About Us
At Lindt ‘We Enchant the World with Chocolate’ and this is an amazing opportunity for the right individual to join us and become part of our high performing team.
Our rich and diverse culture embraces change while cherishing our history. At Lindt, we believe that excellence lies within each and every one of our employees. That's why we've created a one-of-a-kind environment where our team members can take risks, challenge the norm, and help build the Lindt brand for generations to come.
With teams of passionate employees, we're always on the lookout for fresh ideas and innovative thinking. We encourage our team to recognise opportunities, get creative, and build strong relationships to Enchant the World with Chocolate.
About the Role
Reporting to the National Category Manager, the Senior Category Manager is responsible for leading the commercialisation of Lindt's ANZ Category Growth Strategy across customers and channels. The role combines strategic thinking, category expertise and influential stakeholder engagement to drive market-winning outcomes.
We are on an exciting transformation journey and are seeking a forward-thinking category leader who will challenge the status quo, drive innovation, and uncover new opportunities for growth. This role will play a pivotal part in strengthening Lindt's position as the category leader in premium chocolate, elevating category capability, thought leadership and customer partnerships through influential insights, strategic storytelling and impactful engagement.
Key Responsibilities
Working closely with Sales, Marketing, Commercial Finance and key retail customers to develop and execute category-led growth plans that strengthen Lindt's position as the category thought leader in premium chocolate. You will:
- Drive the execution of Lindt's ANZ Category Growth Strategy, identifying opportunities to accelerate category and business growth.
- Lead the end-to-end range, seasonal and customer review process, delivering insights and recommendations that influence commercial outcomes.
- Build strong relationships with major retail customers and act as a trusted category thought leader.
- Develop compelling category stories that turn complex data and insights into clear, actionable growth plans.
- Champion the annual category planning cycle, ensuring category strategies are translated into customer-specific growth initiatives.
- Leverage shopper, consumer and market insights to identify opportunities, influence decisions and deliver measurable results.
What you will bring:
- Significant experience in Category Management, Sales or Marketing within FMCG.
- A proven track record of developing and executing category and customer growth strategies.
- Executive presence and confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and customers.
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills across cross-functional environments and the ability to think differently and push boundaries.
- Experience using data and insights to identify opportunities and drive business decisions.
- Advanced analytical and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex information into clear recommendations.
- The ability to represent and lead the category/shopper perspective in a dynamic and fast paced cross functional working environment.
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What We Can Offer You
- A positive, supportive environment that encourages both career and personal growth, celebrates achievements, and recognises success
- An engaging and creative workplace filled with passionate individuals who value diversity and think differently
- A hybrid working environment - 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home
- A strong focus on maintaining a healthy work life balance
- A paid day off on your birthday
If you are passionate about driving business outcomes and contributing positively to change, whilst building strong relationships with stakeholders apply now.
And yes there are chocolate perks, including the opportunity to enjoy and indulge in some of the finest chocolate in the world!
Skills Required
- Significant experience in Category Management, Sales, or Marketing within FMCG
- Proven track record developing and executing category and customer growth strategies
- Executive presence and confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and customers
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills across cross-functional environments
- Ability to think differently and push boundaries
- Experience using data and insights to identify opportunities and drive business decisions
- Advanced analytical and presentation skills
- Ability to simplify complex information into clear recommendations
- Ability to represent and lead the category and shopper perspective in a dynamic, fast-paced cross-functional environment
What We Do
The Lindt & Sprüngli Group - premium chocolate for more than 175 years Lindt & Sprüngli is recognized as a leader in the market for premium quality chocolate, offering a large selection of products in more than 120 countries around the world. During 175 years of Lindt & Sprüngli's existence, it has become known as one of the most innovative and creative companies making premium chocolate. The beginnings of Lindt & Sprüngli are in 1845, when father and son for the first time manufactured solid chocolate in their small confectionery Sprüngli & Son, at that time yet a partnership. Since then, the company has gone through many different eras, but the entrepreneurial spirit and passion for making chocolate that drove both the Sprüngli family as well as Rodolphe Lindt, when he invented the first truly melting chocolate and later on sold his business to Sprüngli, are still alive. Today, quality chocolate products by Lindt & Sprüngli are made at 12 own production sites in Europe and the USA. They are distributed by 36 subsidiaries and branch offices, in more than 530 own stores, and also via a comprehensive network of more than 100 independent distributors around the globe. With more than 14,500 employees, the Lindt & Sprüngli Group reported sales of CHF 5.2 billion in 2023.
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