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How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds-and that’s why we want you!\nJob Description:\nWhat will you work on?\nYou will design, establish, and execute our global channel and category business models, taking full ownership of revenue and profit margin goals across your assigned product portfolio. Leading a multi-location team of brand managers, you will manage global product lines, define brand positioning, and build specialized development workflows tailored to the unique financial and competitive requirements of Value, Club, Grocery, and Drug retail channels, alongside our Plush and Kids Puzzles categories.\nThis is a 18 month fixed term contract position.\nHow will you create impact?\nDevelop multi-year business, growth, and financial strategies for specialized business lines, including the Value Channel, Grocery/Drug, Plush, and Kids Puzzles\nLead, mentor, and align a multi-location team of brand managers and a cross-functional design and development team\nSynthesize shopper, retailer, and competitive market insights to define what is required to win across diverse, global retail channels\nDesign and execute tailored channel product line plans, optimizing price points and brand assortments to expand market share\nDirect relationships, licensing agreements, and product line approvals with third-party partners and external brand licensors\nCollaborate with sales, product development, and operations teams to identify new category opportunities and streamline manufacturing efforts\n What are your skills and experience?\nUndergraduate degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or a related commercial field\nProgressive leadership experience in brand management, product development, and strategic portfolio planning within the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) or toy industry\nProven track record of managing multi-million dollar portfolios, delivering sales growth, market share gains, and profitability\nDeep expertise in category management, retail channel strategies, pricing structures, and consumer insight analysis across global markets\nExperience building, mentoring, and leading high-performing marketing teams across multiple geographic locations\nDemonstrated capability to lead cross-functional development cycles and manage complex stakeholder relationships, including third-party inventors and licensors\n#LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1\nThe anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Ontario is $139,400 to $185,800 Per Annum. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.\nThis job posting is tied to an open vacancy.\nWhat you can expect from us:\nOur mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.\nGrowth and Career Opportunities\n\nFlexible Work Hours\n\nInnovation, Collaboration and Fun\n\nComprehensive Benefits\n\nOther fun Perks!\n\nWhat’s it like to work here?\nSpin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.\nEveryone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.\nSpin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. 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