Brand Portfolio Manager (Temp)

Department: Marketing
Reports To: Sr. Director, Portfolio & Innovation
Travel Required: Up to 25%
Work Type: On site

Why Join Community Coffee?

At Community Coffee, every cup tells a story. As America’s #1 family-owned and operated retail coffee brand, we blend cherished traditions with innovative thinking to create a dynamic, fast-paced environment that’s as energizing as our coffee. Here, you’ll thrive in a setting that challenges you to grow professionally while making a meaningful impact every day. Join our family and transform your passion for coffee into a rewarding career—where every day is an opportunity to craft exceptional experiences and build lasting connections.

Position Overview

The Retail Portfolio Manager is responsible for translating portfolio and innovation strategy into executable commercial plans that drive profitable growth across retail channels.
This role serves as the bridge between Marketing and Sales, ensuring new product launches, price-pack architecture, and portfolio strategies are commercially sound, operationally executable, and aligned to customer and channel dynamics.
The Portfolio & Commercial Strategy Manager owns commercialization readiness, price-pack strategy, retail activation planning, and portfolio mix optimization to ensure innovation and core products deliver both margin and volume growth.
This is an individual contributor role with high cross-functional influence.
Key Responsibilities

Price-Pack Architecture & Margin Optimization

Optimize pack sizes and formats by channel and customer
Strengthen price laddering to drive trade-up and margin improvements
Identify new pack opportunities (e.g., club, multi-pack, premium tiers)
Partner with RGM/Finance to align pricing, margin targets and pack architecture
Evaluate portfolio performance to rationalize underperforming SKUs

Retail Execution and POS

Own development of display-ready packaging and POS
Define retail standards for how the portfolio shows up on-shelf and in display
Ensure execution across warehouse and DSD environments
Lead POS strategy for LTOs, promotions, and events
Partner with Sales to improve in-store visibility and sell-through

Lifecycle Management

Monitor velocity, turns, and profitability
Recommend renovations, resizes, or discontinuation
Improve portfolio mix, margin and retail productivity
Ensure portfolio remains aligned to channel dynamics and retail realities

Insights & Portfolio Feedback

Translate in-market performance into actionable insights
Identify whitespace based on retail performance and shopper behavior
Identify opportunities to inform innovation and renovation pipelines
Partner with Insights to evaluate performance trends
Collaborate with Portfolio Managers to ensure alignment on strategy

*May be asked to perform additional duties as necessary

Position Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Finance, or related field required.
7 years of experience in CPG marketing, commercialization, portfolio strategy, or retail sales support.
Experience in retail grocery and commercial go-to-market environments strongly preferred.
Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally across Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Insights.
Strong commercial acumen and understanding of retail dynamics.
Experience with price-pack architecture and revenue growth management concepts.
Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into actionable strategy.
Excellent cross-functional leadership and influence skills.
Strong communication and presentation skills for internal and customer-facing discussions.
High ownership mindset with strong execution discipline.
Internal Only: Experience with Community Coffee, even if unrelated, may fulfill this requirement at the discretion of the hiring manager with approval from Human Resources

Foundational Competencies

Builds Trust
Continuous Learner
Customer Centric
Effective Communication
Integrity
Results Oriented

Additional Competencies

Accountability
Adaptability
Collaborates
Interpersonal Agility
Resourcefulness
Takes Action

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to do the following:

Frequently required to sit
Occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

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Inspire Creativity
Wow Our Customers
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