Brand Portfolio Manager

About the role

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.

The Brand Portfolio Manager is responsible for supporting the development and execution of product, portfolio, and innovation initiatives within assigned product segments. This role partners closely with portfolio leadership to translate brand and portfolio strategies into actionable product plans, ensuring initiatives are grounded in consumer insights, aligned with brand guardrails, and commercially viable.

Responsibilities

The Brand Portfolio Manager will be responsible for the following key areas:

• Innovation & Pipeline Development: Leverage market research, consumer insights, category performance, and industry trends to identify, evaluate, and prioritize innovation opportunities for assigned product segments.
• Product Stewardship & Portfolio Integration: Ensure product and innovation initiatives align with portfolio architecture, brand guardrails, segment priorities, and commercial objectives.
• Product Management & Commercialization: Own assigned products or platforms from concept through commercialization, ensuring alignment across consumer needs, technical feasibility, financial targets, and brand strategy.
• Performance Tracking & Optimization: Track post-launch product performance, consumer feedback, customer response, and market trends to evaluate product effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5 years in innovation or brand management within CPG.
• Proven success leading projects in cross-functional environments.
• Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience with stage-gate processes and product lifecycle management.
• Interest or experience in the coffee industry a plus.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following competencies:

• Foundational Competencies: Builds Trust, Continuous Learner, Customer Centric, Effective Communication, Integrity, Results Oriented
• Additional Competencies: Takes Action, Collaborates, Resourcefulness, Interpersonal Agility, Adaptability

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.

• Frequently required to taste and evaluate product prototypes and competitive products
• 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

Benefits

Community Coffee Company offers a competitive salary and benefits package including health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), short- and long-term disability, paid time off and employee assistance program.