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Portfolio Manager - Functional Complements (f/m/x)
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Job Description:

Segment : Royal Canin

Type of contract : Permanent (CDI)

Location : Aimargues near Montpellier, France

Royal Canin’s Functional Complements Centre of Expertise (COE) is a newly created global unit dedicated to building and scaling health‑driven categories such as Treats and Supplements. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape new categories, define the global innovation pipeline, and drive impactful growth in pet health nutrition.

What will be your key responsibilities?

  • Define and lead the global portfolio vision and strategy for Functional Complements, with Treats as first priority

  • Identify category trends, pet health needs, portfolio gaps, and growth opportunities across key regions

  • Own and shape the 8‑year innovation pipeline, including front‑end innovation and +2‑year roadmaps

  • Lead end‑to‑end global innovation projects through stage‑gate to successful market launch

  • Develop and validate strong value propositions, covering product, packaging, and health benefit proof points

  • Partner with R&D, Science, Regulatory, Supply, and Marketing to assess feasibility and scale winning concepts

  • Secure effective global and regional deployment of innovations, including phased rollouts

  • Manage portfolio budgets and contribute to shaping the operating model, ways of working, and culture of the COE

What profile we are looking for:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering; MBA is a plus

  • Minimum 4 years’ experience in strategic marketing within CPG or pharmaceuticals

  • Strong innovation and portfolio management track record at global, regional, or local level

  • Proven ability to build scalable value propositions delivering both health and business impact

  • Strategic thinker with high learning agility and comfort navigating ambiguity

  • Strong stakeholder management, storytelling, and influencing skills

  • Data‑driven, collaborative, proactive, and results‑oriented mindset

  • Fluent in English; digital marketing knowledge is an advantage

What can you expect from Mars?

  • You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office!  

  • You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group 

  • Since 2015, no waste to landfill is made by the 16 Royal Canin factories in the world

  • All Royal Canin products manufactured in Europe are ISO 14001 certified from design to factory gate

Other facts

Tech stack
Strategic Marketing,Innovation Management,Portfolio Management,Stakeholder Management,Storytelling,Data-Driven,Collaboration,Proactivity,Results Orientation,Value Proposition Development,Market Launch,Health Benefit Proof Points,Category Trends Analysis,Budget Management,Agility,Regulatory Knowledge

About Mars

We’re a unified force of 170,000+ Associates, taking action every day toward the world we want tomorrow.

Our Five Principles have kept us true to ourselves and to our commitment to treat others in ways that are consistent with those values. Having stood the test of time, these principles will continue, keeping us free to move quickly and plan for the future.

Quality - The consumer is our boss, quality is our work and value for money is our goal.

Responsibility - As individuals, we demand total responsibility from ourselves; as Associates, we support the responsibilities of others.

Mutuality - A mutual benefit is a shared benefit; a shared benefit will endure.

Efficiency - We use resources to the full, waste nothing and do only what we can do best.

Freedom - We need freedom to shape our future; we need profit to remain free.

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Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing

What you'll do

  • The Portfolio Manager will define and lead the global portfolio vision and strategy for Functional Complements, focusing on Treats. They will manage the innovation pipeline and lead global projects from inception to market launch.

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As a Portfolio Manager - Functional Complements (f/m/x) at Mars, you will: the Portfolio Manager will define and lead the global portfolio vision and strategy for Functional Complements, focusing on Treats. They will manage the innovation pipeline and lead global projects from inception to market launch..

Why join Mars as a Portfolio Manager - Functional Complements (f/m/x)?

Mars is a leading Food and Beverage Manufacturing company.

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The Portfolio Manager - Functional Complements (f/m/x) position at Mars is based in Aimargues, Occitania, France. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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