Innovation Brand Manager, Nutrition

**This role can be based out of either our Parsippany, NJ office or our Evansville, IN office.**

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Marketing is at the heart of Reckitt. We pride ourselves on our unique way of driving growth for some of the world's most loved and trusted health, hygiene and nutrition brands.

Our purpose and fight are what motivates us to design and deliver distinctive communications throughout our consumer funnel, so that we deliver category growth as well as a positive impact on society.

With extensive media and digital teams embedded throughout the organisation, we measure both our business and our societal impact. Our global teams lead on our overarching brand strategy, brand guardianship and innovation pipeline in close partnership with R&D. Leaving our local marketing teams to deliver on our regional goals in partnership with our Sales teams.

With the scale of our 2500 marketing community - alongside our leading-edge Marketing Academy - your opportunities to grow and upskill will be extensive.

Joining Reckitt's Infant Formula Nutrition team as Brand Manager, you'll take on from innovation strategy development, concept development and validation to launch. This position resides within the Marketing function and will report into the Marketing Director.

• Lead brand innovation strategy for U.S., across all segments while also supporting the Enspire Optimum portfolio
• Collaborate with the global team by leveraging insights and analytics to support strategic direction and priorities, including focus on fast-growing categories, hero products and emerging trends
• Develop the Global 5-year U.S. innovation strategy that addresses business and retailer objectives
• Determine new market opportunities for products based on market data, consumer insights, medical channel trends, social listening, and emerging trends
• Lead market analysis to determine success factors in product category for new and existing products
• Stay ahead of emerging trends, technologies and marketing innovations, infusing best practices/learning into innovation strategies for sustained success
• Responsible for executing new local product innovation briefs in partnership with cross-functional team outlining strategy, positioning, consumer insights, target claims, key ingredients, pricing, packaging detail, formula detail, etc.
• Responsible for and setting local pricing structure for new product innovation
• Partner with R&D on ingredients, product formats, innovation ideas, approval of formula submissions, clinical and consumer testing parameters for product claims
• Ensure COGs efficiency to meet overall brand financial objectives, including pricing and SKU management
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and flawless execution for all new launches
• Responsible for preparation and facilitate Stage Gate meetings

• Bachelor's degree, an MBA a plus but not required
• Solid experience in marketing and innovation (+4 years), must be able to demonstrate outstanding skills and potential, developed within a medical/hospital & CPG environment; nutrition experience is a plus
• Exceptional ability to influence and work within a matrixed organization, as well as in a global environment
• Proven leadership skills and experience
• Excellent analytical and financial skills
• Very strong verbal/written communication skills
• Experience managing/leading projects from inception to completion
• Self-motivated, highly flexible and takes the initiative to do what's needed
• Resilience and ability to handle ambiguity
• Experience interacting and influencing Senior Leadership

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With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognize, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Parsippany, NJ Range:USD $136,000.00 - $204,000.00

Evansville, IN Range: USD $113,000.00 - $169,000.00

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.

Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick, and Company recognized holidays; a 401(K) plan; generous paid parental leave; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; product discounts; and much more!

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

We recognize that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; color, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.