Associate Brand Manager

Date: Oct 27, 2026 Location: Toronto, ON, CA Company: Suntory Global Spirits At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day. What makes this a great opportunity? At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day. This role provides a platform to showcase superior brand marketing, commercial and financial acumen skills Autonomy to manage a full brand portfolio A chance to further develop marketing skills and be seen as a viable business partner Accountability for the overall brand health and performance in Canada Opportunity to work with a variety of stakeholders, across functions and in markets both within and outside of Canada Work in an exciting, fast-paced industry Role Responsibilities Reporting to the Brand Manager, the Associate Brand Manager will play a key role in defining and executing the brand strategy and vision – including working with key cross functional teams and agency partners, identification of key consumer and business issues and insights, brand planning, packaging, activations, promotions and advertising. They will also demonstrate business leadership by managing brands as a business - managing P&L, LE, financial measures and ongoing budget management; recognize opportunities to improve brand and business health and make recommendations accordingly; and demonstrate excellent execution of brand initiatives in collaboration with sales and field marketing teams. Be the brand custodian for Canada, ensuring brand strategies are clearly communicated, upheld and executed with excellence, educating and correcting where necessary to promote commercial excellence principles Develop elements of brand plans, with coaching from Brand Manager Analyze key business metrics - Monthly brand performance review (value and volume share, competitive activity), compile insights and synthesize data into clear and compelling storylines with actionable recommendations Share program results and key learnings from research ensuring capture of feedback from Trade Marketing Managers, Provincial Sales Directors, and Business Analysis team Management of budgets, forecasting, Ariba (purchase requisitions, purchase orders), vendor invoices and LE process in a timely fashion and in line with strategy Contribute to monthly brand updates and business reviews Manage, develop and coordinate all trade promotion materials (sell sheets, educations tools, etc.) for both Retail and On-Premise Support the Brand Specialists/Ambassador in the ideation, development and procurement of assets to deliver meaningful programs with key On-Premise partners Manage set-up of new vendor partners as required by the business Support with agency partner and vendor relationship management - creative brief development, budget management, etc. Lead and independently manage multiple packaging projects, ensuring timely task execution, proactive decision-making and effective cross-functional coordination to deliver projects on schedule. Work closely…

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