Senior Category Development Manager - Meals

Mondelēz International; Uxbridge; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Mondelēz International in the United Kingdom seeks a Category lead to develop and execute innovative selling programs for assigned categories. You will link Customer Business Teams with Category Innovation, Marketing and Equity to align strategies with customer needs.

You will build category and customer plans with cross-functional teams, acting as the internal category expert to create actionable plans and lead dashboard delivery to optimize performance.

Qualifications

• Category development and market insight analysis to drive growth.
• Future-focused mindset with curiosity about industry trends and digital solutions.
• Delivering strategic plans, measuring results and recommending growth actions.
• Influence stakeholders with effective communication and resilience.
• Strong analytical skills and business acumen.
• Experience in fast-moving consumer goods is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute selling programs for the assigned Category.
• Act as the link between CBTs and Category Innovation, Marketing and Equity teams.
• Build category and customer plans with cross-functional teams.
• Be the Category expert and create actionable, measurable plans.
• Provide thought leadership on brand and category initiatives (promo strategy/budget).
• Lead delivery of category dashboards and corrective actions to meet targets.
• Assess baseline opportunities/risks and lead optimization initiatives.

Skills

Category leadership

Market insights

Strategic planning

Stakeholder influence

Analytical skills

FMCG experience

Education

Degree level education

Job description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

You provide compelling insights and engage with customers and key account teams. You identify and track category opportunities that support growth or defend risk and apply your insights for category, shopper, and consumer metrics when analyzing and translating data sources.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Responsible for the development and execution of selling programs related to their assigned Category's innovation, distribution, merchandising, and promotional plans
• Key linkage between the Customer Business Teams (CBTs) and the Category Innovation, Marketing and Equity teams to ensure that our strategies and tactics are aligned to the needs of our Customers
• Responsible for building category and customer plans for the assigned Category, working collaboratively with Category teams, Insights, and Customer Business Teams (CBTs)
• Be seen as the Category expert internally and create compelling, actionable & measurable category plans
• Provide thought leadership internally & externally around brand & category initiatives (promotional strategy / budget planning)
• Leading delivery of category dashboard / fundamentals and recommending corrective actions to ensure targets are met
• Ongoing assessment of critical baseline volume opportunities / risks and lead initiatives to optimize category performance

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Category development, key accounts and market insight analysis and delivering growth through category leadership
• Having a future-focused mindset, demonstrating curiosity about industry trends, digital solutions and innovation for consumers and translating opportunities into business plans
• Delivering strategic plans, measuring and monitoring results, and making recommendations to achieve growth targets
• Influence stakeholders and interacting effectively with others, with the courage and resilience to hold an alternative point of view
• Analytical skills and business acumen
• Proven experience in the fast-moving consumer goods field is a distinct advantage

More about this role

What extra ingredients you will bring

Chilled category experience

Education / Certifications

Educated to degree level

Work schedule

Hybrid work model – 3 days per week in office (Uxbridge)

Relocation Support Available

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Equal Opportunity Employer

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

Regular

Category Planning & Activation

Sales