Assistant Category Manager - Coffee and Non-Coffee Beverages

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Assistant Category Managers! One will focus on

Coffee & Espresso

and the other on

Non-Coffee Beverages .

These positions will work with cross‑functional teams to bring product offerings from ideation to testing, and then through launch and post‑launch analysis. They will support innovation pipeline development, menu renovations, and calendar planning for Dunkin’.

Responsibilities

Work with the Beverage Category Manager to help fill the innovation pipeline through the following activities:

Assist in identifying and staying on top of product trends through trend tours, secondary research, conferences/trade shows, and partnership with the competitive intelligence team.

Partner with the culinary team to ideate product innovation, draft concept development briefs, and manage agendas and recaps for weekly meetings.

Partner with the consumer insights team to evaluate opportunity size and determine positioning; write idea and concept screeners to gauge consumer interest.

Pull together a business case—including insights, competitive landscape, and target audience—to align XF leaders on product kickoff.

Work with the Beverage Category Manager to plan out the calendar and get products ready for launch through the following activities:

Coordinate with the XF team of R&D, operations, supply chain, demand planning, QA, commercialization, and legal to ensure products are ready for launch.

Manage updates in the product tracker capturing all product details.

Partner with operations to conduct in‑store testing and evaluate product performance against set criteria.

Collaborate with the category manager and brand marketing team to select products to launch based on learnings from screeners or testing.

Lead the preparation and submission of product readiness materials—including readiness templates, POS forms, profitability forms, marketing input forms, app forms, and product one‑pagers—and review all output from cross‑functional teams.

Write product briefs to kick off XF partners for agency briefings.

Help identify and resolve project‑related risks and issues throughout the process.

Assist the Associate Category Manager (Bakery) on all calendar‑related activities as needed.

Work with the Beverage Category Manager on post‑launch activities, including partnering with business analytics to measure and analyze the impact of programs, and assisting in field and franchisee communication and collaboration.

Education Qualifications

4‑Year Degree / Bachelor’s

Business and/or marketing major preferred

Experience Qualifications

1–2 years total work experience (internships included).

Food and beverage or CPG industry experience preferred but not required, especially in marketing, product development, or consumer insights roles.

Required Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities

Creative and strategic thinking

Strong communications and interpersonal skills

Ability to work individually and with large cross‑functional teams

Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment, multi‑task, prioritize, and be detail oriented

Project management

Financial acumen

Problem‑solving agility

Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills

Salary: $64,879.50 – $108,132.50 per year. The salary range above represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual placement within this range will vary based on various factors including but not limited to experience, education, training, and location.

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