfully influencing executives to invest in your proposals to win. 

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Management, or related business discipline required
•  3 or more years of Marketing or Product Management experience in a B2B or CPG environment
• Experience and Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite of Products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Drive for Results: Track record of delivering business results and winning vs the competition, across a brand or category, consistently exceeding goals.
• Data and Customer focused: Illustrates taking a fact-based data driven approach to decision making, creative thinking, and problem solving that delivers wins to the business. 
• Entrepreneurial: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Have a strong sense of urgency, are self-motivated and organized, and can work effectively under pressure. You can prioritize efforts, optimize resources, and meet tight deadlines across complex projects, while demonstrating a detailed understanding of the customers and the businesses objectives. You want to join an organization where you can have a big impact on the business, influence marketing strategies, and be rewarded for results.
• Product Management: Demonstrated knowledge of strategy development, market analysis, project management, as well as packaging, promotions, and pricing.
• Digital Marketing: Proven experience in executing digital marketing campaigns that beat campaign KPIs. Experience with SEO/SEM, Email Marketing, Display Advertising, and other new media opportunities.

What You Will Get

KIK offers very competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. You can plan for your future with KIK's retirement savings options including employer match. KIK also recognizes the importance of continuing education and offers Education Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and growth. 

About KIK

We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes, pools, and cars. We are one of North America’s largest independent consumer product manufacturers with 20 North American manufacturing facilities. We also operate globally in Europe, Asia, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. We are known by our portfolio of over 40 brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals, and Prestone® and Holts® automotive performance chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America for store-brand (“private label”) bleach and a leading private label provider of laundry detergent and additives, dishwashing products, general purpose cleaning and other home care products.

Our global team of over 2,500 employees drive our capabilities in product development, product formulation, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, packaging design, brand marketing, project management, quality assurance, compliance, distribution, and logistics.

Our organization is constantly evolving and is driven by a set of “One KIK” values – a dedication to following through on commitments in a customer-focused, profit-motivated way; while never compromising on safety, ethics, or integrity.

KIK is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. KIK does not discriminate against qualified applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, status in uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, genetic information or any other status protected by law. 

KIK is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the job, please contact Human Resources immediately.