Title:  Brand Portfolio Marketing Manager

As a Brand Portfolio Marketing Manager for the Away From Home (AFH) Business Unit, you will lead portfolio management and support brand activation for our Salty Snacking portfolio, featuring iconic brands like Cheez-It, Pringles, and Club Crackers. This hybrid role, based in Chicago or Naperville, IL (three days in office, at least one in Naperville), partners cross-functionally with AFH and Retail leaders to serve as the strategic marketing voice across Away From Home channels.

As part of the AFH Marketing Team, you will shape success in Food Service and Small Format channels, navigating 20+ segments in a complex route-to-market. Your expertise in immediate consumption and passion for brand building will drive growth and innovation for our portfolio.

A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing

• Deliver Results – Profit & Loss (P&L) accountability for the category you manage with appropriate top and bottom-line goal setting. Develop annual brand and category business plans focused on maximizing net sales and operating profit.
• Drive Portfolio Growth – Oversee brand and product management activities for your portfolio, including commercializing both innovation and renovation projects. Identify product and packaging improvement opportunities, lead SKU rationalization and margin improvement projects, and create and manage the product portfolio roadmap.
• Achieve Business Excellence & Financial Health – Perform ongoing business analysis and reporting and understand key drivers for the brand/channel through financial knowledge of the SKUs. Work with financial planning to review SKU margins/costs against KPIs and build research and knowledge agenda in coordination with insights and commercial strategy partners.
• Lead Cross-Functional Collaboration – Manage critical portfolio projects with a cross-functional team. Work in collaboration with key partners, including brand, insights, commercial strategy, finance, supply chain, innovation, and others to build and execute your strategies.

We’re Looking for Someone With

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or related field required.
• Extensive experience in brand/portfolio management and marketing, with strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
• Proven category expertise including P&L management, market trends, customer segmentation, and competitive analysis.
• Marketing and commercial experience in CPG, with exposure to both B2B and B2C channels.
• Portfolio management proficiency in innovation/renovation projects, SKU optimization, and packaging changes.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills, adept at influencing in a matrixed organization and building cross-functional relationships.
• Data-driven decision-making using syndicated sources (NIQ, Circana) and consumer insights to drive portfolio growth.

Compensation

The annual salary range is $99,700 - $130,830, which is based on various factors such as location, experience and skill. Discretionary bonuses based on company and individual performance are also available.

What’s Next

Applications for this position will be accepted through December 17, 2025. After you apply, your application will be reviewed by a real recruiter, so it may take us a few weeks to get back with you by email or phone. Visit our How We Hire page to get insights into our hiring process and more about what we offer.

Need assistance throughout the application or hiring process? Email USA.Recruitment@Kellanova.com.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, employee assistance program, short-term disability coverage, and long-term disability insurance. Also, voluntary income protection benefits such as supplemental life, accident as well as a 401(k) plan with company contributions is available. Part-time employees may have access to benefits on a pro-rated basis. See KellanovaTotalHealth.com for more information.

Get to Know Us

At Kellanova, we are driven by our vision to be the world’s best-performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people. Our portfolio of iconic, world-class brands include Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Tresor, Crunchy Nut, among others.

Kellanova’s Culture of Best means we bring our best to all that we do in pursuit of our vision to be the world’s best performing snacks-led powerhouse. Our culture celebrates boldness and empowers our people to challenge the status quo, achieve results, and win together.

Our focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) enables us to build a culture of belonging where all employees have a place at the table and are inspired to share their passion, talents and ideas to work.

Mars has agreed to acquire Kellanova in a combination that will shape the future of snacking! The transaction is anticipated to close towards the end of 2025 (subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals). The companies remain separate until closing.

You can learn more at www.futureofsnacking.com, and our hiring teams will be happy to discuss further questions if your application advances in the hiring process.

The best brands. The best people. The best you.
Kellanova is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to provide an inclusive work environment, a seat for everyone at the table, and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, please visit our website here.