Senior Brand Manager
REQ ID: 61398
LOCATION:
Bellevue, WA, US, 98008-2008
No matter who you are or where you come from, you are welcome here. At MOD, we embrace individuality, support human growth, and recognize the value in second chances.
Every day and in every store, we create a culture where individual spirits are celebrated. And as part of MOD, you will be empowered to provide that same experience for every single customer that walks through the door.
We're growing, with more than 400 locations across 28 states, and Canada. So we're always looking for people who demonstrate what we call the 4G's: Grit, Growth, Generosity, and Gratitude. You'll help us create a positive social impact in your community, making MOD an exciting place to eat and a place where others are inspired to bring about change. We call it Spreading MODnessR. Come be part of it.
Summary
This role leads key elements of first ever category and product management function within the brand marketing department, helping to develop a best-in-class category department. This person will leverage their strong analysis skills, strategic thinking ability, and experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver outsized value to the organization. This role is responsible for leading development and positioning of the MOD key categories and delivering innovation aligned to the business strategy. The person will leverage a wide range of resources to identify opportunities to build the business with specific focus on our key product categories within our menu portfolio, and new white space opportunities. Responsibilities include strategic assessment of market opportunities, trend tracking, white space exploration, concept validation, launching and promoting limited time offers, and leading the innovation process working closely with brand teams to plan a successful launch.
Key Responsibilities
We are looking for a hands-on candidate with a strong entrepreneurial spirit who is adaptable, strategic, and innovative. The ideal candidate will be able to balance business priorities with brand excellence.
The Sr. Manager will take on a leadership role within the Brand Management organization, overseeing our culinary categories to drive revenue growth and build the processes and structure needed to evaluate for optimization, innovation, and iteration.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Operations, Finance, Brand, Digital, Supply chain, and Creative to deliver category insights and strategy.
Revenue management, as well as new concept generation, testing, and commercialization. You will be expected to become an expert, including culinary trends, category trends and KPIs, and consumer dining preferences and behavior.
Spearhead brand innovation opportunities for category growth by guiding the culinary concepts pipeline
Create, optimize, and refine product launches, in collaboration with Culinary, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance to ensure stores can consistently deliver top rated food with high standard operational metrics
Ensure projects are delivered on time through constant collaboration, communication, and project management with cross-functional partners - research, creative, culinary, and digital marketing.
Support delivery of formal category reviews as well as leading ongoing business analyses, tracking and evaluating KPIs to build key learnings
Team Development - grow and develop direct reports in the category space.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree
5-7 years of working experience in category management, brand management, product marketing, or another related role
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills
Retail or restaurant experience, preferably some management
Business acumen and exposure and understanding of the P&L, ability to manage conversations surrounding financial levers and able to articulate impact to project viability and path to market
Strong organizational, prioritization and time management skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Smartsheet
Behavioral Qualifications
Results-driven team player, keen on collaboration and co-creation
Possess a bias-for-action mindset
Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment
High attention to detail
Demonstrated ability to manage and coach a team for growth
Strong organizational, prioritization and time management skills
Comfortable in environments of rapid growth and developing playbooks; we're building this plane while we're flying it
Passion for furthering MOD's mission
Want to help us spread MODnessTM? Apply today!
MOD welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life, and it's reflected in our largely diverse community of MOD Squaders. MOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. MOD recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
This Job Description is not intended to be all-inclusive. We all may be assigned other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
PERKS
50% off your meals at MOD
Access to employee support & development
Awesome MOD swag: t-shirts, bandanas, stickers, etc.
COMMUNITY
Giving back is part of the MOD culture.
Throughout the year, you and other MOD Squad members have opportunities to give back to the community - what we call "Spreading MODness." This includes participating in fundraisers, packing meals for families struggling with hunger, and sponsoring other activities in your area.
Bridge Fund
We offer access to emergency support programs to help MOD Squad Members in need. Anyone can apply to access the Bridge Fund, which offers assistance when an unexpected hardship occurs. It's MODs helping MODs.
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