Associate Brand Manager
Kinder's
| Company | Kinder's |
| Category | Marketing |
| Location | Walnut Creek |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Manager |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 23 Mar 2026 |
| Last verified | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
BUILT ON FLAVOR. FUELED BY PEOPLE.
What’s it like to work at Kinder’s? Well, there’s a lot of snacking and geeking out over what we all cooked over the weekend. Beyond that, there’s also plenty of hard work. Because we don’t just like flavor, we’re obsessed with it.
With over 100 products sold nationwide, we’re now a top-five brand in multiple flavor categories at Costco, Walmart, Whole Foods, and more. We’re not your typical CPG company. Privately held and founder-led, we like to think of ourselves as a pirate ship in a sea of cruise ships . Our crew is adventurous and fearless. We chart our own course and chase big ideas to make food unforgettable.
As we expand globally and approach $1 billion in revenue, we need more smart-and-scrappy, flavor-obsessed people to come aboard. If you’re looking for a place where you can see the real impact of your work... this is it! Every day, you’ll be part of a journey to add flavor to millions of meals and lives. How you'll have an impact at Kinder’s:
Reporting to the Sr. Brand Manager, the Associate Brand Manager will play a critical role in driving brand performance through business analytics, go-to-market excellence, portfolio management, and innovation planning. This role is ideal for a strategic, analytically rigorous, and execution-oriented brand builder who has a strong ownership mentality, a desire to learn, and thrives in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.
Key Responsibilities of the Role:
Business Performance & Analysis
Provide regular consumption reporting using syndicated point-of-sale (Circana) and panel (Numerator) data
Analyze sales, velocity, distribution, pricing, and promotional performance
Track KPIs including sales growth, market share, household penetration, repeat rate, incrementality, and margin
Identify performance gaps vs. goals and recommend corrective actions
Monitor competitive landscape and emerging category trends
Support demand forecasting and financial planning processes
Go-to-Market Execution
Monitor distribution, shelving, pricing, and promotional performance across key accounts / channels ( Grocery , Mass, Club, eCom ) and identify optimizations
Partner with Sales Strategy to develop distribution priorities and trade strategies
Support development of sell-in materials and customer-facing presentations
Collaborate with Customer Marketing and Studio teams to build impactful brand support plans
Ensure cross-functional alignment to deliver initiatives on time and in full
Product & Portfolio Management
Monitor item-level velocity and incrementality to optimize assortment
Make recommendations on SKU prioritization, renovation, and discontinuation
Support full product lifecycle management from concept to post-launch analysis
Build and maintain product roadmaps aligned with strategic growth priorities
Conduct size-of-prize analysis and cannibalization modeling
Innovation & Business Planning
Support the creation of short and long-term growth plans, identifying opportunities to optimize category / segment goals, strategies, tactics and performance metrics
Develop and drive cross-functional execution of close-in innovation plans (e.g., new flavors, sizes, packagi