Portfolio Marketing Manager Veg & Potatoes - Mat Cover

Nomad Foods Inc; Woking; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company is seeking a strategic marketer to join their Global Portfolio Team. This role focuses on innovating and optimizing the product pipeline, requiring extensive experience in FMCG marketing alongside exceptional project management skills. The successful candidate will drive cross-functional collaboration across European markets to deliver growth and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 6 years working experience in Marketing/Commercial in FMCG companies.
• Strong people influence skills and collaboration in cross-functional teams.
• Ideally worked in a category-led organisation.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Segment to progress projects in the Innovation & Renovation Pipeline.
• Lead flywheel workshops and consult on analysis and blueprints.
• Run key cross-functional meetings and business presentations.

Skills

Project Management

Collaboration

Commercial Acumen

Influence Skills

Job description

Overview

Innovation is the biggest growth lever in the Nomad Foods Strategic Plan in the next 3yrs. You will be part of Nomad Foods’ Global Portfolio Team which are responsible for the Segment portfolio strategy building commercially viable Innovation & Renovation Pipeline and leading the flywheel process ensuring markets have clear Blueprints with how to win plans across the Must Win Battles (MWBs). This role reports into the Head of Segment for Vegetables, Plant Based & Potatoes.

Responsibilities

Part of the Nomad Foods’ Group Portfolio Team which are responsible for the Win with our Food Quadrant of the Flywheel. The team work as part of a central cross functional team in close collaboration with marketing colleagues organised by cluster covering 22 European locations.

Innovation & Renovation

• Support the team and the Head of Segment to progress already existing projects as part of the Innovation & Renovation Pipeline.

Support in building the new Flywheel for 2026

• Be able to assess performance as part of flywheel process to inform strategy for segment.
• Be able to lead flywheel workshops for a MWB and be the support for markets/ clusters to consult on analysis, blueprints.
• Build clear toolkits for execution to inspire MUs and support innovation implementation ensuring there is a continuous loop of learn & optimise.
• Challenge the status quo, seeking and implementing new learnings to continuously improve business performance and share best practice across the organisation.

Business as usual

• Support the Head of Segment in Business as usual activities such as: running key cross-functional meetings and Clusters connects, business presentations, etc.

Commercial Acumen

• Has a clear understanding of PPA/ Price/ Promo and understand how the levers can work to support both innovation and renovation
• Working collaboratively with Insights, Global Sales, RDQ, PMO, Supply Chain and Finance Colleagues to deliver strategic P&L that meets or exceeds KPIs for the NPDs and great quality marketing execution.

Strategic thinking

Define & implement a winning centralised Long Term Strategy on Potatoes.

Qualifications

• 6 years working experience Marketing / Commercial in FMCG companies, ideally food
• Proven track record of achievement in an FMCG environment
• Successfully led product innovation development, having ideally worked in a category led organisation
• Able to demonstrate strong people influence skills and collaboration to work in cross functional Teams
• Excellent project management skills
• Ideally work across different countries and with diverse nationalities
• Mandatory language requirements: English. Understanding of Italian /German / French would be an advantage