Marketing Director, Shopper Marketing - Toronto, Canada - Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited

Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Work Location - Toronto (Hybrid)

Employee Type - Regular Employee FT Salaried

About This Opportunity:

In this role, you will develop, implement, and execute growth strategies and beverage solutions in collaboration with a national retail and Food Service On-Premise (FSOP) customer portfolio across Canada.

You will be responsible for driving value, increasing beverage sales, and enhancing store profitability throughout Canadian outlets.

Additionally, you will oversee and nurture relationships with customer marketing teams, brands, strategic partnerships, regional and local assets, and internal and external stakeholders.

You will also be accountable for orchestrating customer programs year-round while managing retail and FSOP channels and digital marketing initiatives.

Responsibilities:

Lead customer growth and own a portfolio of customers
Lead the implementation and execution of the overall strategy for Canada in collaboration with Customer and Commercial teams
Lead total beverage strategy in Canada and execution per subchannel in collaboration with Sales Leadership, Commercial, and Brand Partners
Own customer's longterm planning process and build annual marketing calendar
Leverage and scale insights to educate and influence customer and build compelling selling stories
Steward value of Coca Cola Canada Bottling Ltd marketing strategies
Influence and leverage internal tools and resources to support customer strategy (e.g. via channel, assets, brand)
Contribute to the longterm and shortterm planning of the retail strategy, consumer missions, and marketing plans, utilizing datadriven consumer insights.
Create occasionbased strategies and partnership marketing programs grounded in consumer insights, tailored to meet both Coca-Cola and trade partners' needs.
Collaborate with various internal and external stakeholders, including Brand & Category Commercialization teams, to develop insightdriven marketing programs aligned with consumer targeting and customer strategies.
Manage marketing budgets, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and strong return on investment for all marketing activities.
Strategize, develop, and execute channel and customer promotions/programs that leverage brand concepts and consumer insights to boost consumer preference and customer engagement.
Conduct customer business assessments and identify value opportunities.
Act as a marketing generalist, overseeing consumer insights, industry trends, innovation, consumer initiatives, and media leadership within the defined customer portfolio.
Execute consumer and customer programs related to Coca-Cola properties (e.g., Olympics, World Cup) to meet brand and business objectives.
Prepare comprehensive reports and presentations, effectively communicating research findings, consumer insights, and actionable recommendations.
Develop marketing materials (e.g., point of sale, sales support materials, implementation guides) to facilitate effective communication of promotions.
Craft creative briefs that clearly outline communication objectives and success criteria, guiding agency work and creative development.
Collaborate with business development teams to identify and present new customer business opportunities.
25% travel

Qualifications:

8+ Years experience, preferably in marketing in fastmoving consumer packaged goods (FMCPG) industry or agency
Strong leadership skills and influencing ability
Demonstrated experience in digital marketing, particularly within the CPG industry
Experience in marketing materials development is an asset (including knowledge of marketing materials production processes, not limited to briefing, creative review, and production management)
Intermediate to Advanced MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel skills
Retail and Food Service On-Premise (FSOP) experience is an asset

About Us:
Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, We are Coke Canada

Important

All 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.