Senior Product Manager Flavours T&N (m/f/d)

Role description

We are looking for a hands-onSenior Product Manager Flavours (Tobacco & Nicotine) to help us prepare for the next growth phase. This role combines strategic ownership of product lines with deep market insight, cross-functional leadership, and a global perspective. You will be responsible for driving the commercial success of our portfolio, ensuring it meets evolving customer needs, regulatory requirements, and long-term growth objectives.

Your Mission

Portfolio Strategy & Lifecycle Management

• Cooperate with other product managers to define our product management function, processes and structures
• Own the global strategy for the Tobacco & Nicotine flavours portfolio, including collection management, positioning and innovation roadmap to ensure alignment with our growth objectives and market trends.
• Organize and take part in sensory assessments of our flavours in tobacco & nicotine products.
• Manage the full product lifecycle, from ideation to launch, optimization, and retirement.

Market & Customer Insights

• Monitor industry developments, consumer trends, and competitive activity in tobacco, nicotine, and adjacent categories.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to develop compelling customer value propositions.

Innovation & Product Development

• Coordinate and prioritize new product developments in collaboration with our flavour development and sales team.
• Ensure all products comply with applicable global and local regulations.
• Drive the integration of sensory science and application expertise into product design.

Commercial & Financial Performance

• Set and track portfolio KPIs, including product success metrics.
• Support commercial teams in product selection and key customer projects.
• Optimize portfolio profitability through effective pricing in collaboration with our commercial function and cost management.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Manage the Tobacco & Nicotine application and technology team and own technology-based projects with strategic partners of the Tobacco & Nicotine supply base.
• Collaborate with regional teams to adapt global strategy to local needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Business, or related field
• Minimum 8 years of experience in product management or category management, ideally within the flavour, tobacco, nicotine, or related consumer goods industries.
• Proven track record of managing a global portfolio with measurable commercial success.
• Existing knowledge and experience with flavours or tobacco products
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and project management skills.
• Ability to work effectively across cultures and time zones.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of the tobacco and nicotine regulatory environment.

Why you'll love working here

• Exciting tasks in an internationally operating, growing family business with flat hierarchies
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid working model
• 4 weeks remote work from other EU countries
• 30 days paid vacation per year
• Salary bands for a fair corporate culture
• Monthly allowance of €50 for your BAV
• Annual 360° feedback loops with clear promotion criteria and an individual career path
• Responsibility from day one in a company that encourages personal responsibility and growth
• Relocation costs can be reimbursed on a pro rata basis
• Regular company events such as summer party, Christmas party
• Paid team dinners or activities for each team twice a year
• Free parking right outside the door
• Perks and benefits: JobRad, subsidized lunch, subsidy for the Deutschlandticket, free language courses and discounted memberships at several gyms and for the Wellpass
• Fresh fruit, free drinks and snacks in the office