Associate Product Development Manager

Position Overview
The Associate Product Development Manager will support the product development team in the creation and management of new product lines within the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector. This role is essential for driving product innovation and ensuring alignment with brand strategy and market demands.

This is a full time, direct hire role that will require you to be onsite in Earth City, MO 3 days/week.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in and support the annual planning process which includes financial and business analysis, consumer planning, leading agency partners and P&L development including sales and profit objectives; ensure brand budgets including advertising & promotional expenditures are accurate and appropriate.
• Support in developing overall vision for product pipeline, development strategies and product portfolio mix.
• Support directing consumer research strategies and execute in partnership with Consumer Insights.
• Support in development of compelling stories working with Sales and Consumer Insights teams in the development and execution of high-quality, insights-driven, retailer or channel specific solutions that link to brand strategies.
• Serve as the voice for assigned brand portfolio for all key constituencies, including sales, R&D, regulatory, operations and finance.
• Understand and lead product management and development from inception to discontinuance for assigned products.
• Assists in the identification, evaluation, and development of business building ideas; works with other business unit team members to execute the plans that meet investment criteria.
• Work to gain alignment and buy-in from cross functional business partners on key initiatives.
• Provide timely and comprehensive analysis of objectives, execution, and future planning implications. Analyze business performance (shipment and consumption) to gauge performance against brand objectives; derive key implications to help inform/evolve our path forward. Develop implications and program recommendations.

Qualifications

• Must have CPG experience.
• Brand management experience.
• Experience managing projects and good project management skills.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience with a strong track record of increasing responsibility.
• Has assisted in new product development process from concept inception through market introduction.
• Has assisted in the development and execution of annual marketing plans, preferably including advertising, media and consumer promotion planning.
• Has assisted in the development of new and existing item pricing strategies and product P&Ls.
• Has a solid grasp on consumer research methodologies.
• Has participated in key account sales presentations and has demonstrated strengths in working closely with sales and other functional departments.

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

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For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.



This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 08/07/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

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