Wild Friends Project Manager

About Wild Friends:

Wild Friends creates wildly delicious foods with friendly ingredients. We pride ourselves on making the world’s best natural nut and seed butters. Wild Friends was founded in 2011 by two young female entrepreneurs, and is now available on grocery store shelves nationwide, and online via a fast-growing eComm business.

Wild Friends is passionate about making the world a friendly place through delicious, healthy products. We donate 1% of revenue to organizations empowering women and girls to achieve their dreams.

Job Description:

Wild Friends’ is seeking a full-time sales & marketing focused Project Manager to support our small team in reaching exciting goals. This role will engage with various parts of the business and drive key company initiatives, working independently on various projects as well as collaboratively with both our internal and external teams.

This Project Manager role works within the Sales, Marketing and Operations departments, so it’s a great starting role for someone who wants to get their foot in the door within a dynamic organization and wear many hats. In an average week, you may find yourself communicating with sales reps to drive grocery sales, collaborating with social media influencers to drive eComm sales, or strategizing new innovative product lines or marketing methods to increase brand awareness.

Our ideal candidate is enthusiastic, self-motivated, thoughtful, and tenacious, as well as a great communicator. They are excellent at project management and clear, frequent communication with internal and external stakeholders to set priorities and achieve goals.

Experience is helpful, but culture fit is paramount for every role we hire – we’re seeking a No-Ego Doer who will thrive in a collaborative, scrappy environment. This means cheerfully picking up slack where it’s needed because we love to see things get done, and remembering to laugh even (and especially) when things are stressful. This role is a “doing” role as well as a “leading” role.

The ideal candidate is:

A lover of all things nut butter: happy if left alone with a jar of peanut butter and a spoon.
Positive, energetic, enthusiastic: excited to get things done as a team & enjoys doing it!
An exceptional communicator: confident and articulate in all forms of communication, including verbal and written. Defaults to over-communication rather than under-communication.
A flexible and collaborative team player: evolving to suit the needs of the business, and supporting teammates along the way.
A learner and a teacher: willing to mentor & be mentored for the betterment of the team.
Autonomous and collaborative: comfortable working independently and collaboratively within a variety of teams & departments.
Professional and poised: confident performing as an ambassador for Wild Friends values each and every day.

Job Responsibilities:

Collaborate closely with Brand Director to develop multi-channel sales & marketing strategies that pioneer our mission, stay true to company values, and position Wild Friends as a market and industry leader
Manage execution of campaigns and promotions at our key retailers (in-store & eCommerce)
Lead influencer strategies to drive new traffic and increase brand awareness and support revenue goals
Manage maintenance and optimization of Shopify website, including applications like Yotpo, Recharge, Klaviyo and more
Manage social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok)
Manage marketing contractors: newsletter designer, website developer, customer service representative
Analyze appropriate brand metrics for sales & marketing initiatives
Work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, ops, and external partners to achieve goals and meet business needs
Establish systems and processes to maximize efficiency and profit margins
Grow the Wild Friends business profitably through sales, marketing, and innovation

Job Requirements:

1+ years experience within a consumer facing CPG business environment
1+ year of project or account management experience, managing timelines, estimates and evaluating KPIs
Work with cross-functional teams across Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Finance
Confident in Excel, with the ability to analyze data and draw practical conclusions
Familiarity with Shopify, Google Analytics and SEO
Experience and confidence using all social media platforms
Experience or willingness to learn on-the-job
Positive, flexible, can-do attitude
Team player

Benefits:

Base Salary: $65,000/yr - $75,000/yr (Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.)
Hybrid work schedule: 2 days in office (located in Murfreesboro, TN), 3 days remote
Benefitsinclude generous PTO, Summer Fridays and paid company holidays, as well as eligibility for excellent health/dental/vision benefits and 401(k) match.

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