Jill Manchester is the Vice President of Marketing - Immediate Consumption for Kraft Foods, America’s largest food company.  Her responsibilities include managing Kraft’s on-the-go businesses across all channels of distribution (C-Stores, Food Stores, Mass Merchandisers).  She makes a delicious difference making brands like Oreo, Planters and Oscar Mayer available for on-the-go consumption.

She received a Business Administration degree from the University of Nebraska and a MBA from Columbia School of Business.

Jill has 24 years of sales and marketing experiences in the consumer package goods industry.  Prior to Kraft, Jill held Marketing and Sales positions with A.C. Nielsen, Brach’s Confectionary Company, Reckitt and Coleman and Favorites Brands International.  She joined Kraft/Nabisco in 2000 and has previously worked on the domestic Lifesavers, Planters, Nabisco Cookies, and Ritz Global businesses.  She’s worked on the Kraft IC business the last 3 years.

Jill and her husband, John, reside in the Chicago area and have three children: Jack, Jacob and Jacqueline.  They dedicate any spare time to volunteer in their children’s activities in school, at church and in sports.