at The Kraft Heinz Foods Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
About Us
The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. We're a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. Our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.
No matter the brand, we're united under one vision:To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally. Bringing this vision to life is our team of 39,000+ food lovers, creative thinkers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, we're transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion - and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen - there's only one thing to do: join our table and let's make life delicious!
Our Culture of Ownership, Meritocracy & Collaboration
We're not afraid to think differently. Embrace new ideas. Dream big. We empower our people at every level - from entry-level intern to senior leader - to own their work. We share a responsibility to think like Owners - to be mindful of the collective and sustained success of Kraft Heinz - which we apply to every situation, every day. As part of Kraft Heinz, you're supported to grow and achieve. You're expected to bring your authentic self to work every day, to lead with humility, and drive outstanding performance at every level - and you'll be rewarded. You're given opportunities to leave a mark and build a legacy. But you won't do it alone. You're supported by passionate teammates along the way, and our collective, collaborative spirit fuels our incredible progress.
Job Description
As the key strategic business partner and consumer insights lead for the Kraft Enhancer and Taco Bell (retail) brands, you will have the opportunity to directly impact growth on two of our strategically prioritized brands. In this role, you will be responsible for helping to drive the voice of the consumer for your brands. A combination of consumer insights and your leadership will help develop and execute strategy and influence decisions across all areas of the business. Both base business and innovation.
This role requires a person who can be:
Strategic: Be a key strategic business partner to the marketing team and a key agent for organizational change. Demonstrate understanding of the consumer, research methodologies/techniques, subject matter expertise and experience to drive the business forward
Influential: Influence at all levels of the organization and work seamlessly with cross-functional teams. Engage with senior management and present insights to senior executive leaders.
Impactful: Influence "so-what's" by making concrete recommendations routed in deep understanding of marketing, business, and consumer. Robust communication and interpersonal skills collect disparate pieces of data together into a cohesive and compelling story.
An Owner: Independent leader with the ability to get your dig into the details and craft a function against a blank slate without buying pre-packaged solutions or methodologies.
Collaborative: Build and maintain partnerships within agile pods and within functions across the organization.
Flexible: Be flexible and innovative adjusting to changing priorities and business challenges. Ability to thrive in ambiguity, while showing strong drive for results and adaptability.
Self-Starter: Ability to demonstrate a high degree of independence, resiliency, leadership/ownership, with limited oversight.
Primary Responsibilities
Lead key critical initiatives based on business goals, such as Market Landscape, Consumer Targeting & Positioning, Innovation, Renovation and Communication Evaluation.
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It is the continuing policy of The Kraft Heinz Company to afford full equal employment opportunity to qualified employees and applicants, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental handicaps, military or veteran status, sexual preference, or any other protected condition or characteristic in conformity with all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations.
Final candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without Company sponsorship. Exceptions requesting work visa sponsorship will be reviewed on a case to case basis.
