Senior Brand Manager, Cortizone-10

Location: Morristown, NJ

About The Job

Join our dynamic team as a Senior Brand Manager, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our brand's identity and driving its growth. We’re looking for an innovative individual who can blend creativity with data-driven insights to elevate our brand presence and connect with our audience. The Senior Brand Manager, Cortizone-10, will lead the development and execution of annual and long-term brand strategy and tactical plans aligned to the North America brand strategy for the US market.

Opella, the Consumer Healthcare business unit of Sanofi, is the purest and third-largest player globally in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market.

We have an unshakable belief in the power of self-care and the role it can play in creating a healthier society and a healthier planet. That’s why we want to make self-care as simple as it should be by being consumer-led always, with science at our core. Through our unique and balanced portfolio of more than 100 loved brands, including 15 global and local high-growth challengers such as Allegra, Dulcolax and Buscopan, we deliver our mission: helping more than half a billion consumers worldwide take their health in their hands.

This mission is brought to life by an 11,000-strong team, 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites, and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. We are also proud to be the first major fast-moving consumer healthcare company to achieve B Corp certification.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

Main Responsibilities

• Drive strategic leadership for the brand, ensuring aligned Where to Play and How to Win choices based on deep consumer insight and data analysis to drive sustainable sales growth and profitability.
• Create integrated consumer campaigns including TV, precision marketing, digital, social, and consumer/ trade promotions. Utilize consumer journey insights and marketing mix analysis to connect with the right consumer, at the right moment, with the right message.
• Partner closely with cross-functional and external agency partners to build and execute plans
• Oversee management of P&L, leading forecasting, budget tracking, and the annual business planning process.
• Collaborate closely and frequently with Field Sales and Sales Strategy to plan and execute programs that will drive growth at retail (e.g., buyer engagement, sizing/ pricing strategy, promo planning)
• Develop and implement an innovation roadmap aligned to brand strategy and financial plans. Develop and implement launch activation programs for innovation launches.
• Collaborate with key cross-functional teams in the ideation, development, and execution of innovative projects
• Conduct market research and analysis with your insights partners to identify emerging trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather insights, identify pain points, and define innovation opportunities
• Manage the end-to-end innovation process, including idea generation, concept development, prototyping, testing, and commercialization
• Talent management for an associate brand and innovation manager
  
  

About You

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university. Post-bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (e.g., Masters, MBA or equivalent) preferred.
• 7 years of relevant experience
• Direct to consumer brand experience a plus
• Leadership – skills to envision, engage, enable, and execute
• Cooperate transversally – collaboration and influence skills up-down-across organizations and cultures/geographies
• Act for change – embrace change and innovation and initiate new & improved ways of working.
• Develop people – takes responsibility for oneself and others in anticipation of future business needs.
• Strong interpersonal skills; Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strategic and analytical thinking; Creativity and problem-solving
• Autonomy and ability to balance long-term strategic priorities with short-term business needs
• Flexibility to adapt to constantly changing business environment
• Digitally savvy
  
  

Why choose us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention, and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
  
  

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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