Brand Manager Foodservice — Job Description

My client, a major For­tune 500 CPG food man­u­fac­turer in the North­east, is seek­ing a Brand Man­ager.  The Brand Man­ager is respon­si­ble for the strate­gic direc­tion and oper­a­tion of the brand to ulti­mately drive sales and con­sump­tion.  The com­pen­sa­tion is $125,000 with 25% bonus and will pro­vide a relo­ca­tion pack­age. Require­ments are a min­i­mum of 5 years of CPG and/or Food­ser­vice mar­ket­ing expe­ri­ence and must have an MBA. If this is a posi­tion that inter­ests you send me your resume with con­tact information. 

If this posi­tion does not inter­est you please let me know of any­one you know who may be qual­i­fied for the role.  Also, we receive Sales and Mar­ket­ing posi­tions at all lev­els in the CPG indus­try and would enjoy work­ing with you as well.  To help bet­ter under­stand the full scope of your back­ground please for­ward your most cur­rent resume and any other per­ti­nent infor­ma­tion regard­ing your employ­ment sta­tus.  All cor­re­spon­dence is com­pletely confidential. 

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Associate Brand Manager — Job Description

My client, a major For­tune 500 CPG food man­u­fac­turer in the North­east, is seek­ing mul­ti­ple Asso­ciate Brand Man­agers.  The ABM is respon­si­ble for for­mu­lat­ing the brand’s long-term strat­egy and devel­op­ing and exe­cut­ing mar­ket­ing plans. The ABM’s are account­able for deliv­er­ing the brand’s profit, vol­ume and mar­ket share objec­tives and will assist the busi­ness unit team on assigned brands or man­age smaller brands in all aspects of the P&L. The com­pen­sa­tion is $85,000 to $100,000 with 12.5% bonus and will pro­vide a relo­ca­tion pack­age. Require­ments are a min­i­mum of 1 to 3 years of CPG mar­ket­ing expe­ri­ence and must have an MBA. If this is a posi­tion that inter­ests you send me your resume with con­tact information. 

If this posi­tion does not inter­est you please let me know of any­one you know who may be qual­i­fied for the role.  Also, we receive Sales and Mar­ket­ing posi­tions at all lev­els in the CPG indus­try and would enjoy work­ing with you as well.  To help bet­ter under­stand the full scope of your back­ground please for­ward your most cur­rent resume and any other per­ti­nent infor­ma­tion regard­ing your employ­ment sta­tus.  All cor­re­spon­dence is com­pletely confidential. 

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How to Negotiate a Job Offer in an Employer’s Market

Syn­di­cated from RecessionWire.com

By Sara Clemence

Finally, the hours of prospect­ing, sub­mit­ting resumes, attend­ing net­work­ing events, devel­op­ing new rela­tion­ships and attend­ing job fairs have paid off. A com­pany has made you an offer.

Now what?

With hir­ing activ­ity is pick­ing up, many job-seekers face a new chal­lenge: Nail­ing down a decent com­pen­sa­tion pack­age. His­tor­i­cally, hir­ing man­agers and exec­u­tives have told me that every­thing is negotiable—but what about today? Many orga­ni­za­tions have cut salaries, 401(k) matches, com­pany perks and paid over­time. They are being very con­ser­v­a­tive about adding new staff. And with the offi­cial unem­ploy­ment rate at 9.7 per­cent for August, it’s a hyper-competitive job market.

In this envi­ron­ment, you may feel like you’re lucky to get a job offer at all. But you also want to be paid fairly. So how do you cut a good deal? Fol­low these guidelines.

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