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At Nestle Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Vital Proteins, Orgain, Nuun, BOOST, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Peptamen, Compleat Organic Blends, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestle Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. 

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers. 
 

The International Brand Manager (ABM), Holistic Health Innovation, supports the development and execution of innovation and renovation initiatives across the Holistic Health (HH) portfolio (Nature's Bounty, Osteo Bi-Flex, Nuun, GARD and Puritans Pride Outside US/CA).

This role is responsible for driving data-informed decision making, inputting in product renovations, and partnering cross-functionally and externally with distribution partners to execute innovation projects from concept through launch and supporting on post-launch optimization. The ABM drives insight-led growth across the HH portfolio by translating market trends and performance into clear innovation priorities.

The role is accountable for defining where to play and how to win in international markets, identifying white spaces, and shaping portfolio strategies for both new launches and existing businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

Business analytics & performance

• Own ongoing performance tracking across innovation and renovation platforms (consumption, velocity) highlighting distributor performance
• Deep collaboration with distribution partners to build  business plans for innovation
• Develop a deep knowledge of actionable insights in key markets to inform pipeline prioritization and renovation decisions
• Look for efficiencies across markets on innovations to serve as many geographies as possible
• Monitor competitive landscape, innovation pipelines & performance, and category shifts in key markets
• Support post-launch tracking and optimization recommendations
• Build executive-ready reports and dashboards for leadership updates

Renovation & innovation execution

• Lead renovation initiatives (formula, claims, packaging updates, flavor extensions) leveraging US work to extend across brands for international markets
• Drive execution of innovation projects through stage-gate process (brief development launch readiness) built upon US base where possible and stand alone where cases are robust enough
• Partner with US brand, insights, digital, R&D, medical, regulatory, packaging, and operations on product development decisions
• Support concept development, claims & concept validation, and consumer research to ensure the international perspective is represented
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and aligned with brand strategy

Marketing & commercialization support

• Support development and execution of innovation marketing plans and launch strategies OUS coordinated with global MKT and distribution partners
• Presentations, and commercialization assets
• Partner with US sales/customer development teams on launch planning and customer-specific needs
• Ensure alignment between innovation pipeline and integrated commercial planning (ICP) for OUS markets

Project management

• Track and manage innovation/renovation project timelines              

Requirements

• 5+ years of brand management for a CPG Food, CPG Personal Product or OTC brand, International experience
• Functional Skills:  strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate market dynamics into actionable tactics,
• Hands-on experience working with market, consumer and distributor data, with the ability to translate insights into clear "where to play / how to win" decisions and identify international white space opportunities.
• Strategic Skills: Collaborative/team player, strategic agility, proven ability to make complex decisions, dealing with ambiguity, ability to influence senior management on strategic decisions based on actionable insights, ability to operate in a multi-cultural, international environment with diverse partners.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment
• Energy & Drive: self-starter, independent thinker, action oriented, strong passion for results
• Organizational Positioning Skills: Strong presentation skills & written communications, ability to interact successfully with senior management
• Personal & Interpersonal Skills: Customer & consumer focus, skilled to build and foster effective peer relationships, proven ability to effectively collaborate across functional areas
• Multi-Lingual preferred but not required

Preferred Skills

• Marketing budget management, volume forecasting, project management

The approximate pay range for this position is $135,000 to $145,000. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location.

Nestle offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.  Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at About Us | Nestle Careers (nestlejobs.com).

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