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Category Planning Specialist (temporal)
TEMPORARYMadrid

Summary

Location

Madrid

Type

TEMPORARY

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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 ensure that customer plans are developed and executed by supporting the delivery of strategies and tactics for growth. You understand the business metrics and financial drivers needed to unlock profitable growth for Mondelēz International and our customers and work with key account managers to implement plans to deliver our annual target.

How you will contribute

You will:

  • Leads the development of the trade marketing part of the category annual plans (contract process)
  • Understands market dynamics / consumer insights by channel to participate on trade marketing strategic decisions
  • Leads the business planning meeting where the sales quotas are built in order to accomplish the annual plans based on relevant building blocks
  • Suggests and influences investment in category building blocks, according to category and channel need, and is accountable of execution excellence at point of sale
  • Follows up the competition’s commercial activity in the category in order to detect business opportunities and potential threats for the brand
  • Plays a leadership role within the multi categories teams by leading, providing accurate and relevant channel point of sale information that will lead to find business opportunities such as innovations, customer promotions, portfolio, pricing, etc. that will lead to achieve multi categories targets

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

  • Category planning and delivering growth through category leadership
  • Having a future-focused mindset, being curious about industry trends, digital solutions and innovation for consumers, and translating opportunities into business plans
  • Developing and delivering plans, measuring and monitoring results and making recommendations to achieve growth targets
  • Business planning and how to maximize revenue growth
  • Influencing stakeholders and interacting effectively with others with the courage and resilience to hold an alternative point of view
  • Analytical skills and business acumen

More about this role

You will be responsible for:

  • Process, leadership, and communication of the Picture of Success across all retail environments (MT & TT channels) and categories.
  • Defining the Picture of Success by channel and category and developing sales arguments for the market together with the shopper insights and category insights teams.
  • Defining the Must-Stock List (MSL) for each channel using available tools. Defining category-driven selling stories for Retail Execution (RE) teams that enable category growth (category management) and the achievement of our KPIs by channel.
  • Business planning for Q+1 (Category Plan, Quarterly Sales Meeting, etc.).
  • Leading and implementing innovation from launch to monitoring and follow-up.

What extra ingredients you will bring:

  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, and the ability to understand, interpret, and communicate information from data.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team.
  • Ability to lead a category independently while also collaborating with colleagues.

Job specific requirements:

  • 5-6 years of professional experience in a similar role.
  • Experience in a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) environment, preferably in the food sector or another dynamic and fast-paced industry.
  • Fluent English (written and spoken).
  • Strong knowledge of Excel (experience with Power BI is a plus).

Education / Certifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in business administration, Marketing, or a related field.

Relocation Support Available?

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our people make all the difference in our succes

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.

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

IF YOU REQUIRE SUPPORT TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION OR DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECRUITER

Job Type

Temporary (duración determinada)

Category Planning & Activation

Sales

Other facts

Tech stack
Category Planning,Trade Marketing,Business Planning,Market Dynamics,Consumer Insights,Investment Influence,Execution Excellence,Competitive Analysis,Stakeholder Influencing,Analytical Skills,Business Acumen,Problem-Solving,Data Interpretation,Category Management,Sales Quota Building,Retail Execution

About Mondelēz International

Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 80,000 individuals around the world.

Our Purpose
Our purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

Our Brands
We’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum.

Our People
Our 80,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do What's Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are.

Our Strategies
We are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities:

• Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth
• Execution: drive operational excellence
• Culture: build a winning growth culture

Team size: 10,001+ employees
LinkedIn: Visit
Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Founding Year: 2012

What you'll do

  • This role involves leading the development and execution of trade marketing strategies within category annual plans, ensuring alignment with business metrics and financial drivers to unlock profitable growth for the company and its customers. Responsibilities include defining the 'Picture of Success' across retail channels, developing category-driven selling stories, and leading innovation implementation from launch through monitoring.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does a Category Planning Specialist (temporal) do at Mondelēz International?

As a Category Planning Specialist (temporal) at Mondelēz International, you will: this role involves leading the development and execution of trade marketing strategies within category annual plans, ensuring alignment with business metrics and financial drivers to unlock profitable growth for the company and its customers. Responsibilities include defining the 'Picture of Success' across retail channels, developing category-driven selling stories, and leading innovation implementation from launch through monitoring..

Why join Mondelēz International as a Category Planning Specialist (temporal)?

Mondelēz International is a leading Food and Beverage Manufacturing company.

Is the Category Planning Specialist (temporal) position at Mondelēz International remote?

The Category Planning Specialist (temporal) position at Mondelēz International is based in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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