Manager - Trade Marketing

For 75 years, Bob Evans Farms has delivered delicious, quick-to-table, farm-inspired food that makes mealtime a little bit easier and a lot more delicious. We’re proud to be the #1-selling refrigerated dinner sides, including many varieties of feel-good favorites such as mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese. We’re also a leading producer and distributor of sausage and bacon products, potato products, and egg products including liquid eggs. Our brand portfolio includes Bob Evans, Simply Potatoes, Egg Beaters and Owens Sausage. Bob Evans Farms is based in Columbus, Ohio.

In September of 2017, Bob Evans Farms was acquired by Post Holdings, Inc. and is part of the Refrigerated Retail division. Other divisions of Post include Post Consumer Brands (Cereal), Weetabix (Cereal – UK), Michael Foods (Foodservice), and 8th Avenue Food & Provisions (Private Label). Post has aggressive growth plans for BEF, highlighted by the recent deployment of capital to support innovation, marketing and manufacturing.

The Trade Marketing Manager role will be accountable for entire omni-channel sales growth for assigned product portfolio. Through delivery of strategic brand initiatives, deployment of trade and category resources, this person will optimize revenue and profit objectives for the Post Refrigerated Retail Business. This role will drive product sales objectives to execution, partnering cross functionally with brand marketing, finance, category management and sales operations to implement our corporate plan through partnership with our field sales teams. The position is a critical link between Retail Sales, Brand Marketing, Category Management and Demand Planning. This role will drive optimization of customer level strategies to develop attainable volume and trade forecasts resulting in an excellent customer and consumer experience. The role requires a person who is an analytical, detail-oriented, strategic thinker who loves to influence business results through developing new sales platforms and go to market strategies. This is a hybrid position working from the corporate office in New Albany, Ohio, three days a week.