Chief of Staff to CEO NorAm in New York, New York at Bel Brands USA

At Bel, we are not just a company—we are a company on a Mission, built on 160 years of bold innovation, family values, and a commitment to social purpose. With beloved brands like Babybel®, GoGo squeeZ®, The Laughing Cow®, and Boursin®, our snacking solutions bring more than joy; they want to serve as a force for good. Our U.S. Mission? To help close the critical 80% nutrition gap by making it easier for Americans to eat more fruits, veggies, and dairy as part of their daily lives.

The company has headquarters in Chicago and New York City and operates 4 manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI; Brookings, SD; Traverse City, MI; and Nampa, ID. #IWorkForAllForGood

The Chief of Staff to the CEO, NorAm, is an important member of the executive leadership team, serving as a strategic business partner, enabling the CEO of BEL North America to operate at maximum impact. This role supports enterprise priorities, drives cross functional initiatives and ensures operational rigor and leadership effectiveness. The Chief of Staff anticipates priorities, synthesizes complex information into actionable recommendations, and partners with leaders to translate decisions into disciplined execution, implementation, and sustained results.

Essential Functions

Strategic Planning and Execution

• Facilitate development and implementation of strategic business plans and key priorities while serving as a strategic extension of the CEO—prioritizing, pressure-testing, and sequencing initiatives and commitments to ensure focus on the highest-value outcomes.

• Monitor and track progress of strategic initiatives; ensuring local and global leaders are equipped with relevant insights and status updates
• Build a strong partnership with the global Chief of Staff community and Executive Assistants to facilitate anticipated planning and coordination of key meetings and events
• Continuously improve the CEO’s executive operating rhythm (cadences, agendas, decision forums, reporting, and follow-ups) to strengthen alignment, performance, and engagement across teams.

• Lead and/or coordinate cross-functional projects, ensuring deadlines, deliverables, and outcomes are met—triaging urgent issues, recommending solutions, and driving initiatives to resolution.

Executive Communications

• Serve as a liaison between the CEO and internal stakeholders, establishing proactive updates for the Executive Leadership Team and global partners to drive transparency and escalation paths.
• Partner with Executive Leadership Team (ELT) members and the Communications team to prepare executive-ready briefings, presentations, communications, and talking points for leadership meetings, townhalls, and key events—shaping and cascading the CEO’s narrative to ensure clarity, alignment, and momentum on enterprise strategy, priorities, and roadmap.
• Collaborate with the Chief Sustainability and Communications Officer for internal and external communications to ensure messages reflect CEO’s voice, enterprise priorities, and market context.

Organizational Alignment and Transformation

• Partner with the CEO, Executive Team, VPs, and HR to drive organizational transformation (structure, talent, culture, and capabilities), advance simplification efforts, tracking progress and surfacing decisions needed to stay on course.
• Translate enterprise strategy into execution by mobilizing leaders, removing obstacles, and driving accountability to measurable outcomes including research, analysis, and synthesizing information to support executive decision-making.
• Plan, attend, and follow up on executive meetings, ensuring actionable outcomes and accountability, and connect teams and leaders, fostering alignment and collaboration across departments.
• Develop and tailor strategy narratives for key audiences (NorAm Leadership Team, COMEX, global partners, and external stakeholders), translating complex topics into clear priorities and choices.
• Lead CEO-sponsored, enterprise-wide initiatives and change programs—establishing governance, milestones, and escalation paths to ensure delivery across Bel US and Materne NA.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required (business, marketing, communications, or related field); Master’s degree preferred.
• 10–12 years of progressive professional experience in high-growth, transformational environments, with a demonstrated record of delivering outcomes.
• Experience in a business leadership role and/or as an advisor to senior executives (CEO experience strongly preferred).
• Demonstrated program/portfolio management capability—able to structure, govern, and drive multiple cross-functional initiatives in a complex environment.
• Capable of building trusted relationships and influence at all levels (including executive), across geographies, and with diverse cross-functional partners.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity—self-directed, proactive, and able to bring structure and clarity to unstructured problems.
• Proven ability to navigate matrixed organizations with excellent judgment and problem-solving skills and ability to negotiate win-win solutions across competing priorities.

• Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking skills—able to synthesize complex inputs into clear options, recommendations, and executive-ready materials.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with executive presence; able to tailor messages for diverse stakeholders.
• Strong capability with Microsoft Office tools, especially Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• French language proficiency preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able work in standard office conditions on a hybrid basis, up to 3 days per week.
• Must be able to travel intermittently via airplane within the U.S. and internationally.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed largely in an hybrid office environment. Hours of work will generally be during regular business hours with at least 40 hours a week. At times there will be some variation in work hours due to special projects, deadlines and other business needs.
• 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.

Disclaimer

This job description provides a general overview of the position's requirements and duties. It is not a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. Employees may perform additional functions as needed, directed by management. The company reserves the right to modify this job description at any time, reflecting business needs. Employment is at-will, allowing either party to end the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice. Employees must satisfactorily perform essential functions, with or without reasonable accommodation. The company will accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities where feasible, provided such accommodation does not impose undue hardship.

Total Rewards:

Base Salary: $195,000 - $215,000

Bonus Opportunity: 28%

401k match, Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO and more!

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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