senior manager global – Starbucks Jobs Leeds

Overview

Position Title: senior manager global

Company:  Starbucks

Location: Leeds, UK

Job Description

This job contributes to Starbucks success by enabling The Global Coffee Alliance to successfully develop and expand the Starbucks brand to consumers in markets across the world. The global AHC role drives the development of category leading innovation, builds consumer brand & business accretive portfolio strategies and creates premium and differentiated marketing, packaging and AHC product experiences. Additionally, this senior manager will support in driving key strategic growth initiatives and develop best in class processes that enable a consistent and elevated execution in each market. This role holds a major responsibility in managing, building and influencing the relationship with Nestle, and synchronizing strategies and plans across the Starbucks enterprise enabling globalization where relevant.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the international development of category leading innovation, portfolio optimization & marketing creative for AHC facilitating globalization where relevant (i.e. Nespresso)
• Collaborate with Nestle to define strategies, positioning, packaging creative and pipeline of innovation to deliver the GCA 3-year plan across AHC platforms (Nespresso, Dolce Gusto, R&G, whole bean, premium instant etc.)
• Architect framework and process to develop plans for key strategic initiatives (i.e., must win battles). Ideate and identify new opportunities, with a partnership and profit positive mindset
• Drives high level global Category, Consumer, Competitor understanding. Identify and communicate key insights, risks & opportunities to inform stronger strategies and plans
• Partner with regional Channel Development teams to consult and align on new strategies and plans. Facilitates global best practice sharing and strengthens collaboration, reduces duplication while driving local relevance
• Collaborate with global cross functional teams across levels (mainly Seattle based) to drive alignment and buy in on amplifying the Starbucks brand though AHC in CPG channels.
• Be a leading brand steward, championing brand guardrails, ensuring ‘on brand’ plans and brand expression across creative, innovation and packaging and facilitating deep brand understanding amongst Nestle teams
• Be a key driver to the development of a strong, long term relationship with Nestle, acting as the Brand conduit between Starbucks and the Global Nestle business unit, ensuring alignment and enabling strong collaboration

Requirements:

• Extensive innovation, product, marketing, and packaging experience (10+ years)
• Ability to build excellent relationships cross functionally with both internal & external teams
• Excellent communicator with strong ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Builds trust and influences and collaborates across levels, regions, and cultures
• Brand custodian who is passionate about championing the consumer and building / nurturing the brand
• Drives dynamic decision-making balancing insights with real world experience and knowledge
• Entrepreneurial and creative, leads to create certainty from ambiguity
• Leads independently yet ensures alignment across the organization
• Significant Starbucks experience beneficial