Job Description
About the Position
We have an excellent opportunity available for an experienced Category Development Manager to make a difference at Kraft Heinz. The position is a highly strategic within the Baby Food category in the Italian business unit based in Milan. You'll be working in a high performing team, with strong leading brand such as Plasmon / Nipiol, alongside peers always trying to reach the next level.
In brief, you will be responsible for:
- Bring analysis, synthesis and clarity to the business vision on relevant topics to support the strategic direction of the category
- Drive the sell-in and sell-out analysis process to ensure proper volume forecast and market share planning
- Support the team in preparing monthly business review internal meetings
- Responsible for leading the Excellence retail execution process by ensuring target and execution of the perfect store model, according to sell-out and Regional team plans.
- Responsible for carrying out specific category development and growth projects (shelf, extra display, customer excellence...)
- Support internal sales team in preparing customer plan and execution of the assortment/distribution sales fundamentals
Qualifications
Hard Skills
- Experience in a category development, sales, commercial, or trade marketing role
- Demonstrable knowledge of our key data platforms, IRI / Kantar and/or retailer shopper insight platforms
- Highly numerate and strategic thinking with the ability to analyze market, category and financial data to identify key trends and recommend creative solutions
- Bachelor's or Master's degree ideal
- English proficiency is mandatory
- Advanced Excel and Power Point skills (power pivot, think cell...)
- Ability to simplify complex information in an effective way and present to internal stakeholders
Professional Attributes
- Consumer and Customer Focus - You demonstrate a passion for the consumer and a genuine curiosity for the customer, thinking of innovative solutions to drive performance.
- Analytical - We're a very data driven company. You know how to translate complex data into a simple solution with your analytical mindset.
- Communication Skills - At Kraft Heinz you'll easily be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. Therefore, it's important you have excellent communication skills, to deal with all kinds of different stakeholders. You are a very good storyteller, able to translate your analytical conclusions into strong cohesive narratives.
- Project management skills - You're organized and structured and know how to bring multiple projects to a successful ending within the given timeframe.
- Team player - You're a team player, which means you're sometimes a leader, sometimes a follower but always working towards the same common goal together with your teammates.
What we offer you
- An ambitious employer; we only want to the best for our people!
- Trainings and coaching to help develop your skills and behaviours
- A career track like only few other companies can match
- Flexible and hybrid working approach (3 from the office or with customers / 2 from home)
- Family-friendly and inclusive work environment
- Competitive benefits package to support mental, physical, financial and social well-being
- A competitive salary and excellent bonus structure (above market)
- Always room for new ideas; if you have a good idea, please let us know, and we can set it in action!
Location(s)
Milano
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
At the heart of this journey is our ambition to create an enterprise where powerful AI solutions augment humans and where small mission-based teams are in relentless pursuit to solve tangible problems for our consumers, customers, and the enterprise. That ambition requires us to create a modern cloud and data ecosystem - a one of its kind that becomes the neural network of our company. We want you to bring your tech-self to us. We use Python, R, Spark, React, Tableau, Snowflake, Azure, and others to solve the problem on hand. In-turn, you can look forward to high-impact challenges, no bureaucracy, entrepreneurial small teams, and a unique opportunity to create and build something bold, awesome, and impactful – all while honoring our 150-year heritage and a portfolio of 200 iconic and emerging brands!
Why Work With Us
Our ambition is to become a best-in-class Digital leader by making data-driven investments that drive smarter business decisions. You’ll invent the next wave of augmented intelligence products where software & humans work side-by-side to rethink every aspect of our company. You’ll make an imprint & leave your legacy on every part of our business.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We also believe providing a more flexible and agile model is essential in today’s workplace. A majority of our office-based employees will be able to work remotely for up to two days each week.
