Marketing Associate

**A little bit about us**Bringing our brands to life and making them as relevant for today’s consumers as they’ve always been takes vision, passion and an innovative mind-set. If you can bring that into the mix, we know the magic will happen.

**Position Snapshot**:
**Business areas: Nestlé Canada**Job title: Marketing Associate, Nutrition**Location: North York, ON**Job Grade: 13**

**Position Summary**:
We are looking for a **Marketing Associate **to join a dynamic Nutrition team, based at our North York office, reporting into the Senior Marketing Manager. This role will support both Baby Food (approx 50%) and the Nutrition Marketing team (approx 50%) and be responsible for assisting in the execution of marketing activities in line with the 18 month plan. Key responsibilities include supporting I&R, executing consumer-driven marketing plans, managing marketing budgets and monitoring/analysing brand performance.

**A day in the life of...**:
As the Marketing Associate for Nutrition, you will have the opportunity to work on the entire portfolio of Brands including Gerber, Good Start, and Materna. This role offers the ability to execute marketing activities in line with brand strategies, while supporting or leading elements of our end-to-end business, with autonomy to work closely with key cross functional partners and the support to develop and thrive.

**You will also**:

- Provides fact based analytical support to identify business issues/opportunities. Monitors and analyses brand and competitor performance vs. established KPIs (market share, brand health, profitability). Tracks innovation monthly vs. established KPIs.
- Responsible for managing marketing budgets in Brand Planner and tracks and monitors spending. Contributes to Pre-Post spend evaluations to assess the impact on the business and against KPIs. Shares learnings across team.
- Supports execution of approved consumer plans (packaging, product, consumer support) per brand essence and vision within approved budgets and timelines. Develops presentations, sell sheets and sales kit materials.
- Uses consumer and marketplace data and trends to support definition of the target consumer and develop a deeper understanding of them.
- Leads execution of specific innovation & renovation projects aligned to the approved I&R strategy.
- Assist in general administration including setting meetings, internal event management and preparation of marketing presentations

**What will make you successful**:

- University degree in Business, and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Recent graduate, or 1-2 experience in analytical marketing/sales positions considered an asset
- Strong analytical skills with high detail orientation and a bias for action
- Strong communication skills, able to disseminate and synthesize diverse and vast data while communicating simply to a non-analytic audience
- Works well independently as well as across various levels and functions to succeed in a highly collaborative, matrix organization
- An energetic self-starter, agile and able to pivot in a fast paced ever changing environment.
- Passion for growth with a ‘can-do’ attitude and a curiosity to learn and challenge the status quo
- Proficiency with MS Office, and/or previous experience with POS or Nielsen tool considered an asset

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression - this really could be a move towards the exciting opportunity to build a marketing career with the leader in Food & Beverage.

**What you need to know**
What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestle including a comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one as well as a Company matched retirement savings plan, Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company.