Innovation Manager, Chocolate SACEA at Mondelez… · Johannesb…

Innovation Manager, Chocolate SACEA Location: Johannesburg, South Africa 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. Working with cross-functional and regional teams, you implement a portfolio strategy that is aligned with the brand vision to drive sustainable growth. You support profit and loss management and future business development plans and objectives including new product development and platform opportunities. How you will contribute Working with other internal stakeholders, you will support the brand portfolio strategy and priorities to enable consumer-centric brand portfolio growth. You will develop annual plans, setting objectives and allocating resources. In addition, you will offer recommendations for integrated commercial plans, develop and execute marketing plans that deliver on revenue and profit forecasts, and share objectives. Based on your deep consumer insights and brand positioning, you will develop and implement integrated marketing communications and 360 degree campaigns. What you will bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: Consumer behavior, preferably in the consumer goods sector in matrix environment Developing a seamless consumer experience Managing business objectives beyond brand and budget Analytics and creativity—a balance of commercial and strategic acumen Leading and influencing teams Communicating effectively, verbally and in writing, and executive presentation skills Markets with diverse economic environments a distinct advantage More about this role What you need to know about this position: You will work in partnership with category brand teams to determine the innovation strategy and priorities, based on deep consumer insights, brand strategy and positioning, to enable consumer-centric brand growth. Working alongside cross functional teams, you will be responsible for executing commercial innovation plans from idea to launch, ensuring they are integrated into the marketing communication plans and campaigns. You are accountable for the delivery of projects that are both incremental and profitable to support growth for the brand and category and thereafter for monitoring the performance against key performance indicators. What extra ingredients you will bring: Key Responsibilities: Reporting to the Chocolate Category Lead, the Innovation Manager for Chocolate Portfolio (CDM & Contlines) is required to: Lead the development of the Brand Innovation Strategies and 3-year Innovation funnel Lead Innovation projects, including Value Enhancement and New Product Development (NPD), from ideation through to execution, ensuring they are launched within agreed timelines Idea to market best-in-class project management, including realistic and timely critical path management as well as conflict resolution Analyze data to identify business opportunities and propose portfolio improvements to increase brand efficiency and focus Identify and understand key market trends Liaise and manage key stakeholders to ensure project buy-in, whilst unpacking cost, capacity, capability, and complexity of innovation projects Deliver Net Revenue, Gross Project, GP%, Marketing Investment and Instrumentality Targets on Innovations only Complete post launch evaluation, in partnership with the brand team, and ensure monitoring the performance against key performance indicators Stakeholder management and the ability to influence key stakeholders throughout the Innovation process. Key Stakeholders include Brand Management Teams, Project Commercialization Managers, Category Planning and Activation, Category Development Teams, Research & Development Supply Chain, Procurement,National and Key Account Managers. Whilst the above content is a detailed description of the roles and responsibilities there may be other additional elements that form part of the Innovation Manager role that have not been captured but are still part of daily work activities. Education / Certifications: Tertiary Qualification in Marketing or related field of study Minimum 5 Years’ experience as the Innovations Manager/product Developer in a similar role (Marketing, Brand and/or Project Management) Job specific requirements: Product development experience preferably in retail/FMCG (A MUST have) Product Management end-to-end (A MUST have) Proven experience in landing innovation projects (A MUST have) Effective stakeholder management skills Experience with product and packaging innovation (A MUST have) Self-motivated Bigger picture thinker (A MUST have) Resilience and ability to adopt in forever changing business demand (A MUST have) Strong communication skills (A MUST have) Team player with strong leadership skills (A MUST have) Travel requirements: Limited Work schedule: No Relocation support available Business Unit Summary Mondelēz International’s Sub Saharan Africa Business Unit is made up of three key focus areas namely Southern Africa, West Africa and the Rest of Africa Markets.The Business Unit is home to approximately 1000 Makers and Bakers who strive to bring only the best quality and loved brands to our consumers. Mondelēz International in Sub Saharan Africa is proud to house global legacy brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk, Oreo, Halls and Bournvita, together with local jewels such as Cadbury LunchBar, Chappies, TomTom and Dentyne.The Business Unit’s Markets have consistently been awarded Top Employer certification, and has been recognised as a Top Employer in Africa. 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. Job Type Regular Brand & Portfolio Management Marketing