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Assistant Brand Manager, Sports Nutrition, Glanbia Performance Nutrition

Glanbia is a global nutrition company, grounded in science and nature and dedicated to providing better nutrition for every step of life’s journey. The company takes pure and clean ingredients including milk, whey and grains and using expert knowledge and capabilities produces high quality nutritional ingredients and branded consumer products for customers and consumers worldwide.

Glanbia Performance Nutrition's brand portfolio includes Optimum Nutrition, BSN, Isopure, Think!, Amazing Grass and more!

The Assistant Brand Manager – Sports Nutrition is responsible for execution and optimization of annual brand plans for new and existing products within product lines & groups. You will collaborate with Insights, Finance, Sales, & Integrated Marketing teams to drive growth for the business.  You will be responsible for ongoing business reporting and analysis to oversee key drivers of the business as well as identify risks and opportunities to the annual operating plan. This is a flexible, hybrid position from the corporate office in Downers Grove, IL. 

Responsibilities:

• Key contributor to Brand team and responsible for execution and on-going optimization of brand’s strategic plan & innovation pipeline
• Supports delivery of brand’s P&L goals and the creation and delivery of the financials of assigned product groups
• Assists in the development and implantation of annual brand plans
• Measures & monitors business performance, competitive activity & category trends, develops recommendations to address performance vs. plan
• Responsible for leading Monthly Business Reviews for assigned product groups
• Owns day to day budget management and strategically evaluates ROI/ recommends future spend
• Leads the briefing of internal/external creative teams for packaging development, marketing assets, and in-store executions for assigned product groups
• Collaborates with insights & analytics, utilizing data to translate learnings into brand portfolio strategy
• Collaborates with customer planning and strategy to support sales presentations and materials development for sell-in of new items
• Leads the ideation and implementation of innovation strategies for assigned lines: Includes leading innovation projects through stage gate process and successful launch in market, meeting target launch dates
• Lead assigned projects from start to finish: Monitor timelines, develop project deliverables and meet key milestones, ensuring efficient, on-time delivery
• Lead cross-functional teams in the development and delivery of strategies to meet short- and long-term goals
• Performs day-to-day business management activities and executes other projects or activities as requested
• Ability to adjust to changing priorities, deal with ambiguity and work with a variety of stakeholders

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required, with at least 2 years of CPG relevant experience and advanced degree (MBA)
• Passionate and knowledgeable about health & wellness
• Communicates effectively and builds relationships with internal/external stakeholders
• Strong PowerPoint building and presentation skills with the ability to persuade audiences (internal and external key stakeholders)
• Previous experience pulling an analyzing syndicated data (NIQ, Spins, etc) preferred

Glanbia Performance Nutrition has enjoyed consistent double-digit growth which has been achieved both organically and through acquisition. Today, GPN has approximately $1.2B in revenue and 2,500 employees worldwide. With state-of-the-art production facilities occupying over 500,000 square feet of operating space, GPN is the only sports nutrition company to manufacture and market items in every product category.

Apply now and make a difference in the world of health and wellness! Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience.  Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in IL. This range may not be applicable to other locations. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. The annual salary for IL based employees for this role is $70,000-$110,000 with an annual bonus. As the parent of Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Plc is a global performance nutrition and ingredients group with leading market positions in cheese, whey proteins, sports nutrition and micronutrient premixes headquartered in Kilkenny, Ireland. Glanbia Plc has over 6,900 employees in 34 countries worldwide. Its products are sold or distributed in over 130 countries. The company is organized into a number of divisions; Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN), Glanbia Nutritionals, Glanbia Ireland and also a number of joint ventures. Revenues for Glanbia plc are approximately $4.1B. For more information visit the company website at: www.glanbia.com.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. 

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.

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