At Russell Stover Chocolates, not only do we love eating chocolate, but we love our jobs making others happy with our delicious chocolate products!  Every day we go to work exhibiting our values of excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and collaboration.  Working at Russell Stover you’ll be an important part of the leading manufacturer of seasonal and sugar-free chocolates.  For over 100 years, Russell Stover Chocolates, Whitman’s, and Pangburn’s have been crafted with the finest ingredients to bring happiness to generations.  Join our team and let’s continue making chocolate lovers happy!

A day in the life…

The Brand Specialist has responsibilities supporting both the Marketing and the Creative Teams and is critical to our ability to delight consumers across our entire Seasonal and Everyday businesses.  The Brand Specialist will ensure critical executional work streams are managed with excellence related to Innovation, Product Changes and Key Meeting Logistics.  Given the role’s importance to our executional excellence, the Brand Specialist will report directly to the Vice President of Marketing.

What you will be doing…

• Maintenance of our project management New Concept Worksheets (Smartsheet)
• Task creation and management of our Artwork Management System (Intervals / WebCenter)
• Manage Product Samples inventory, including supporting team in sourcing Samples
• Supports Design Team on intake and management to execution of internal company projects
• Supports Category Management Team in sourcing information required by IRI for new item launches
• Administrative tasks in support of Group and Company meetings

Do you have what it takes? 

Strong candidates are very organized, collaborative, detail oriented and determined to deliver excellent work.  We are seeking candidates who are energized by getting work completed on time and with precision.  Someone who believes in continuous improvement of processes, in executing those processes to standard, and isn’t shy about holding others accountable to deliver the mission.  A genuine desire to exceed expectations and curiosity to understand how things work across the company to ensure our products do the same with customers and consumers.

(Basic Qualifications)

• High School Degree
• Work experience in Project & Budget Management
• Experience with Project & Budget Management Systems (e.g., SAP, WebCenter, Smartsheet etc.)
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Do you stand above the rest? 

(Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience in chocolate, candy, food, or beverage consumer-packaged-goods categories
• Experience in both blue chip and mid-sized consumer-packaged-goods companies

At Russell Stover Chocolates, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community.  Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.

Make Happy. Work Happy.