Marketing Category Assistant

"Enhancing the Lives of Those We Touch by Helping People Reach Their Goals”

Melaleuca has firmly supported this mission statement since our humble beginning in 1985. Everything we accomplish is done with an eye toward promoting the physical, environmental, financial, and personal wellness of those around us. Our focus has always been on wellness. By manufacturing and selling effective, high quality, natural, health oriented products we help people live more vibrant, healthier, and happier lives. When you walk through the doors at Melaleuca, you can feel it immediately. This is The Wellness Company.

We have achieved consistent and profitable growth with our annual revenue hitting over $2 billion dollars. We now have over 5,000 employees and operate in 19 countries around the world. Melaleuca is positioned to grow even more rapidly in upcoming years. 

The Category Assistant plays a key role in the execution of the Brand team’s routine operations and project management.  They will coordinate with Brand team members to implement, track, and manage day to day tasks.  This individual will proactively support the cross-functional team in all brand related projects and activities.

• Coordinates incoming daily critical tasks for the category.
• Creates and maintains category agenda for weekly category meetings.
• Records meeting notes and distributes summary email including action items for cross-functional category team.
• Creates and updates project timelines.
• Assists category team with new product launches including training and marketing materials.
• Follows up with team members on tasks and reports updates to manager.
• Anticipates project-related issues and proactively identifies solutions.
• Helps with category research needs as requested.
• Routes artwork and manages processes with creative team.
• Reviews artwork proofs and communicates changes as needed.
• Reviews web window positioning and product sort orders on web.
• Initiates training updates to customer care team.
• Reviews monthly marketing reports for inaccuracies or discrepancies in categorization of SKUs.
• Reviews publications and brand literature to verify price, points and SKUs.
• Monthly SKU testing in all platforms.
• Submits SKU revision requests and SKU maintenance requests.
• Enters TFS tasks (programming requests).
• Assists with additional projects defined by the category team leadership.

• Demonstrated interest in a Marketing career with the potential to develop into an Assistant Brand Manager role.
• Ability to build effective relationships across all functions.
• Ability to positively influence cross-functional partners.
• Speaks and writes clearly and concisely.
• Ability to work independently.
• Highly organized.
• Demonstrated ability to meet timelines and achieve results.
• Ability to analyze problems and create solutions.
• Works well with others; team player.
• Ability to handle confidential information and assess nature of confidentiality.
• Ability to perform essential duties and responsibilities with efficiency and accuracy.
• Willing to help wherever necessary.
• Fluent in Microsoft Office, 30 wpm typing; project management software experience a plus.
• Analytical abilities and financial acumen a plus.
• Project management experience a plus.

Melaleuca is one of the leading Health and Wellness companies in the world. We manufacture and distribute nutritional, pharmaceutical, personal care, facial care, home hygiene, and other wellness products and distribute them directly to the consumer through a full-service catalog and Internet shopping system. We carefully craft products used every day with the highest standards of safety, health, and wellness in mind.

This revolutionary system is changing the way hundreds of thousands of people shop by eliminating middlemen and reducing marketing and distribution costs. This enables the company to spend more on research and high-quality, ecologically-sensible ingredients, while maintaining reasonable prices.

Great culture - flexibility is a must in this position; you'll become a part of a fast-paced team dedicated to a feel-good lifestyle brand dedicated to changing lives. Like the rest of Melaleuca, we are proud to be part of a values-driven organization that treats employees with respect. Our employees and their families enjoy company parties and countless discounts around the community. We implement a very real open-door policy, and all employees are on a first name basis—it feels more like a family than a multi-national corporation.

Safe, uncrowded, affordable - nestled in the heart of beautiful Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls is a prosperous and vibrant community, as well as the gateway to recreational paradise. This unique setting provides numerous opportunities for total wellness -- social, physical, financial, and emotional. If you love outdoor activities, this is the place for you, with the Snake River running right through town, the Rocky Mountains dominating the horizon, and Yellowstone less than a 2-hour drive away.

Excellent compensation - in addition to a competitive wage, we offer comprehensive benefits for our full-time employees that include all you would expect plus some remarkable surprises, such as a longevity bonus. Right here on-site, we provide a fitness center, free concierge service, and an employee restaurant.