Brand Manager - Optimum Nutrition (Innovations)

Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN)   is the World’s No 1 Sports Nutrition Company. Our brands Optimum Nutrition (ON) and BSN are two of the world’s leading nutritional supplements specifically targeted at Performance Nutrition. We are a part of the Glanbia group (Listed on the Irish and London Stock Exchange) with market leading positions in cheese, whey proteins, sports nutrition and micronutrient premixes. Our products retail across 130+ countries and we employ 5,800 people across 30 countries. At GPN, our mission is to be the first choice of athletes and fitness enthusiasts all over the world, to help achieve their goals through highest-quality, most innovative performance nutrition products.

India and South Asia are Strategic Priorities for Glanbia with an ambition towards 4X growth and rapid scale up, both structurally and with system capability. The incumbent must be able to effectively lead in such an entrepreneurial environment of scale-up and pace of change.
 

Job Summary: 

Optimum Nutrition (ON) is world’s no.1 sports nutrition brand, endorsed by sports icons like Neeraj Chopra and Rishabh Pant, apart from several other top fitness influencers.
Purpose of this role is to strengthen the brand by raising the bar on Communication excellence and by Leading Innovation projects from insights to in-market.  

Responsibilities:
•    Communication development: Support development of creative digital first advertising content to drive the Mental metrics for the brand and monitor campaign implementation
•    Category development : Identify relevant consumer need gaps and generate ideas with high size of opportunity    
•    Manage Innovation pipeline : Develop a strong innovation pipeline by evaluating the new product concepts on the Right to Win Innovation Pyramid  
•    Grow extensions : Generate trials for the extensions through right value propositions, right assortment, robust sales kits for offline, compelling content for ecommerce channels 
•    Brand activations: Own all internal/ external brand events (online and offline) and Recommend corrective brand initiatives through analysis of market trends/ channel knowledge/ internal sales data 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 
•    Multitasking ability with a strong drive to take up more challenges
•    Influencing skills to push brand agenda, on-ground and with commercial teams
•    Strong in agency management and project management skills 
•    Ability to pick up insights (by analysing market trends, internal sales data, channel data) and determine corrective brand initiatives  
•    Appreciation of the health, fitness & lifestyle industry with a liking for building nutritional products, will be preferred  
 

Education/Experience:
•    MBA from a Tier I B school (IIMs, FMS, XLRI, SP Jain, JBIMS, NITTIE, SIBM, MDI, IIFT)
•    Overall 6 years post MBA experience, preferably in FMCG 
•    Minimum 3 years of experience in brand management, including innovations
•    Channel Understanding of offline trade and Amazon
•    Experience in managing external agencies (creative, media, social, BTL)
 

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in our Gurgaon office with hybrid working arrangements available through our Smart working model which allows you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package.

About Glanbia

The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritional's, and Joint Ventures. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 6,000 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading products in 130 countries worldwide.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.