Portfolio Brand Manager
Woking, Surrey (3 days a week in office)
Competitive salary, up to 25% bonus and other benefits
We have an excellent opportunity to join our Portfolio Brand Poultry team. Innovation is the biggest growth lever in the Nomad Foods Strategic Plan in the next 3yrs. You will be part of Nomad Foods' Global Portfolio Team, which are responsible for the Segment portfolio strategy, building a commercially viable Innovation & Renovation Pipeline, and leading the Flywheel Strategy process ensuring markets have clear Blueprints with how to win plans across our Must Win Battles (MWBs) and Growth Platforms. This role reports into the Head of Segment Expansion and will focus on our Chicken business.
About the role:
Part of the Nomad Foods' Group Portfolio Team which are responsible for the Win with our Food Quadrant of the Flywheel. The team work as part of a central cross functional team in close collaboration with marketing colleagues organised by cluster covering 22 European locations. Some of the key role accountabilities are:
* Innovation & Renovation
: Understand the category vision and how its key drivers are the basis for segment growth and brand growth. Be able to develop compelling innovation concepts, that are co-created with consumers to uncover true insights and identify clear benefits and reasons to believe, taking advantage also of disruptive techniques and stimulus to trigger unexpected ideas using influence from outside the traditional references.
* Building Knowledge to Win:
Be able to assess performance as part of flywheel process to inform strategy for segment. Build clear toolkits for execution to inspire MUs and support innovation implementation ensuring there is a continuous loop of learn & optimise
* Commercial Acumen:
Has a clear understanding of the basic principles of PPA/ Price/ Promo and understand how the levers can work to support both innovation and renovation. Working collaboratively with Insights, RDQ, PMO, Supply Chain and Finance Colleagues to deliver strategic P&L that mees or exceeds KPIs for the NPDs and great quality marketing execution.
About you:
We need someone who has a "Make things happen" mind-set and can effectively work in cross functional, cross market teams. Passionate about food and the consumer with a commitment to solve and stay relevant to macro needs and desired. Please do apply if you have the below experienced:
* 4 years working experience Marketing / Commercial in FMCG companies, ideally food
* Proven track record of achievement in an FMCG environment
* Successfully led product innovation development, having ideally worked in a category led organisation
* Able to demonstrate strong people influence skills and collaboration to work in cross functional Teams
* Excellent project management skills
* Ideally work across different countries and with diverse nationalities
What we can offer you:
We offer a truly purpose-led career and aim to empower each employee; promoting their personal growth all the while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future. We set a culture where colleagues are part of a team and feel encouraged to make a difference. There is also potential to progress careers across different areas of the Nomad Foods Group
Who are we:
Headquartered in the UK, with revenues of €3.2 billion and operations in 22 key markets, Nomad Foods is Europe's leading frozen food company. We are a young company, founded only ten years ago, and are built around several iconic brands (including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo and more recently Ledo and Frikom) that invented the frozen category 100 years ago and continue to set the bar for great taste, nutrition, convenience and accessibility. Across everything we do, we are guided by our Purpose - Making Mealtimes Better with the Goodness of Frozen Food - and how we can make a positive impact on our Performance, People and the Planet.
At Nomad Foods we're proud to represent the world we serve by hiring diverse talent. Our inclusive culture is all about what we can achieve together.