7-Eleven

Marketing Manager - Food & Beverage - Canada

  • 7-Eleven
  • Toronto, ON
  • Other
  • 3 days ago
Salary
N/A

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Job Description

Ready to bring your love of food and creativity to life?


Develop and execute a variety of marketing initiatives that accelerate brand awareness and perception to drive Fresh Food and Proprietary Beverage sales for brand 7-Eleven Canada, and sub brands like Slurpee, Big Gulp, Pizza, Taquitos & Crispy Classic Chicken

  • Through customer and consumer insights, develop and create marketing plans and platforms to develop our branded fresh food and proprietary beverage programs within brand guidelines.

  • Develop integrated programs and events to generate affinity, trust and earned media / referral with target customers.

  • Develop campaigns to improve customer awareness of product attributes, quality and initiate trial.

  • Develop briefs and lead agency teams to create taste appealing, craveable visuals and creative that sells.

  • Initiate licensing agreements, negotiate all business terms, manage creative approval process and foster relationships with licensors to support merchandising department goals.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate marketing plans and business results.

  • Report results for all partnerships and programs monthly, deriving insights and learnings to inform and adjust future programs.

  • Partner within store marketing and digital teams to ensure that creative message/execution is on brand and delivers against program objectives for all owned, earned and paid approaches.

  • Build strong working relationships with cross-functional business partners (including merchandising, agency, contractors, and peer groups) to facilitate the execution and analysis of marketing initiatives.

  • Provide analysis and insight to measure and improve marketing program effectiveness.

  • Initiate consumer research including focus groups and online surveys to keep pulse with the customer wants and needs.

  • Plan and manage marketing budget, including monthly forecasting and accruals.

  • Execute other projects as requested by Director.
  • Proven track record of creative and resourceful approaches to unique business challenges in B2C retail and digital environments.

  • Demonstrated ability in making brand-appropriate & business building strategic decisions

  • Demonstrated ability to ideate and develop plans through data and consumer insights.

  • Self-motivated with ability to take initiative and pursue opportunities

  • Excellent organization and prioritization skills; ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously ranging from strategy to execution

  • Experience working with and presenting ideas to all levels of business partners, up to and including C-level executives

  • Excellent written, communication and presentation skills ; Strong quantitative skills required

  • Works well independently and with a small team, project management skills and creativity a must

Experience:

  • 4-year bachelor’s degree
  • 5+ years marketing experience required including briefing, managing agencies & contractor teams
  • Retail industry and project management experience required
  • Budget management experience required
  • Experience working on highly-recognized, industry-leading fresh food / dispensed beverage brands preferred.

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