Griffith Foods es un fabricante global de productos alimenticios. Proporcionamos una amplia gama de componentes de sabor y textura para clientes de la industria alimentaria de todo el mundo. Nuestros productos incluyen mezclas de condimentos, mezclas secas, sistemas de recubrimiento, mezclas de masas, migas, sabores, salsas y bases alimentarias que se utilizan en una amplia variedad de aplicaciones, desde aperitivos, carne y pollo procesados hasta platos preparados. Entre nuestros clientes se encuentran procesadores de alimentos, operadores de restaurantes y minoristas de comestibles. Aunque nuestro nombre puede no ser familiar para los consumidores, nuestros productos son componentes clave de los alimentos ofrecidos por muchas de las empresas más reconocidas del mundo.
**Location**: Hybrid (Alsip IL, Scarborough Canada, or Monterrey MX)
**Summary**: The VP Marketing NA is expected to be 'the' critical business partner to the NA Leadership Team and key enabler for product category strategy development, strategic thinking, and business development for the region. Drive product leadership and own the product portfolio.
- Develops comprehensive business strategies including, but not limited to, regional segment strategies product category strategy (in concert with our global segment strategies), including portfolio management and innovation (with an emphasis on health & nutrition and portfolio transformation) driving sustainable commercial success in the target customer segments.
- Elevation and enhancement of our insight capabilities with a focus on internal and external analyses (customer, consumer and competitors) as a catalyst for long term profitable growth and business model evolution, and brand development and communications.
Leads and execute the global priorities and initiatives aligned with Griffith Foods' Purpose Driven Strategy; provide guidance and direction to the organization to drive differentiation and sustainable profitable growth for Griffith Foods NA. Is a cultural role model to the NA region by living our values on a day-to-day basis. Leading, coaching and developing the NA Marketing team for continued purpose-driven fulfilment
**Essential Duties & Responsibilities**:
Strategy Development & Activation
- Develops regional product strategies, rooted in internal/external information and insights, enabled through comprehensive business analysis and in alignment with Griffith Foods' Purpose Driven strategy.
- In partnership with Commercial leaders, develops go-to-market plans designed to acquire, penetrate, and retain customers in grow aggressive market segments and/or through the development of strategies to enter attractive adjacent market segments.
- Consistently analyzes internal and external business performance, data, insights, information, and trends to drive enhanced business strategies and drives organizational recommendations designed to accelerate our purpose driven strategy.
- Creates & inspires a long-term product leadership vision by defining and developing innovation platforms, continuously optimizing and renovating our product portfolio and driving regional efforts associated with the development of a nutritious and sustainable product portfolio.
Elevation & Integration of Capabilities
- In partnership with cross-functional peers, leads and coaches' teams to drive synergistic collaboration across core and new capabilities to drive differentiation in the marketplace.
- Identifies and establishes the right companies and organizations to incorporate into our network of partners and ecosystems to elevate current core capabilities and/or incorporate new capabilities.
Brand Development & Communication
- Leads the process to position Griffith Foods North America in the marketplace as a leader in developing and delivering nutritious, delicious, and sustainable products and solutions which differentiate our brands with our customers, targets, and partners
- Leads all regional brand development and communications efforts in partnership with Global Marketing. Tailors messaging to specific audiences, internal and external, to achieve business objectives.
- Drives the strategic digitalization of Griffith Foods Marketing function through online assets and platforms and developing specific digital capabilities to support commercial activities of the business.
Functional Excellence
- Leads the definition and development of future strategic direction for the Marketing Organization in the Region
- Established functional priorities and goals, develops regional Marketing capabilities, and models how the regional/local teams work together harmoniously.
- Drives functional excellence and discipline across the Region through development and implementation of more consistent processes, frameworks, and best-in-class practices.
- Develops and influences the People/Talent Management Plan for the Marketing team across the region, inclusive of allocation of resources and deployment of huma