Company: Coke Canada Bottling
Location: Toronto, ON
Expected salary:
Job date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 23:33:04 GMT
Job description: Facility Location- TorontoEmployee Type – Regular Employee FT SalariedAbout This OpportunityThe Marketing Manager will manage, customize, and execute growth strategies as well as beverages solutions in partnership with a retail portfolio of customers based in Canada to drive value, grow beverage incidence, and store profitability across Canada outlets.This role will have to manage relationships with customer marketing, brands, partnerships, regional and local assets, and other internal and external constituents to support customer programming throughout the year as well as retail channel and digital execution responsibilities.Responsibilities
- Participate in the long-term and short-term planning and development of our retail strategy, consumer missions and marketing plans based on fact-based consumer insights.
- Develop and implements insight driven occasion based strategies and partnership marketing programs that are tailored to meet the needs of both Coca-Cola and our trade partners.
- Collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholder stakeholders (including Brand & Category Commercialization teams) to play a key role in the development of insight driven marketing programs, targeting our consumer, and meeting our customers’ strategies.
- Manage marketing spend in accordance with program budgets; ensures productivity strong return on investment of all marketing activities; priority setting and execution.
- Plan, develop and execute channel and customer promotions/programs that leverage brand idea/thinking and consumer insights to drive increased consumer preference and customer activity.
- Provide customer business and value opportunity assessments.
- Serve as marketing generalist, stewarding consumer insights, industry trends, innovation, consumer initiatives and media leadership with defined customer portfolio.
- Execute consumer and customer programs tied to Coca-Cola properties (e.g., Olympics, World Cup, etc.) to fulfill brand and business objectives.
- Prepare reports / presentations of research results by efficiently communicating critical learnings, consumer insights and conclusions to provide actionable recommendations.
- Develop marketing materials (e.g., POS, sell-in materials, implementation manual, etc.) to communicate promotions effectively.
- Write creative briefs that clearly articulate communication objectives and success criteria to inform and direct agency work and creative development.
- Work with business development teams to develop and present new customer business opportunities.
QualificationsEducation/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 3+ Years experience in marketing, preferably in fast-moving consumer packaged goods (FMCPG) industry or agency
Skills
- Ability to recognize, understand, and interpret consumer behavior, brand strategies, channel and customer needs while turning this knowledge into concise actions and results.
- Priority Setting: proven track record for managing competing priorities and delivering sustainable results; leveraging insights to focus on the most important areas of opportunity.
- Decision Making: propensity for creative problem-solving and opportunity identification; leverages shopper insights to drive decision making.
- Strategic Thinking: aptitude for forward-looking vision and anticipation of future needs; ability to use strategic thinking skills and to integrate brand and shopper strategies into effective retail marketing programs.
- Collaborative: collaborating with brand/category teams and other key internal/external stakeholders; effective in influencing a wide variety of stakeholders
- Strong Communication Skills: effectively communicates and builds relationships at all organizational levels.
- Demonstrated personal leadership skills and influencing ability.
- Proven working experience in digital marketing, particularly within the industry.
- Experience in POS development an asset (including knowledge of POS production processes, not limited to briefing, creative review, and production management)
- Intermediate to Advanced MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel skills required.
To learn about the competencies required for the role, clickAbout Us: Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, We are Coke Canada!Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited is Canada’s premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centers, and 5 production facilities nationwide. For more information about Coke Canada Bottling, please visit cokecanada.comImportantAll offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada Bottling”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some or all of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification and drivers abstract review. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns in regards to this once you are contacted for further consideration.Coke Canada Bottling is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce with several programs, policies and resources in place to support our people. For individuals requiring accommodations or support throughout the recruitment process please contact our Talent Acquisition Services team by calling 1-844-383-2653 or email HR@cokecanada.com.
The Marketing Manager position in Toronto will be responsible for developing growth strategies and beverage solutions for retail customers in Canada. The role involves collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to execute marketing programs, manage budgets, and drive increased consumer preference and customer activity. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of marketing experience in the FMCPG industry, with skills in consumer behavior, strategic thinking, decision-making, and communication. Coca-Cola Canada Bottling is an independently owned company that values diversity and inclusivity in its workforce. Candidates must pass a background clearance before being offered employment. Contact the Talent Acquisition Services team for any accommodation needs during the recruitment process.