Marketing Specialist

**Position Snapshot**
**Business areas: Nestlé Canada Inc.**
**Job title: Marketing Specialist (18-month rotational program)**
**Location: North York, ON; Hybrid**

**What to Expect**:
Join our Marketing Professional Program this summer to gain valuable experience, grow in a global business environment, and achieve your career aspirations This full-time, permanent opportunity requires an 18-month commitment to the rotational program, focusing on Brand Marketing and Product Commercialization. Develop your business acumen, leadership capabilities, and long-term success at Nestlé. Access continual support and learning opportunities throughout the program. Based in North York, the Marketing Specialist position reports to Line Managers in Marketing and Commercialization, providing the skills and knowledge for an Assistant Marketing Manager role at the program's end.

**A day in the life**:
As a Marketing Specialist, you will be assisting in the execution of marketing activities in line with brand plans. You will support the team on understanding brand performance and analyzing brand health metrics.

You will also:

- Create action plans and identify timelines to successfully execute all tasks assigned by team/manager
- Undertake required training and development to ensure successful completion of assignments
- Analyze data and simplify data for visual storytelling and problem solve with issues.
- Perform assignments (daily tasks or project based) in an efficient, effective, and timely manner
- Contribute to the efforts of the team to deliver against team targets and initiatives
- Support Youth Initiative Activities such as University Information Days, mentor/buddy to University student, intern, other associates
- Leading the communication of project scope, objectives, key success criteria and expectation
- Building and managing the project schedule, defining the critical path, tracking activities to ensure functional team members are meeting agreed upon deadlines and approva
- Preventive management of roadblocks and generation of project risk mitigation plan
- Coordinating and facilitating project meetings including kick-off meetings, project team meetings, risk assessments, lessons learned, post launch reviews and additional meetings as required
- Providing visibility and transparency to project status to cross functional team members, generating and communicating status reports, and escalating critical issues to Category Program Manager and Category Leadership Team as required

**Role Requirements**:

- University degree with a Business major
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, problem solver.
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Strong written and verbal communication

**Preferred Skills**:

- Results oriented
- Quick learner
- Relevant Experience gained through work or extra-curricular

**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, 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.

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