Job Purpose and Impact

The Strategic Marketing Manager- Equine will design and implement a comprehensive product marketing cycle. We seek a professional who will identify market potential, establish pricing and market strategies, estimate potential sales, define promotional activities and handle product through phase-out for United States and Canada.

**This position offers remote work within the United States or Canada.**

Key Accountabilities

• Prepare and coordinate product introductions andcreate marking plan in collaboration with marketing communications within the U.S. and Canada by interacting with innovation and technical teams.
• Compile, evaluate research on market product requirements and identify enhancements to current features and functionality to support execution of the portfolio strategy.
• Contribute to short- and long-term strategy building for the North American equine category.
• Coordinate program planning to identify internal manufacturing schedules, goals, design criteria, costs and similar considerations.
• Plan, organize and coordinate promotional programs to accomplish equine financial and budgetary goals.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams.
• Ability to travel up to 25% for business within United States and Canada
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in United States or Canada
• Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

• Five years of experience in Strategic Marketing or related discipline within the equine industry.
• Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) or similar educational degree.
• Strong equine industry experience, equine management experience, or equine nutrition experience
• Results oriented, innovative and creative.
• Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Experience in developing marketing plans and brand management.
• Bilingual (English & French).

Cargill highly encourages vaccinations but does not mandate at this time. Upon hire, you will be asked to provide your vaccination status, and if unvaccinated or if you choose not to disclose, you would be expected to follow Cargill’s safety protocols for unvaccinated employees (i.e., mask mandates, and social distancing).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.