Assistant Marketing Manager, Nestlé Professional

**Position Snapshot**
**Business area: Nestlé Canada Inc. - Nestlé Professional Division**
**Location: North York, ON located at 25 Sheppard Ave W, North York, ON M2N 6S8; Hybrid**

**A little about us**

Nestlé Professional is the global foodservice leader in developing and manufacturing innovative food and beverage solutions, and beverage equipment systems that enable foodservice operators across all channels to delight their customers and grow their businesses. We are the trusted Partner of Choice in the Out of Home Channel, providing category and channel expertise to our foodservice accounts. As a company, we support your personal growth with a people-focused culture and a flexible and diverse working environment

**What to Expect**:
You will work with a dynamic team to strengthen, evolve, and grow a brand in a fast-paced category. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain a deep understanding of brand building, harness your strategic and executional prowess, and become a category expert

**A Day in the Life of an Assistant Marketing Manager**:

- Provide fact-based recommendations to support consumer and customer (B2B) initiatives that drive portfolio profitability and growth.
- Support the annual planning process, reviewing performance as well as consumer & category dynamics to establish 3 year and 18-month plans.
- Manage the end-to-end execution of key Innovation & Renovation projects, collaborating and influencing effectively across various stakeholders to execute with excellence.
- Manage all launch related initiatives and communication, including research, volume builds, packaging & product development, as well as launch presentations, sales kits, and samples for sales.
- Manage packaging, pricing, promotional, merchandising and B2B distribution strategies to support segment plans.
- Support the strategy, planning and execution of consumer and customer (B2B) engagement campaigns and initiatives.
- Gather and interpret multiple sources of data (including Nielsen, Customer POS, Consumer Research, Financials, etc) to provide a complete understanding of category dynamics and business health.
- Budget Management and support the team in improving the return-on-investment year over year and tracking marketing expenses.
- Support and collaborate with internal team members and external stakeholders across various initiatives and launches.
- Harness a diverse range of perspectives and experiences, operating as a champion of the Culinary Out-of-Home business unit across the broader Nestle Canada team.

**Role Requirements**:

- University degree in Business or Marketing, and or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A minimum of 2 or more years of marketing experience required. CPG experience is strongly preferred.
- Understanding of commercialization process within CPG with ability to leverage Nestlé processes, resources, and environment.
- Proficient literacy in Nielsen, Power BI, and Microsoft Office, with strong attention to detail.

**Preferred Skills**:

- Project management skills with end-to-end thinking and cross-functional leadership.
- Self-motivated, results focused with strong analytical skills and curiosity.
- Curiosity, and entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinker.
- Passionate to build and grow brands, with ‘can-do’ attitude and a willingness to challenge status quo.
- Must be able to manage change and evolve in a fast-paced dynamic and matrix environment.

**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**

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