Brand Manager, OurBrands

Position Overview The Brand Manager, Our Brands, is responsible for driving the strategic growth, performance, and long-term equity of the company’s private label portfolio across customer-facing touchpoints. This role leads brand planning initiatives that strengthen brand positioning, improve shopper engagement, and support enterprise-wide business objectives.

The Brand Manager partners cross-functionally with merchandising, sales, product development, operations, and Insights & Analytics (I&A) teams to translate consumer, category, and performance insights into data-driven brand strategies and creative initiatives. This role is accountable for helping shape brand direction, stewarding brand standards, and ensuring all creative, packaging, media, and marketing communications consistently reflect the brand vision and business goals.

The ideal candidate combines strong strategic brand management capabilities with a background in graphic design and creative development, bringing both analytical thinking and creative leadership to the role. This position also plays an important governance role in overseeing creative quality, agency alignment, and brand consistency across all channels.

Job Description

Description

• Lead and support the development of annual brand strategies and initiatives that strengthen enterprise-level brand equity, improve shopper perception, and drive commercial performance.

• Partner with Insights & Analytics (I&A) teams to leverage consumer, category, customer, and performance data to inform strategic decision-making, identify growth opportunities, and optimize brand initiatives.

• Support the management and performance of the private label portfolio by monitoring key business metrics including sales performance, market trends, category growth, shopper engagement, and promotional effectiveness.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with merchandising, sales, product development, and operations teams to align brand priorities with broader business objectives and category strategies.

• Lead the development and execution of integrated brand initiatives across packaging, digital, print, in-store, and marketing channels to ensure a cohesive and differentiated brand experience.

• Maintain governance over creative execution and media alignment by ensuring all customer-facing communications, packaging, and marketing materials adhere to established brand standards, positioning, and messaging frameworks.

• Partner with internal stakeholders and external agencies to guide creative development, campaign execution, and production quality while ensuring consistency, efficiency, and speed to market.

• Develop strategic creative briefs that clearly articulate business objectives, shopper insights, target audiences, and brand positioning.

• Contribute to the evolution, implementation, and stewardship of brand identity systems, visual guidelines, and tone-of-voice standards across all channels.

• Apply graphic design expertise to evaluate and guide creative assets, packaging concepts, presentations, and marketing materials to ensure strong visual storytelling and alignment with brand strategy.

• Monitor competitive activity, industry trends, and private label innovation to identify opportunities for brand growth, differentiation, and improved shopper relevance.

• Support budget planning, forecasting, and resource management related to brand and creative initiatives.

• Travel Required:
  
  Yes

Environment

• Office :
  Office Temperature (65F to 75F)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Business, or related field required.

• 3–5 years of experience in brand management, marketing, packaging design, or creative strategy within retail, CPG, or private label environments.

• Demonstrated…