Senior Marketing Manager - Strategic/Enterprise Marketing and Customer Solutions – Erlanger, KY (optional Chicago, Illinois)
This is an exempt level position.
Job Responsibilities:
The Senior Marketing Manager Enterprise Marketing and Customer Solutions, will play a critical role in accelerating business growth by connecting market opportunities, customer needs and innovation capabilities across the ADM enterprise. This role is uniquely positioned ADM enterprise-wide and the individual in the role has remarkable opportunity to unlock the power of the full ADM enterprise to serve our customers and grow ADM’s business
This individual will work cross-functionally with Commercial Teams, Product Organizations, Product Development, Sales and Communications teams to develop and execute growth strategies that strengthen ADM's position as a preferred innovation partner to nutrition manufacturers.
The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking, market insight, customer-centric leadership with a passion for innovation and growth as well as commercial acumen.
Main responsibilities are:
Strategic Initiatives & Market Leadership
- Develop and deploy strategic enterprise marketing initiatives aligned with business objectives and customer priorities to enable future business growth including e.g. GLP-1 Wave 2, Reformulation and others to be defined and aligned together with senior ADM leadership
- Build deep understanding of key industry trends and monitor consumer, customer, category and competitive trends to shape future growth initiatives
- Serve as the voice of the market, building deep expertise in industry dynamics, emerging needs and competitive developments
Customer Solutions & Marketing
- Partner closely with Sales and Customer Teams to support strategic customer experience
- Drive Marketing activation programs for key strategic enterprise customers and regional key accounts
- Create differentiated commercial narratives that demonstrate ADM's capabilities and expertise
Innovation
- Create and drive next generation marketing programs to translate market dynamics into actionable recommendations for commercial and innovation teams
- Drive next generation W2P/H2W tool developments, implementation in the business and result tracking
- Coordinate innovation process alignment to ensure tailored regional rollouts, accelerated market impact and strategic portfolio prioritization
- Ensure innovation initiatives are grounded in strong market understandings and commercial viability
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Lead complex projects across multiple functions and regions
- Influence stakeholders without direct authority
- Build strong partnerships across Marketing, Sales, Innovation Teams, Product Organizations and Technical teams
- Foster a growth mindset and customer-centric culture throughout the marketing organization
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated success developing and executing growth-focused marketing strategies
- Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
- Solid business acumen and multi-disciplinary, cross-functional collaboration
- Strong project management and organization skills, prioritization and ability to lead and multitask
- Comfortable working in matrixed and entrepreneurial environments
- Ability to travel 15-20%
Education Requirements:
- University Degree in Marketing, Business/Innovation Management, Food/Nutrition Science or related fields with a strong affinity to B2B marketing
Required Experience:
- Multiple years of experience in B2B marketing, market segment management, innovation management, customer experience, marketing operations or related disciplines
- Strong experience in B2B ingredients, food & beverage, nutrition, flavors, functional ingredients, or FMCG industries
- Experience working in cross-functional and matrix organizations