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About the Role

The Head of Portfolio Growth will operationalize Crystal’s global strategy at market level by building strong ongoing collaboration with regional and local market teams. This role sits at the crossroads of portfolio strategy, commercial execution, and market leadership, ensuring alignment between global priorities and local market plans while acting as a strategic partner to accelerate growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

Drive alignment between global brand strategy and local market execution, ensuring consistency across brand planning, portfolio priorities, launch plans, and key commercial initiatives.
Connect global and local planning cycles by coordinating Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes.
Oversee the timely and effective delivery of brand assets and innovations (NPD), managing risks and ensuring brand plans align with S&OP processes.
Act as a strategic partner to regional and local market teams, working across marketing, commercial, finance, strategy, and supply chain to unlock growth opportunities and drive execution excellence.
Support problem-solving and arbitration on key growth and business topics as a central point of contact for markets.
Enable clear and effective two-way communication between global and local stakeholders.
Play a leadership role in orchestrating key planning forums and business reviews.
Serve as the voice of the market within Crystal, bringing forward commercial insights, identifying risks and opportunities, and ensuring local priorities are reflected in global portfolio decisions.
Actively challenge and refine A&P investment strategies and portfolio choices, addressing misalignment and driving resolution with senior stakeholders.
Support the development of robust innovation business cases by consolidating market inputs and partnering closely with finance.

Requirements

Strong commercial and strategic experience within consumer goods, FMCG, wines & spirits, or similar brand-led industries.
Track record of translating global strategy into local execution and driving growth across multiple markets.
Ability to operate effectively within complex, international matrix organisations, demonstrating strong collaboration and interpersonal agility.
Excel in stakeholder management and influencing, building alignment across diverse teams, functions, and markets.
Communicate clearly and with impact, particularly with senior stakeholders.
Combine analytical strength with a results-driven mindset, turning insights into actionable recommendations.
Strong project and change management capabilities, delivering cross-functional initiatives with discipline and prioritisation.
Navigate ambiguity confidently, using sound judgment to drive decisions and outcomes.
Demonstrate cultural awareness and strong social and emotional intelligence.

Location

Chiswick, London

Work Type

Hybrid working approach

Benefits

Private medical insurance
Income protection
Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
28 days’ annual holiday
Employee pension
Share incentive plan
Season ticket loans
Payroll giving
Gifts & discounts
Allowance to spend on brands in staff shop
Employee discounts from high street retailers
Regular events in office bar
Employee-run networks
Flexibility and trust
Tools and resources for wellbeing and mental fitness

About the Company

Pernod Ricard is a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally.
Owns 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and holds one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries.
In the UK, it is an organisation of 2,000 employees, headquartered in London, with offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK.
The Crystal Portfolio Growth team is responsible for accelerating growth across a focused portfolio including Absolut, Malibu, Kahlúa, Agave, Gins, Aperitifs.
The team partners closely with global brand teams, regional teams and local markets to translate strategic priorities into market-level growth plans.
Aims to redefine the global spirits market by inspiring people from all backgrounds to connect, share ideas and enjoy products responsibly.
Committed to long-term sustainability, acting in the best interests of consumers, society, the environment and employees.
The Crystal Portfolio Growth team is a group of eight specialized business development professionals based across Paris, London, and Shanghai.
The team brings together strategic portfolio management, commercial acceleration, and cross-functional business leadership.
Fast-paced, international, and highly collaborative, the team offers broad exposure to senior stakeholders across the organization.
The role provides the opportunity to shape growth priorities, influence strategic decisions across markets, and work on important commercial and brand acceleration initiatives.
Pernod Ricard is a worldwide leader in the spirits and champagne industry, blending traditional craftsmanship, state-of-the-art brand development, and global distribution technologies.
The mission is to ensure the long-term growth of brands with full respect for people and the environment, while empowering employees to be ambassadors of a purposeful, inclusive and responsible culture of authentic conviviality.
Pernod Ricard’s consolidated sales amounted to € 10,959 million in fiscal year FY25.
Pernod Ricard is listed on Euronext (Ticker: RI; ISIN Code: FR0000120693) and is part of the CAC 40 index.

Equal Opportunity

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion.
People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.
We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain.
In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves.
We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors.
Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.
Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.
As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.
In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success.
Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.
In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking.