Assistant Brand Manager, US Pet Health

Overview At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals. As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People. We pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role Assistant Brand Manager. The Assistant Brand Manager Role works on the Brand team to help execute marketing programs, coordinate and handle logistics, help manage materials and provide general support to the Brand Manager and Associate Brand Manager. The Assistant Brand Manager will also be assigned projects and activities that they will own and for which they will be held accountable, making decisions within guidelines and policies. This role serves as an entry level position for future marketing roles – supporting marketing and brand managers while gaining valuable experience.
Your Responsibilities Project Management: Lead assigned projects and campaigns, including objective development, planning, and driving them to completion, while also supporting the execution of developed programs and solutions.
Material Management: Collaborate with Marketing Specialists to streamline the promotional material approval process, manage literature sites and material lifecycles, oversee puppy/kitten kit and sample management (including approvals and procedures), and handle product sample requests from manufacturing for retail and marketing purposes.
Support: Address customer inquiries, manage both standard and non-standard requests, provide retail and internal teams with necessary product information (specs, brand assets, etc.), triage incoming questions from the field sales force and supporting teams, and collaborate with advertising agencies, cross-functional partners, marketing operations, and the Unison team to deliver general marketing information. Support marketing programs and campaigns by managing project status, collaborating with agencies and partners, providing presentation support, creating detailed and visually appealing communications (e.g., weekly Pawspective), assisting in the Purchase Order process from initiation to execution with vendors, and coordinating schedules and calendar invites with agency and internal Elanco teams.
Customer Centricity: Develop a deep understanding of customer needs by interacting with customers, consumers, and sales teams, while maintaining a positive attitude and aligning with Elanco’s cultural pillars.
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications) Education: Bachelor’s Degree or High School Diploma / GED with equivalent level of experience
Experience: A minimum of 2 years of experience in marketing or sales
Experience working with advertising agencies
Experience working in regulated industries
Experience working with Tableau
Understands business drivers
Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Elanco Animal Health does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this position.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications) Positive attitude and fits well with Elanco Cultural Pillars
Well organized
Customer Oriented
Great communication and interpersonal skills
Project management skills
Detail oriented
Well versed in Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
Additional Information Travel: 20% travel
Location: Global Elanco Headquarters - Indianapolis, IN - Hybrid Work Environment
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