Category Manager - CLIF Europe

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.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Category Manager to play a pivotal role in ensuring the strategic execution and commercial health of our CLIF brand across the Mondelēz Europe (MEU) region. This critical role will be instrumental in leading our commercial planning processes, embedding analytical and category-led thinking, and driving efficient and effective IBP processes. The ideal candidate will be a highly analytical and collaborative leader with a proven track record in category management, commercial governance, and strategic planning, ready to contribute significantly to CLIF's future success.

How you will contribute

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement category growth models to inform strategic decisions, drive market share expansion, and enhance CLIF's category presence.

• Deploying 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.

• Ensures 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.

What you will bring

Qualifications & Experience:

• 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.

Desired Traits:

• 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.

Le responsabilità di questa posizione verranno svolte nell'ambito di un modello di business regionale che è definito e gestito da Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Svizzera.

Supporto alla Relocation disponibile?

Nessun supporto disponibile per la relocation

Riepilogo business unit

Mondelēz International, Inc. consente alle persone di mangaire uno snack in oltre 150 paesi in tutto il mondo. Stiamo guidando il futuro dello snack con marchi iconici da far venire l'acquolina in bocca come i biscotti Oreo, belVita, LU e Ritz; il cioccolato Cadbury Dairy Milk, Green & Blacks, Milka e Toblerone; il formaggio Philadelphia e Dairylea e le gomme da masticare Maynards Bassetts, Trebor e Trident. I nostri più di 80.000 colleghi in tutto il mondo sono la chiave del successo della nostra attività. Grandi persone e grandi marchi. Ecco chi siamo. Unisciti al nostro viaggio per continuare a guidare il futuro degli snack in tutto il mondo offrendo lo snack giusto per il momento giusto in modo giusto.

Mondelēz International è un datore di lavoro che offre pari opportunità e tutti i candidati qualificati verranno presi in considerazione ai fini dell’impiego a prescindere da razza, colore della pelle, religione, sesso, orientamento o preferenza sessuale, identità di genere, origine nazionale, stato di disabilità, stato di veterano protetto oppure qualsiasi altra caratteristica protetta dalla legge.

Tipo di lavoro

Contratto a tempo indeterminato

Sales Operations

Sales