Assistant Category Manager - Coffee and Non-Coffee Beverages

divh2Assistant Category Manager/h2pWere hiring two Assistant Category Managers! One will focus on Coffee

Espresso and the other on Non-Coffee Beverages./ppThese positions will work with cross-functional teams to bring product offerings from ideation to testing, and then through launch and post-launch analysis. Support innovation pipeline development, menu renovations, and calendar planning for Dunkin./ppResponsibilities:/pulliWork with Beverage Category Manager to help fill innovation pipeline through the following activities:/liulliAssist in identifying and staying on top of product trends through trend tours, secondary research, conferences/trade shows, and partnership with competitive intelligence team/liliPartner with culinary team to ideate product innovation. Draft concept development briefs to start the product development process. Manage agendas and recaps for weekly meetings/liliPartner with consumer insights team to evaluate opportunity size and determine positioning. Write idea and concept screeners to gauge consumer interest./liliPull together business case including insights, competitive landscape, and target audience to align XF leaders on product kickoff/li/ul/ululliWork with Beverage Category Manager to plan out the calendar and get products ready for launch through the following activities:/liulliWork with XF team of RD, operations, supply chain, demand planning, QA, commercialization and legal to ensure products are ready for launch/liliManage updates in the product tracker capturing all product details/liliPartner with operations team on in-store testing and evaluating product performance against set criteria/liliPartner with category manager and brand marketing team to help identify which products to launch based on learnings through screeners or testing/liliLead through and submit product readiness materials including readiness templates, POS forms, profitability forms, marketing input forms, app forms, and product one-pagers. Review all output from cross-functional teams./liliWrite product briefs to kick off XF partners for agency briefings/liliHelp identify and resolve project-related risks and issues throughout process/li/ul/ululliAssist Associate Category Manager Bakery on all calendar-related activities above, as needed/liliWork with 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/li/ulpEducation Qualifications:/pulli4 Year Degree / Bachelors/liliBusiness and/or marketing major preferred/li/ulpExperience Qualifications:/pulli1-2 years total work experience (internships included)./liliFood and beverage or CPG industry experience preferred but not required, especially in marketing, product development, or consumer insights roles./li/ulpRequired Knowledge, Skills or Abilities:/pulliCreative and strategic thinking/liliStrong communications and interpersonal skills/liliAbility to work individually and with large cross-functional teams/liliAbility to thrive in a fast-paced environment, multi-task, prioritize, and be detail oriented/liliProject management/liliFinancial acumen/liliProblem-solving agility/liliStrong PowerPoint and Excel skills/li/ulpSalary: $ 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./ppInspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arbys, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin, Jimmy Johns, and SONIC restaurants worldwide. Were made up of some of the worlds most iconic restaurant brands, but were much more than just a restaurant company. Were a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a stapleits an experience. At Inspire, thats our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences./p/div