Senior Customer Category Development Manager Sainsbury & Waitrose Confectionery - 8 Months FTC

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 work in partnership with customers to define and execute a winning growth strategy for both Mondelēz International and the customer, working collaboratively with key internal stakeholders and our customer partners to proactively seek out, track and execute growth opportunities rooted in category & shopper insights.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Develop and drive customer relationships across functions with a key focus on building the contact matrix and influencing within the customer.
• Support the execution of the strategy for the customer
• Identify and share insights and opportunities supporting the development and execution of the Joint Business Plan
• 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 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
• 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
• Proficient in Nielsen, Kantar and SIP
• Customer-facing roles
• Growing revenue and market share
• Delivering results and problem solving
• Understanding multiple customers, go-to market strategies, structure and business practices
• Negotiating and influencing skills

This is a fixed term contract with an end date of December 2024.

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

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

Temporary (Fixed Term)

Category Planning & Activation

Sales