Director – Value Brands

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. 

Responsibilities

The brand leader will lead the marketing and strategic growth plan for the PCB Value portfolio which includes PCB’s largest brand Malt-o-Meal which represents over $600M in annual revenue as well as other PCB Value brands like Peter Pan Peanut which also compete in the value segment.  This senior marketing leader will have accountability for delivering on all volume and profit objectives for the Value business.

In addition to leading marketing direct reports, this incumbent will be responsible for leading an Integrated Business Team of cross functional team members in R&D, sales, CS&E, finance, and operations through the Integrated Business Planning process to drive a robust pipeline of profitable growth initiatives.

• Develop and guide the Value Segment objectives, goals and strategies.
• Identify opportunities to drive revenue, margin and profit growth.
• Assess the element of risk to manage a balanced and funded portfolio of products.
• Manage the appropriate processes, tools, and metrics to support new opportunities.
• Lead cross-functional, multi-market teams to deliver projects efficiently and effectively.
• Assess and prioritize business initiatives in an environment of rapid change. Ensure necessary resources for business initiatives.
• With their internal marketing services partner, champion the integrated communications process to drive exceptional consumer communication.
• Provide management, coaching, and professional guidance to direct reports with a focus on developing functional, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Management
• MBA strong preferred
• Exceptional general management skills include marketing, strategic planning, project management, market analysis, research planning, portfolio management and P&L management.
• Superior ability to create a clear and compelling vision.
• The ability to demonstrate the ability to develop and commercialize products that leverage the organization’s core strengths and capabilities.
• Proven ability to grow a business that balances the need to grow revenue and profit while establishing or reinforcing the brand.
• Experience managing people, ideally for 5+ years or more. The candidate must have superior managerial and coaching skills, including the ability to develop talent and future leaders in the organization. 
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills with all levels of management and with cross-functional partners.
• Ability to clearly interpret external forces and trends, and then to develop strategies and initiatives to take advantage of opportunities on a timely basis.
• The energy, drive and influencing skills to successfully commercialize projects even when significant hurdles are presented.
• The ability to use world-class process to help drive decision making but uses agility and speed as they lead others through process.
• Strong financial skills that include managing the P&L, pricing, COGS, margins, budgets, cash flow, and capital investments.

 

The pay range for this position is $135,018 - $210,627 per year.