CORP MARKETING/SPONSORSHIP MANAGER bei 0620 King Soopers
0620 King Soopers · Portland, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Onsite
- Senior
- Optionales Büro in Portland
Oversee the strategic direction, implementation and financial management of Kroger’s sponsorship program across the Enterprise. Serve as a steward for the sponsorship strategy, ensuring programs meet advantageous cost-benefit returns, follow industry best practices, align to brand strategy and deliver on contractual commitments. Oversee agency’s evaluation of all sponsorship opportunities to ensure they strategically align with Marketing’s brand and growth strategies. Act as enterprise sponsorship subject matter expert (SME) to identify best practices, innovation, and industry trends and insights. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.
Responsibilities
- Oversee Kroger’s sponsorship strategy and implementation of large-scale sponsorship programs to ensure coordination and standardized value creation across markets
- Oversee media agency to ensure they delivery against business KPIs and master service agreement commitments.
- Develop sponsorship playbook and toolkit to streamline asset management and drive consistency in valuation, measurement, and master brand alignment
- Accountable for budgeting and forecasting the Enterprise sponsorship budget, and the auditing of invoices to ensure delivery of contractual terms
- Lead all kick-off calls with agency and divisions to align on sponsorship objectives
- Oversee sponsorship effectiveness in partnership with agency and integrated media team, based on CMA and other measurement tools
- Inform executive stakeholders of sponsorship innovations and performance, and presenting to various stakeholders throughout the organization, including senior leadership
- Manage all assigned projects to ensure they are on track and gaining organizational support and identify and solve for roadblocks; report progress routinely to supervisor; prepare and distribute routine progress reports to department leadership
- Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide direct feedback to direct reports
- Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment
- Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner
- Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information
- Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues
- Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree
- 2+ years of experience managing a team and/or agency relationships
- 5+ years of experience in media planning/buying or sports sponsorships
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Strong relationship-building and leadership skills, and ability to influence
- High degree of comfort presenting to senior or executive leadership, with excellent oral, written, presentation, people, diplomacy, and time management skills
- Innovative, detail oriented, strong analytical and decision-making skills, results oriented, comfortable with change and complexity, and rapid learner
- Ability and willingness to communicate, motivate and develop talent in a positive and respectful manner; strong leadership skills, and ability to influence without authority
- Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and priorities within a fast-paced, dynamic, collaborative environment
- Strong relationship-building and leadership skills, and ability to influence
- Consumer packaged goods (CPG) or retail experience
Company
What you’ll receive from us:
The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:
- A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
- Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
- Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
- Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
- Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
- Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.
