Business and Portfolio Lead, Chocolate

Fazer; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Fazer Confectionery, Chocolate & Snacking is seeking a Business and Portfolio Lead for the Chocolate category. You will shape strategy, own the category plan, and drive growth across markets with a hands-on portfolio optimization approach.

You will lead two Business & Portfolio Managers, steering category performance with strong commercial and financial judgment, and collaborating across R&D, production, and sales. Location options include Vantaa or Stockholm.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in strategic brand and business leadership, preferably in FMCG or consumer-driven business.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including category P&L logic and Net Revenue Management.
• Demonstrated portfolio and innovation management from assortment and SKU analysis to market scaling.
• Ability to translate consumer, market, competitor and brand-health insights into decisions; readiness to use analytical and AI-assisted tools.
• Strong influencing, communication and collaboration skills across markets and functions.
• A relevant university degree and fluent English; Finnish or other market languages are an advantage.
• Previous line-manager experience is an advantage in the role.
• Ability to travel frequently.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Chocolate category strategy and commercial leadership across markets.
• Own category-level revenue and margin delivery and drive portfolio performance initiatives.
• Steer the portfolio to an SKU level with winning concepts and market execution.
• Develop category innovation priorities and drive product concept development with R&D, production & operations.
• Collaborate with Brand Experience, Commercial Units, and supply chain to align on strategy and execution.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Commercial acumen

Financial acumen

Net Revenue Management

Portfolio management

Team leadership

Consumer insights

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

As part of strengthening our growth strategy, we are looking for Business and Portfolio Lead for our Chocolate categories to join Fazer Confectionery, Chocolate & Snacking Business Unit.
In this role, you will lead the Chocolate Business and Portfolio team and manage an assigned chocolate segment across several markets: shaping category strategy, owning commercial choices within the category plan, and driving sustainable growth & margin.

You will drive growth, profitability and competitiveness in one of Fazer’s largest strategic categories across home and international markets, combining category leadership with hands-on portfolio optimization, innovation, NRM and international scaling.

Your key responsibilities:

Category strategy and commercial leadership

You will build and steer the strategy, commercial positioning and long-term plan for the Chocolate category and an assigned chocolate segment, translating consumer, market, competitor and category insights into clear growth choices across markets.

• Build the annual and long-term category plans for all relevant markets, including market-specific growth priorities
• Define where the to play next and recommend priorities for scaling the portfolio & concepts across markets
• Drive Portfolio Performance and Net Revenue Management initiatives, including price-pack architecture, mix & promotion choices within the portfolio
• Own category-level revenue and margin delivery and act when performance requires

Portfolio & innovation

You will steer the portfolio to an SKU level, developing winning concepts and ensuring that category priorities translate into compelling commercial and consumer-facing executions.

• Drive portfolio analysis and proposals to grow the core, innovate new and manage the tail
• Build category innovation priorities and drive product concept development in collaboration with R&D, production & operations
• Own the commercial brief for key portfolio concepts, including the value proposition, growth priorities and commercial objectives, as well as the commercial story to the trade

You will lead two Business & Portfolio Managers and own an assigned Chocolate segment and report to the Business and Portfolio Director, Chocolate & Snacking. Within Fazer Confectionery’s Chocolate & Snacking Business Unit and matrix Marketing organization, you will collaborate with Brand Experience team, Commercial Units, R&D, production, supply chain and other key partners.

The position is permanent and located in Vantaa or Stockholm, where we mainly work onsite in our office.

You combine strategic category leadership with strong commercial and financial judgement. You can turn consumer and market insight into portfolio choices, influence stakeholders across functions and markets, and move confidently between long-term direction and hands-on execution. You bring a clear business-owner mindset and the ability to make choices that strengthen growth, margin and brand equity.

We expect you to have:

• Strong experience and preferably 10+ years relevant experience in strategic brand and business leadership, preferably in FMCG or another consumer-driven business
• Commercial and financial acumen, including category P&L logic and
  Net Revenue Management
• Demonstrated portfolio and innovation management, from assortment and SKU analysis to concept prioritisation and market scaling
• Ability to translate consumer, market, competitor and brand-health insights into decisions; readiness to use analytical and AI-assisted tools
• Strong influencing, communication and collaboration skills across markets and functions, including conceptual selling to the trade
• A relevant university degree and fluent English; Finnish or other market languages are an advantage
• Previous line-manager experience is an advantage in the role
• Ability to travel frequently