Portfolio Health & Growth Strategy Manager

mars; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars, Incorporated in Chicago, IL seeks a Portfolio Health & Optimization Manager to shape the long-term health, competitiveness, and growth for the Mars Snacking Confectionary portfolio. Office-based, 4+ years in CPG and strong analytical capabilities are essential.

You will lead long-term portfolio planning, assess gaps, and optimize assortment while partnering with cross-functional teams to drive sustainable growth and informed leadership decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, strategy, finance, or related field.
• MBA degree preferred.
• 4+ years in CPG across Portfolio Strategy, Brand Management, Category Management, Strategic Planning or Finance/Revenue Growth Management.
• Strong Excel and presentation skills.
• Experience forecasting.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and align stakeholders across highly cross-functional matrixed organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio inputs into long-term planning, translating enterprise growth ambitions into clear portfolio actions, opportunities, and risks.
• Assess the future portfolio against strategic growth objectives to identify where shifts in portfolio mix, innovation, assortment, or investment may be required.
• Integrated consumer, category, competitive, brand, financial, & operational perspectives to develop holistic view of future portfolio health.
• Identify emerging portfolio gaps and opportunities and translate them into actionable recommendations for long-term portfolio evolution.
• Crystalize clear measures of portfolio health and use them to monitor whether the portfolio is progressing against long-term strategic ambition.
• Partner with brand teams, insights, finance, R&D and other cross-functional teams to connect innovation plans with future portfolio needs.

Skills

Excel

Presentation skills

Forecasting

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Business/Strategy/Finance

MBA preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

Mars, Incorporated in Chicago, IL seeks a Portfolio Health & Optimization Manager to shape the long-term health, competitiveness, and growth for the Mars Snacking Confectionary portfolio. Office-based, 4+ years in CPG and strong analytical capabilities are essential.

You will lead long-term portfolio planning, assess gaps, and optimize assortment while partnering with cross-functional teams to drive sustainable growth and informed leadership decisions.