BRAND MANAGER presso Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc.

Division Overview:

Vespyr Brands® is a health and wellness company that manages a portfolio of well-established consumer healthcare brands. As part of Aurobindo Pharma USA, Vespyr brings together legacy names with innovation and agility.

 

The brands under our umbrella have long been pioneers in their respective categories, be it cold relief, sleep aids, vitamins, or skincare. Vespyr Brands® was created from the need to bring these legacy brands under one roof, to synergize their strengths, and to pave the path for their future.

 

Job Overview:

Brand Manager Marketing– is responsible for taking iconic brands and charting the next chapter in their journey.

Specific responsibilities include continuing to develop and define the brand positioning and consumer proposition, developing the annual and strategic plans, partnering with communications teams to establish our voice in the market and partnering with our innovation team to bring to life the best additions to our lineup.

This role will have P&L responsibility working with cross functional business teams, partnering with Innovation, Finance, Supply Chain, R&D and Sales Strategy & Planning to effectively commercialize and execute plans with excellence.

The right candidate for this role must be able to navigate between the day-to-day business deliverables and setting the long-term course for growth and success. The candidate will report directly to the Brand Director and must be able to clearly and concisely articulate strategic plans for the brand

Responsibilities:

 • Leading, executing annual operating plan, three-year strategic roadmap to deliver profitable topline growth and dollar share.
• Proven ability to manage risks, opportunities and portfolio brand strategy using a disciplined approach.
• Building and setting brand foundations and portfolio architecture.
• Crafting clear, inspiring, and focused innovation and communications briefs that leads to winning consumer new products and activations.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams to executional excellence in category and customer-facing selling.
• A data-driven marketing strategist with the ability to translate insights (e.g., MMM results) into effect plants to deliver on business objectives (both short & long-term).
• Build consensus across teams with a passion for problem-solving, collaboration, digging into the details and rolling up sleeves to make things happen.
• Self-motivation and a keen sense of ownership and accountability, managing multiple high priority initiatives to successful outcomes in a dynamic, demanding environment

Qualifications - Skills & Requirements:

• Experience within diverse classes of trade a plus.
• Consumer packaged goods experience, durable goods preferred.
• Strategic competency and ability to demonstrate a history of success.
• Experience in developing marketing programs and go-to-market strategies for multiple retail channels with a focus on digital.
• Expert knowledge of owned, earned, paid, and shared media.
• Marketing competencies include strategic planning, digital campaigns, brand communications, consumer insights, social, paid search, digital analytics, content creation and public relations.
• High degree of business acumen - classic marketing, budget management and P&L understanding.
• Ability to effectively communicate.
• Ability to work cross functionally with multiple business functions.
• Ability to clearly articulate a compelling vision and strategy.
• Lead agency & partner relationships.
• Analytical mindset and ability to synthesize complex information, connect ideas with data, and present in digestible, easy to understand format.

 

Leadership Profile
• Humble leader – confident in their skills but never afraid to listen and learn from others.
• An individual who sets a sharp vision and creates positive energy and focus across the team to deliver on that vision.
• Clarity of thought through ambiguous situations.
• Highly resourceful with a tenacious & positive “can do” attitude.
• Resilience through high visibility and pressure.
• Catalyst for change for a more impactful outcome.
• Collaborative, but can hold people accountable for total business impact.
• Prides themselves on knowing the business and our consumers better than anyone else.

 

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Compensation: $140,000 - $175,000, Annual Bonus

• Medical and Rx Benefits choice of four medical plans through Horizon. Rx automatically provided with medical benefits
• Dental Benefits with three dental plan options through CIGNA
• Vision Plan with two plan options through VSP
• Life Insurance, Basic Life and AD&D and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance, Voluntary Short-Term Disability and State Disability • Long-Term Disability (LTD), State (short term) disability – where applicable
• FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts) – Both Health Care & Dependent Care Available
• HSA (Health Savings Account)
• 401(k) Plan - Through Fidelity / Employer Match / fully vested after 3 years
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - 100% Confidential and 100% company paid
• Critical Illness and Accidental Insurance
• Legal and Identity Theft Insurance
• Paid Time Off - Paid vacation, PTO, Holiday

 

Notice to Recruitment Agencies:
Please note that we are not accepting unsolicited resumes or proposals from recruitment firms or agencies for this position. Thank you for your understanding.

Education & Experience:

• Education - Undergraduate degree in Business or MBA
• 3-5+ years brand management and marketing experience within top CPG company

Physical Requirements:OFFICE POSITION - While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to: •Stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard reach, stoop kneel to install computer equipment •Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work •Light to moderate lifting is required •Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic). •Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time Sedentary work Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.Additional Physical Requirements:Blood/Fluid Exposure Risk:Category III: Tasks involve no exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues. Category I tasks are not a condition of employment.We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer:Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Candidarsi ora