Commercial Category Lead (F/M/X)

Mondelēz International; Fatih; On-site; TRY 3,898,000 - 5,011,000; Full time

Job summary

Mondelēz International is seeking a Category Planning professional in Europe to lead the development and execution of selling programs for assigned categories. The role involves close integration with CBTs, Category Innovation, Marketing and Equity, and requires building robust category and customer plans across teams.

You will drive insights, strategy, and accountability for growth while delivering dashboards and actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading category development and growth strategies.
• Ability to analyze shopper and consumer metrics.
• Collaborative cross-functional teamwork in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute selling programs for the assigned category, including innovation, distribution, merchandising, and promotions.
• Link Customer Business Teams (CBTs) with Category Innovation, Marketing and Equity to align strategies with customer needs.
• Build category and customer plans in collaboration with Category teams, Insights and CBTs.
• Act as the Category expert internally and create actionable, measurable category plans.
• Provide thought leadership around promotional strategy and budget planning.
• Lead delivery of category dashboards and recommend corrective actions to meet targets.
• Continuously assess baseline volume opportunities and risks to optimize performance.

Skills

Category leadership

Market insights

Strategic planning

Analytical mindset

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.

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

There is flexibility regarding the location of this position in Europe. Other locations are also possible.

The responsibilities of this position are performed within the framework of a regional business model that is defined and managed by Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Switzerland.

No Relocation support available, however for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy.

Business Unit Summary

At Mondelez Europe, we are proud, not only of the iconic brands we make, but also of the people who make them. Our delicious products are created in 52 plants across Europe by more than 28,000 passionate people. We are the top maker of chocolate and biscuits and a leading maker of gum and candy. We make sure our powerful global brands and local jewels like Cadbury, Milka and Alpen Gold chocolates, Oreo, belVita, LU and Tuc biscuits get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are. Join us on our journey to continue leading the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

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