Brand Manager, Nut Butters

**Brand:** Post Consumer Brands**Categories:** Marketing**Locations:** St. Louis, Missouri**Position Type:** Regular Full-Time**Remote Eligible:** No**Req ID:** 30272**Job Description****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 Nutrish, Kibbles 'n Bits and 9Lives dog and cat food. 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 and Facebook for the latest news.**Brand**At Post Consumer Brands, we've spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we've extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof.This phase is still new, and that's what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we're looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.**Location Description**As a Post Consumer Brands virtual team member, your primary mission is to make better happen... virtually. At Post, your health and happiness are one of our top priorities, so take some time to set up your office or workspace in a way that suits you best while enhancing your creativity, thinking and productivity. While working, spend time collaborating and building connections with your team, whether it is a video happy hour or a visit to the corporate office.**Responsibilities**Post Consumer Brands is seeking a strategic and execution‐oriented **Brand Manager** to support the Private Label Nut Butters portfolio. This role is responsible for driving the strategy, execution, and growth of the business, serving as a central leader who partners closely with the Senior Director to develop and deliver the annual plan.The Brand Manager influences and shapes key elements of the business-product and packaging innovation, cost competitiveness, channel strategy, and go‐to‐market execution. This role will act as the primary steward of the Private Label Nut Butters portfolio, with deep knowledge of customers, competitors, and category dynamics, making decisions that reflect the unique needs of the business. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, will be required to keep other functional areas apprised of and engaged in the team's initiatives.**Responsibilities & Accountabilities****Private Brand Strategy**+ Partner with the Senior Director to develop and refine the strategic direction of the Private Label Nut Butters portfolio.+ Translate strategic priorities into actionable initiatives that deliver against portfolio growth objectives.**P&L Management**+ Own delivery of annual operating plan results for the Nut Butters business.+ Make informed decisions that directly impact the portfolio P&L.+ Collaborate with Finance to develop pricing strategies based on commodity trends, competitive benchmarks, and margin targets.+ Track pricing adjustments to ensure financial objectives are achieved.**Business Analysis**+ Analyze sales performance by product segment, SKU, customer, and channel to generate short- and long-term forecasts.+ Monitor volume trends, pipeline opportunities, and business risks to inform monthly demand and supply planning cycles.+ Identify insight-driven actions that support growth, margin improvement, and customer needs.**New Product Development (NPD)**+ Monitor competitive activity, category trends, and customer strategies to identify opportunities for differentiation and innovation.+ Serve as project charter owner for new Private Brand Nut Butter initiatives.+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including R&D, Operations, QFS, Finance, and Commercialization-to ensure new products meet cost, quality, and customer requirements.+ Partner with Sales to develop compelling sell-in materials and customer presentations.Work Location: Hybrid 3 days per week in office, Fenton, MO**Qualifications****Education**BA required, (Marketing or Finance preferred); MBA Preferred**Experience**Minimum 5 years in Brand Management/Marketing or a related field, Private Label experience a plus**Other Characteristics**+ Critical thinker with strong, proven analytical skills+ Desire to learn+ Strong communication, presentation and customer-facing skills+ Ability to work independently and cross-functionally+ Experience with Category and Consumer Insights+ Results oriented+ Demonstrate collaboration and Influence+ Agility in a fast-moving business environmentThe pay range for this position is $102,931 - $152,338 per year.Post Consumer Brands is seeking a strategic and execution‐oriented **Brand Manager** to support the Private Label Nut Butters portfolio. This role is responsible for driving the strategy, execution, and growth of the business, serving as a central leader who partners closely with the Senior Director to develop and deliver the annual plan.The Brand Manager influences and shapes key elements of the business-product and packaging innovation, cost competitiveness, channel strategy, and go‐to‐market execution. This role will act as the primary steward of the Private Label Nut Butters portfolio, with deep knowledge of customers, competitors, and category dynamics, making decisions that reflect the unique needs of the business. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, will be required to keep other functional areas apprised of and engaged in the team's initiatives.**Responsibilities & Accountabilities****Private Brand Strategy**+ Partner with the Senior Director to develop and refine the strategic direction of the Private Label Nut Butters portfolio.+ Translate strategic priorities into actionable initiatives that deliver against portfolio growth objectives.**P&L Management**+ Own delivery of annual operating plan results for the Nut Butters business.+ Make informed decisions that directly impact the portfolio P&L.+ Collaborate with Finance to develop pricing strategies based on commodity trends, competitive benchmarks, and margin targets.+ Track pricing adjustments to ensure financial objectives are achieved.**Business Analysis**+ Analyze sales performance by product segment, SKU, customer, and channel to generate short- and long-term forecasts.+ Monitor volume trends, pipeline opportunities, and business risks to inform monthly demand and supply planning cycles.+ Identify insight-driven actions that support growth, margin improvement, and customer needs.**New Product Development (NPD)**+ Monitor competitive activity, category trends, and customer strategies to identify opportunities for differentiation and innovation.+ Serve as project charter owner for new Private Brand Nut Butter initiatives.+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including R&D, Operations, QFS, Finance, and Commercialization-to ensure new products meet cost, quality, and customer requirements.+ Partner with Sales to develop compelling sell-in materials and customer presentations.Work Location: Hybrid 3 days per week in office, Fenton, MO**Education**BA required, (Marketing or Finance preferred); MBA Preferred**Experience**Minimum 5 years in Brand Management/Marketing or a related field, Private Label experience a plus**Other Characteristics**+ Critical thinker with strong, proven analytical skills+ Desire to learn+ Strong communication, presentation and customer-facing skills+ Ability to work independently and cross-functionally+ Experience with Category and Consumer Insights+ Results oriented+ Demonstrate collaboration and Influence+ Agility in a fast-moving business environmentPost Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)