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VP Brand Marketing

Department:Marketing

About the Role:

At Wellness Pet, we believe pets and pet parents thrive together through shared wellbeing. As the Vice President of Brand - Dog & Whimzees , you-ll act as the general manager of these business units, owning strategy, performance, and brand health from every angle. You-ll lead with a challenger mindset - thinking fast, pushing boundaries, and shaping the future of pet nutrition.

This is a highly strategic, cross-functional leadership role for someone who thrives on building brands people talk about and businesses that grow.

Key Responsibilities

Business Unit Leadership

+ Lead the overall vision, health, and performance of the Dog and Whimzees businesses - owning short-term execution and long-term growth

+ Set and manage revenue, margin, and share goals

+ Define pricing strategy across channels and formats to ensure competitiveness, premium positioning, and profitability

+ Build robust annual and multi-year brand plans that align with enterprise strategy and deliver category growth

+ Oversee product lifecycle management including renovation and rationalization strategies, ensuring portfolio clarity and effectiveness

+ Collaborate with Sales to identify white space, support retailer-specific strategies, and lead swap strategies in key accounts

+ Establish KPIs, track performance, and adjust course with agility to meet or exceed goals

+ Act as the internal and external face of your business units, sharing updates with executive leadership and partners

Brand Strategy & Execution

+ Own and evolve brand positioning, architecture, and naming strategy to build brand equity and consumer love across all sublines and innovations

+ Set the strategic foundation for new product development, defining unmet needs, and consumer tensions

+ Lead pricing and pack architecture strategy to ensure clarity, value communication, and consistent tiering across the portfolio

+ Be the organization-s go-to expert on the competitive landscape - including white space threats and opportunities

+ Translate consumer insights, data, and trends into compelling brand strategies that connect emotionally and drive action

+ Develop clear brand guardrails and communication frameworks that drive consistency across touchpoints

+ Balance Masterbrand and sub-brand priorities in a way that fuels long-term brand equity and short-term performance

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Commercial Strategy

+ Be a best-in-class business partner to Sales, Innovation, Consumer Insights, R&D, Integrated Marketing, Creative, and Supply Chain, aligning teams around a clear vision and priorities

+ Work closely with Finance and Sales to drive smart pricing, promo, and pack strategies

+ Ensure all brand activities support key customer strategies and meet the needs of eCommerce, National, and Independent retail partners

+ Bring the voice of the pet parent to every internal discussion - championing what they need, want, and value most

Collaboration within Marketing

+ Partner with Integrated Marketing, (Media, PR, Social) and Creative to co-create breakthrough consumer campaigns and activation plans that move at the speed of culture

+ Shape the strategic direction for campaigns, launches, and brand storytelling - ensuring consistency with brand positioning and business goals

+ Collaborate on packaging strategy and visual identity development with CMO and Packaging teams, ensuring brand fit and shelf breakthrough

+ Actively contribute to the ideation and refinement of go-to-market strategies, ensuring they are bold, clear, and grounded in consumer insights

Who You Are:

+ A brand-led business driver with 15+ years of progressive experience in CPG brand management or marketing leadership

+ Proven track record of delivering strong commercial results and brand growth through strategic brand management and full P&L accountability

+ Expert in brand strategy and architecture, pricing, positioning, and product lifecycle strategy

+ Strong financial and analytical acumen with the ability to connect data to decisions

+ Inspirational team leader and people developer, with experience managing high-performing marketing teams

+ Highly collaborative with a track record of influencing cross-functional and executive stakeholders

+ Culturally curious and creatively ambitious - always thinking about how to break through with today-s consumers

+ A challenger at heart - driven to raise the bar for how we show up and how we grow

Why You-ll Love The Role:

+ You-ll shape the future of two high-potential categories in a fast-paced, purpose-driven company

+ You-ll work with people who are passionate, driven, and deeply connected to pets

+ You-ll have the freedom to think big, act boldly, and make a lasting impact on our brands and our business

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