General Manager - Home Care

In 2012, method merged with Belgian green cleaning giant Ecover, and together became the world's largest green cleaning company. Our two brands are committed to inspiring generations of happy, healthy homes by making non-toxic products that work—for you and the planet. And we've built a LEED-Platinum certified manufacturing plant to prove it, the first of its kind in our industry. We even formalized the name of our joint enterprise: People Against Dirty (PAD) Manufacturing.

We are on a constant quest to continue our leadership and influence by challenging the organization (people against dirty) to reach uncharted heights. This applies to everything we do, especially having incredible leaders at all levels of the organization. In this spirit, method seeks to hire a General Manager to help drive top line and bottom line growth on our largest business - home care. Based in San Francisco and reporting to the General Manager of the North American business, this role plays a pivotal part in the organization, helping to set business strategy and working directly with every other department on a day-to-day basis – sales, brand experience, product experience, operations and finance to drive business results including base business health and new product development. This is a hands-on role where leadership, initiative and energy level will make a difference within the central business unit (pod) and the larger organization. The role has day-to-day exposure across not only the business units and the functional leads, but also the NA leadership team and our Global CEO.

* Drive P&L growth for the home care business unit (cleaning + dish) * Develop business strategies, goals and tactics to create and deliver the annual business operating plan * Drive 3-year strategic road map for the business * Lead the business “pod” team to identify and initiate key programs to deliver top line growth & margin improvement * Identify and resolve real-time opportunities and issues in the marketplace * Own, lead and launch all new product initiatives for the business unit * Manage and develop Business Director & Business Analyst to deliver rock star performance on the business and company culture * Partner with other GMs to create cross-business priorities including pipeline, sales priorities and spending * Be a change agent for the brand – partner with key cross-functional leaders to improve process, planning and innovation * Lead annual business planning process with finance partners * Work closely with consumer research and brand experience to collect, analyze and act on relevant consumer insights, trends and marketing promotional tactics * Drive business strategy and execution for key customers at “Top to Top” meetings * Serve as a cultural role model and advocate internally and externally, further positioning our organization as a house of differentiated, values-driven brands to support premium positioning and attract top talent * Work reception once a month * we are not joking. at method, everyone in San Francisco takes a spin as receptionist. costumes welcome.

* 10+ years of experience in marketing/brand management at a consumer products company * strong initiative and demonstrated leadership across functions and levels * a fast-paced multi-tasking expert with strong cross-functional project management capabilities * great track record of people management and development * strong analytical skills and solid creative instincts * a high energy individual who is passionate about marketing and building our business * a team player, comfortable with ambiguity and deadline pressures * outstanding communication skills – both oral and written * experience analyzing and interpreting syndicated data (IRI/Nielsen) * marketing/general management experience at a packaged goods company preferred * early stage business experience a plus * bachelor degree required, MBA preferred