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About the Role
Seeking an experienced and dynamic Category Manager to ensure the strategic execution and commercial health of the CLIF brand across the Mondelēz Europe (MEU) region. This role leads commercial planning, analytical thinking, and IBP processes, driving CLIF's future success.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement category growth models to inform strategic decisions, drive market share expansion, and enhance CLIF's category presence.
- Deploy the CLIF brand's regional sales strategy across the MEU, ensuring strategic coherence and implementation through robust governance frameworks.
- Serve as the SMAP (Sales & Marketing Activity Plan) process owner for CLIF, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and cross-functional alignment.
- Lead and execute range reviews, leveraging consumer and market insights to optimize product assortment and identify growth opportunities.
- Ensure the sufficiency and efficiency of the 6–18-month commercial horizon for the CLIF brand across MEU.
- Act as the Commercial Governance and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process lead for CLIF, driving alignment and effective execution.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with teams in sales revenue planning, category development, and corporate account management to achieve business objectives.
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement effective category growth models and conduct comprehensive category analysis.
- Experience in deploying and governing sales strategies across multiple channels/markets.
- Ability to communicate strategically and effectively across remote teams and functions (e.g., UK, Germany) in an open, honest, transparent, and authentic way.
- High level of ownership for actions, behaviors, and contributions while inspiring and motivating self and others.
- Strong commercial business acumen, with solid commercial experience (5+ years) specifically in commercial planning, governance, and/or category management.
- Proven expertise in leading and owning key commercial processes such as IBP and SMAP.
- Cross-functional experience in areas such as sales revenue planning and category development is highly preferred.
- Passionate & Accountable: Drives results with enthusiasm and takes ownership of outcomes in commercial planning and category performance.
- Comfort Dealing with Ambiguity: Adapts quickly to changing market environments and navigates uncertainty effectively in strategic planning.
- Humble and Collaborative: Works effectively with others, values diverse perspectives, and contributes to a positive, integrated team environment.
Skills
- Category Management
- Commercial Governance
- Strategic Planning
- Analytical Thinking
- Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
- Sales & Marketing Activity Plan (SMAP)
- Range Reviews
- Consumer Insights
- Market Insights
- Sales Revenue Planning
- Category Development
- Corporate Account Management
- Commercial Business Acumen
- Communication
- Leadership
- Collaboration
Location
- Europe (MEU)
Work Type
- Regular
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
About the Company
- Mondelēz International empowers people to snack right in over 150 countries. We lead the future of snacking with iconic brands like Oreo, Cadbury Dairy Milk, and Trident. Our more than 80,000 global colleagues are key to our success. We aim to continue leading the future of snacking by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.