Job Description:
Ready to define the future of snacking? Shape the roadmap and lead the category strategy for our iconic Mars Snacking DACH portfolio.
What would be your key responsibilities?
- Translate the global category strategy into a locally relevant vision and growth agenda.
- Develop insight-led category strategies and solutions that drive shopper engagement and sustainable business growth.
- Lead and develop a high-performing team of min. 4 associates, fostering collaboration, capability building and continuous improvement.
- Identify category, customer and channel opportunities through data, insights and market trends.
- Partner with commercial and cross-functional teams to embed category strategies into customer plans and activations.
- Drive excellence in retail execution through clear priorities, performance tracking and best-practice frameworks.
- Champion the use of data, analytics and AI-enabled solutions to improve category performance and decision-making.
- Influence senior stakeholders across local, regional and global teams to advance the category growth agenda.
What are we looking for?
- Extensive FMCG/CPG experience with a strong background in category strategy/management, commercial strategy or related functions.
- Proven experience in senior category strategy/leadership and people management roles.
- Demonstrated ability to build, develop and lead high-performing teams.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate insights into action.
- Experience driving business transformation, change initiatives and continuous improvement programmes.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across diverse functions and organisational levels.
- Strong commercial acumen and sound business judgement.
- Experience developing customer-centric category solutions and delivering sustainable business growth.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, complex and evolving environment.
- Fluency in German and English, both written and spoken.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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