Senior Brand Manager

Sara Lee Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of high-quality, brand-name products for consumers throughout the world. The Corporation has operations in 58 countries and markets branded products in nearly 200 nations. Sara Lee Corporation employs 137,000 people worldwide.Each and every day, Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) delights millions of consumers and customers around the world.  The company has one of the world's best-loved and leading portfolios with its innovative and trusted food, beverage, household and body care brands, including Ambi Pur, Ball Park, Douwe Egberts, Hillshire Farm, Jimmy Dean, Kiwi, Sanex, Sara Lee, and Senseo.  Collectively, these brands generate more than $13 billion in annual net sales covering approximately 200 countries.  The Sara Lee community consists of 44,000 employees worldwide. Responsible for base business optimization, special channel strategy and brand visual architecture for brands group.  Also responsible for forecasting, pricing, merchandising, total marketing plan margin management, and new product funnel for category.  Provides information and data to marketing, retail sales and senior management on market trends and the forecasting of based products.  Also serves as the main conduit to Supply Chain for manufacturing, production scheduling, raw material procurement and packaging.  Total responsibility to manage budget and P&L to meet company objectives for AOP and LRP process. Responsibilities: Has total responsibility for the management and growth of base business products for special segment channel.  Has total P&L responsibility for category. Responsible for category budget. Does demand forecasting and sets marketing strategies for all base products. Provides pricing, trade promotions, trade growth programs to Retail Sales division. Serves as the main conduit to Supply Chain for production scheduling, raw material procurement, packaging and R&D for new product development in base product area. Conducts product cuttings for customers when needed.   Minimum education is a Bachelors Degree in Business, Marketing or Finance.  MBA is preferred.  Experience minimum requirement is at least 5 years of product management marketing experience in consumer products.  An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer