Job Description
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Advisor, Marketing Manager - Retail Grinds will identify, develop and lead the marketing strategy, priorities and investments for the Cargill's Retail Ground Beef business. In this role, you will apply broad and in depth knowledge of the business, market, customer drivers and product offerings to inform and direct customer driven marketing initiatives that accomplish business and financial goals. As a strategic partner to the business, product performance and create value for customers while driving business growth.
Key Accountabilities
- Provide thought leadership in the development and execution of marketing strategy and annual plans for the assigned product or category, incorporating brands and customer segments as relevant and in alignment with broader business objectives.
- Partner collaboratively with broader marketing teams to inform comprehensive product or category promotional programs, campaigns and other marketing activations in alignment with budgets and relevant competitive, customer and market dynamics.
- Partner strategically with cross functional teams to understand and apply customer needs, competitor intelligence, market trends and consumer behaviors to drive where to play and how to win decisions for the product or category, improve overall positioning and advance customer value capture.
- Ensure the product or category portfolio is healthy and drives growth by spearheading innovation, new product development, co creation of customer solutions and product commercialization initiatives.
- Provide expert thought leadership to design launch strategies for new products, services or solutions as measured by key performance indicators, partnering collaboratively across commercial and technical functions to optimize customer engagement and demand.
- Drive customer experience improvements for the assigned product or category, developing and activating differentiated customer value propositions in partnership with broader teams.
- Provide guidance on the development and delivery of marketing trainings, events and collateral for the product or category.
- Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems. You may provide direction to supporting team members and be a strategic contributor.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of six years of related work experience
- Experience in the food industry
Preferred Qualifications
- Protein industry experience
- Experience in retail or CPG categories
- Experience in innovation, product commercialization, or packaging strategy
Position Information
- This position is hybrid and requires to be on site based on business need. Up to 30% of travel is required to support the business.
- This position is located in Wayzata, MN or Wichita, KS
- This posting will expire on July 31st, 2026
- The expected salary for this position is $130,000 - $175,000. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.
- At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
