Senior Product Marketing Manager

Monin Gourmet Flavorings has been continuously named a Top Workplace. Through our company’s Mission and Values, we are able to exceed customer satisfaction while staying committed and never compromising the quality of our product. Along with being responsible and accountable to others, we acknowledge and are dedicated to social and environmental responsibility. Here at Monin we take great pride in our history and are always working on new, innovative ideas!

This position reports directly to the SVP of Marketing and is responsible for providing support to the Product Marketing Team pertaining to new product launch initiatives and any product support materials. This position will also be charged with collecting and interpreting industry and market insights and guiding internal departments through the market and consumer research initiatives.

Essential Functions:

• Lead new product marketing rollout with direction from the SVP Marketing
• Marketing department point for new product rollouts
• Initiate and manage the rollout process with marketing department (creating and publishing all-encompassing new product brief)
• Create, communicate and manage timeline and key project dates
• Set up and facilitate ideation sessions involving marketing team and cross-functional partners
• Understanding our customers, how to market new products to them and what the best message/channel and tactics are for this
• Work with creative team on POS and POP asset creation and distribution
• Determine production volumes
• Work with R&D, Innovation, Supply Chain, Purchasing and other departments to ensure all facets of new product launches are covered, accurate and communicate accurately to the pertinent parties.
• Craft compelling go-to-market selling story and commercialization strategy for each new product/product line
• Assist in creating sales team rollout presentations
• Coordinate recipe development, photos, etc. with innovation team
• Manage sampling and product collateral development (i.e. sell sheet updates, product reformulation content updates, email, new product sampling, etc.)
• Assist with the press-related tasks around each product launch, such as press releases, content development with media outlets, etc.
• Make suggestions/recommendations on how to improve the process and communications
• Manage annual flavor trends development and presentation
• Flavor of the Month Calendar Strategy
• Manage marketing budget pertaining to product launch support material spend (submit invoices, work with team members to create PO’s and P#s)
• Supply chain point of contact for new product development and product features

• Liaising with management, marketing, sales, and production teams on existing formula changes, new product information, claims, etc.,
• Performing competitor analysis and staying well-informed about competitive activity
• Managing 1 direct report and working collaboratively and closely cross-departmentally, forging strong relationships across the company

Job Requirements:

• 3-5 Years of Marketing experience (Product Marketing preferred)
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and problem-solving experience
• Ability to multi-task
• Proven ability to think creatively
• Excellent computer skills including the MS Office Suite. Proficiency/expertise with PPT is preferred.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, HTML5 and other web-based applications languages is a plus.

Compensation/Benefits:

• A full suite of benefits is provided including health, dental and vision insurance; 401k with Company match; and paid time off.

Monin is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all qualified candidates to apply. Monin participates in E-Verify.

Monin is a Drug Free Workplace and does pre-employment drug screening.

About Monin:

Founded in 1912 in Bourges, France and family-owned and operated for three generations, Monin is the premier provider of flavoring products for creating specialty beverage and flavorful culinary solutions. With manufacturing facilities on three continents and product availability in more than 145 countries, Monin is recognized as the leading global flavor solution provider. For more information, visit www.monin.com