Food Manager

Nestlé; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé Singapore (Nestle Professional) is seeking an experienced Food Manager to lead NP SG food business with a strong commercial strategy and cross-functional execution across the value chain.

In this role you will develop the brand portfolio, drive availability across channels, manage innovation, and ensure brand presence and activation. You will build and mentor a high-performing team in a fast-changing Out of Home environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years commercial experience in marketing and sales, preferably in a service and/or out-of-home environment.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and collaboration across teams.
• Solid analytical skills and strategic thinking for growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee NP SG food business with strong commercial strategy and flawless execution across the value chain.
• Develops the overall business plan for brand and product portfolio and drives results through cross-functional teams.
• Ensure compliance and support quality-related activities per NQMS and Support Process Descriptions.
• Formulate and review the overall food & beverage strategy (marketing, ops, sales, QA) to strengthen leadership in out-of-home channels.
• Drive brand presence, communications, and consumer activation for relevant channels; coordinate with CCSD for activity calendars.
• Build talent for brand/commercial management in the Food business in MYSG and grow the team to match portfolio complexity.

Skills

Marketing & sales

Out of Home

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Presentation skills

Analytical ability

Brand management

Channel development

Customer management

Financial understanding

Project management

Job description

Position Snapshot

• Location: Singapore, Eightrium
• Company: Nestlé Singapore (Nestle Professional)
• Permanent – Full Time
• 8+ years Commercial Experience in marketing and sales preferably in a service and/or Out of home environment

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

The Food Manager

1. Effective and efficient management of NP SG food business via strong commercial strategy, ensuring flawless execution along the value chain to drive long term sustainable profitable growth.
2. Develops the overall business plan for brand and product portfolio and successfully drives execution and results by leading and coordinating cross functional teams and using Nestlé in the Market shared services
3. To ensure compliance/ provide support to all quality related activities identified in the NQMS Process Descriptions and Support Process Descriptions

A day in the life of a Food Manager...

Strategy & Execution:

• Formulate, implement and review overall commercial food & beverage strategy (marketing, operations, sales, technical & QA) to strengthen NP's leadership position in the out-of-home business thru driving Dessert Solutions, Savory Flavor Solutions and Savory Meal Complements for food.
• In addition to develop the portfolio and launch plan for the new to launch frozen PBMS category.

2. Distribution & Availability:

• Ensure targeted "right-fit" distribution of products and systems in the relevant channels.
• Manage the complex Channel dynamic whit different part of the portfolio being relevant to different channels (E.g. Restaurants vs Quick service vs Street) and the different support and training needs for the different distribuiton partner

3. Innovation & Renovation:

Managing a sustainable pipeline of Innovation and renovation of products to meet both consumers' and operators' needs, in order to accelerate growth and meeting targeted OP1 levels.

4. Brand Presence/Visibility & Consumption Generation:

• Ensure effective execution of brand communications for relevant channels to drive brand visibility, awareness and subsequently purchase/ repeat. Driving consumption via relevant and innovative marketing activations via one brand plan. For food, activities will be focused on trade as key users are chefs.
• Ensure close crossfunctional collaboration with the CCSD to ensure a well structured Activity calendar and flawless execution.

5. People Development :

• Build up talent for brand / commercial management in the Food business in MYSG. Ensure strong work values and discipline and alignment to deliver high performance. Expand the food team to cope with the growing portfolio complexity
• Consistently challenge and motivate the team to be confident to find, propose and try new ideas and concepts. Develop an entreprenourial mindset to win in a fast changing Out of Home environment

What Will Make You Successful...

• Communication and presentation (written and verbal)
• Analytical
• Marketing management
• Category expertise
• Competitive environment
• Customer management
• Channel development
• Consumer research
• Financial understanding
• Project management (to manage the new to launch PBMS portfolio with close involvement in the manufacturing in MY)
• 8+ years Commercial Experience in marketing and sales preferably in a service and/or Out of home environment