Spin Master Games
Senior Brand Manager – Spin Master Games
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Senior Brand Manager
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Spin Master Games
Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.
Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?
At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!
What will you work on? As a Senior Brand Manager, you will be responsible for developing and managing innovative initiatives, leading the long-term innovation strategy and merging consumer and category insights to develop new products that adhere to consumer needs.
How will you create impact?
Lead and manage white space innovation initiatives from ideation through launch; responsible for execution of all projects including business case development, market research, packaging, forecasting and customer sell-in
Manage PL including forecasting, pricing, costing and profitability analysis in order to achieve brand financial goals
Liaise with Licensing team to ensure all key milestones, forecasts, calendars, and other critical details are aligned to and shared
Utilize consumer insights to deliver new concepts that will drive incremental growth
Define white space opportunities and innovative solutions to improve at the customer and SKU level
Lead process for proactively identifying and briefing item refreshes and align cross-functionally on a go to market plan
Align cross-functional teams to ideate and develop a rolling 3-year product innovation strategy aligned with brand vision and mission and growth goals.
Strategically lead inventor relationship management, concept evaluation process and go-forward decision alignment while collaborating with internal and external teams.
Define and track KPIs to identify opportunities and integrate into brand plans
Continually evaluate the brand health to address challenges and opportunities
Ensure product innovation concepts meet brand and financial goals; manage cross-functional teams throughout stage gate and commercialization processes
Present brand innovation strategies to senior leadership, based on market trends, competitor insights, and brand learnings
Regularly perform industry trend analyses to identify and consolidate white space opportunities
What are your skills and experience?
Consumer product brand management experience in a new product-oriented industry, preferably working with toy, entertainment, fashion, or other fast paced industries
Direct experience working with the full product development cycle, with a track record of thriving in a growth oriented and changing environment and experience dealing with overseas development and manufacturing
Experience analyzing consumer data translating into new product recommendations
Deep understanding of the consumer, global markets, competition, and trends to inform product slots and play pattern decisions
The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Connecticut is $135,000 to $150,000 [Per Annum]. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.
What You Can Expect From Us
Growth and Career Opportunities
Flexible Work Hours
Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
Comprehensive Benefits
Other fun Perks!
What’s it like to work here? Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @SpinMaster to stay up to date on Spin Master career opportunities.
We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Spin Master Games by 2x
Job Information
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Marketing and Sales
Industries: Manufacturing
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Senior Brand Manager
role at
Spin Master Games
Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.
Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?
At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!
What will you work on? As a Senior Brand Manager, you will be responsible for developing and managing innovative initiatives, leading the long-term innovation strategy and merging consumer and category insights to develop new products that adhere to consumer needs.
How will you create impact?
Lead and manage white space innovation initiatives from ideation through launch; responsible for execution of all projects including business case development, market research, packaging, forecasting and customer sell-in
Manage PL including forecasting, pricing, costing and profitability analysis in order to achieve brand financial goals
Liaise with Licensing team to ensure all key milestones, forecasts, calendars, and other critical details are aligned to and shared
Utilize consumer insights to deliver new concepts that will drive incremental growth
Define white space opportunities and innovative solutions to improve at the customer and SKU level
Lead process for proactively identifying and briefing item refreshes and align cross-functionally on a go to market plan
Align cross-functional teams to ideate and develop a rolling 3-year product innovation strategy aligned with brand vision and mission and growth goals.
Strategically lead inventor relationship management, concept evaluation process and go-forward decision alignment while collaborating with internal and external teams.
Define and track KPIs to identify opportunities and integrate into brand plans
Continually evaluate the brand health to address challenges and opportunities
Ensure product innovation concepts meet brand and financial goals; manage cross-functional teams throughout stage gate and commercialization processes
Present brand innovation strategies to senior leadership, based on market trends, competitor insights, and brand learnings
Regularly perform industry trend analyses to identify and consolidate white space opportunities
What are your skills and experience?
Consumer product brand management experience in a new product-oriented industry, preferably working with toy, entertainment, fashion, or other fast paced industries
Direct experience working with the full product development cycle, with a track record of thriving in a growth oriented and changing environment and experience dealing with overseas development and manufacturing
Experience analyzing consumer data translating into new product recommendations
Deep understanding of the consumer, global markets, competition, and trends to inform product slots and play pattern decisions
The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Connecticut is $135,000 to $150,000 [Per Annum]. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.
What You Can Expect From Us
Growth and Career Opportunities
Flexible Work Hours
Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
Comprehensive Benefits
Other fun Perks!
What’s it like to work here? Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @SpinMaster to stay up to date on Spin Master career opportunities.
We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Spin Master Games by 2x
Job Information
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Marketing and Sales
Industries: Manufacturing
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