Brand Marketing Expert

Are you energized by working with multiple team members to find creative solutions?

We are seeking someone who is passionate about our brands and consumer marketing for our non-exempt Brand Marketing Expert position. The responsibilities of the role include Program Leadership and Internal/External Facing Representation.

Program Leadership

• Design and execute customer marketing programs to support assigned categories and drive awareness, trial, and purchase among Costco Members. Examples of Customer Marketing tools utilized include, product packaging and displays, MVM (Multi-Vendor Mailer), Connection Magazine, Social Media, Influencers, E-Commerce, Search, Demos, Coupons, and more.
• Lead annual marketing calendar development, management, and execution in partnership with the Household Needs Customer Team Marketing Director .
• Manage Digital Commerce fundamentals across search, content, assortment, merchandizing.
• Partner with Agencies, Central Brand teams, Insights teams, Costco Sales Directors, and Costco buying/marketing teams to deliver key business objectives.
• Budget tracking & financial stewardship, including ownership of bill payment processing and tracking in company and customer systems.

Internal/External Facing Representation

• Operations Excellence: Strong Project Management Skills, Critical Thinking, Ability to Multi-task.
• Relationship Building: Develop productive working relationships with key customer contacts and internal partners.
• Collaboration: Must be able to work effectively across multiple key stakeholders and multi-functional partners on the team. Building team capacity and effectiveness via ownership of processes within core business deliverables, including Item set-up and maintenance; Category event tracking; Sales plan maintenance; Standard business reporting. Ability to consistently deliver granular, time-bound projects.
• Communication: Strong communication skills necessary to explain complex information pertinent to area of responsibility, including the ability to turn insight into action, and confidence to communicate thoughts on the business operation.

Key characteristics of the ideal candidate for the Marketing Expert:

• Agility: An agile mindset with a passion for problem-solving will enable you to strategically tackle challenging situations in our dynamic business environment.
• Operational Discipline: Has superior organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects, manage timelines, and produce high-quality deliverables.
• Collaboration: Work seamlessly with multiple stakeholders internally, cross functionally, and externally with agency and partners and Costco buying and marketing teams.
• Data & Analytics: Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, ability to manipulate data from multiple sources, and understanding of key business metrics

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 1-2 years previous Marketing, PR, Communications, or Project Management experience
• Strong analytical skills and understanding of manipulating multiple data sources
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, PR, Communications, or related field
• Previous Digital Marketing, eCommerce, or Social Media experience

This is a non-exempt position.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, citizenship, HIV/AIDS status or any other legally protected factor.

Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role. As a general matter, Procter & Gamble does not sponsor candidates for nonimmigrant visas or permanent residency. However, Procter & Gamble may make exceptions on a discretionary basis. Any exceptions would be based on the Company’s specific business needs at the time and place of recruitment as well as the particular qualifications of the individual.

Procter & Gamble participates in e-verify as required by law.

Qualified individuals will not be disadvantaged based on being unemployed.