Brand Manager in Austin, Texas

Unilever

At Onnit, we’re on an exhilarating journey—from our roots as a founder-led startup to establishing a robust consumer packaged goods (CPG) foundation and expanding our retail presence. As a Brand Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of this transformation, driving our base business and innovation strategies, shaping our brand, and contributing to our growth. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams define our brand, media and creative strategies and bring our annual tactical plans to life. You will help develop and bring to market new, insight-driven innovations that resonate with our target consumer. You’ll also support day-to-day tasks related to base business management. If you’re passionate about growing our brands, creating products consumers love and having a lasting impact, this role is for you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Base Business Management

  • Provide in-depth analysis of business performance for responsible areas and become expert on metrics for your product P&L

  • Provide regular reports to senior leadership on brand health and results, track KPIs for new product launches.

  • Play a meaningful role in the delivery of your brand’s P&L goals and the creation and delivery of the financials of your initiatives

  • Manage direct marketing expense (DME) planning and spend for your brand, including ongoing budget management

  • Review all elements including pricing strategy, active SKU management, category management / assortment optimization, and consumption performance trends for your brand

Brand Strategy & Annual Planning

  • Lead annual brand and marketing planning, and periodic re-planning on your business

  • Develop deep knowledge of the commercial, operational, and financial dimensions of your business

  • Conduct external and internal assessments of the business environment, competitors, customers, market trends, and implications to the particular area of responsibility

  • Coordinate a variety of cross-functional teams for the business in order to deliver strategies and define short and long term goals, leveraging data driven demand signals to generate business growth opportunities. 

Innovation

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to replenish 3-year NPD pipeline based on market trends, consumer insights and brand strategies.

  • Work with a variety of stakeholders to create and source innovative concepts that solve for unmet consumer needs; work closely with R&D on early stage product discovery and design.

  • Champion a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement within project teams.

  • Lead projects through the gate-keeping process, securing alignment among key stakeholders for project decisions.

  • Develop robust business cases, working closely with sales, finance, and operations on volume forecasts and P&L modeling.

  • Conduct consumer research and competitive analysis to inform data-driven decision making.

  • Work closely across marketing, sales, product and operations teams to drive brand growth.

  • Collaborate with external partners, agencies, and vendors to execute brand initiatives; manage vendor relationships

  • Foster strong relationships with myriad stakeholders to ensure brand consistency.

  • Leader, driver, persuasive, strong interpersonal skills to work cross-functionally

  • Analytical, accountable, results oriented

  • Proactive, innovative, thought leader, trustworthy

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field (Master’s preferred)

  • Minimum 2 years of brand management experience, with exposure across base and innovation

  • Comfort translating data into actionable insights and brand narratives

  • Experience in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

  • Ability to work in ambiguity and thrive in a dynamic, multi-project, deadline-driven environment.

  • CPG experience preferred; DTC/E-Comm experience a plus

  • Full medical, dental, and vision benefits

  • Basic Life Insurance

  • 401(k) eligibility with company matching

  • Flexible Vacation and time off policy

  • $200/month wellness stipend

  • Paid holidays

  • Competitive compensation

  • Tuition reimbursement

  • Fringe benefits including free access to Onnit Academy gym ; co-pay healthy meals; among many others

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