Sr. Director, Cakes & Pastries

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 create and implement future-proof category strategies that are grounded in deep consumer and category insight, data-driven and digitally integrated and that ensure profitable business growth beyond brand growth.

How you will contribute

Role Objective: In this key position, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the Cakes & Pastries (C&P) long term portfolio, innovation pipeline design & development work. As a forward-thinking leader, you will be responsible for driving and partnering with commercial teams in developing holistic MDLZ C&P Aisle Go to Market playbook and Pilot Design & Execution. Your creativity and strategic mindset will be instrumental in ensuring that Mondelez is set up for success in the C&P space. If you are enthusiastic about pushing boundaries and shaping the future of beloved brands, we invite you to be a catalyst for change in our global innovation journey.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and prioritize white spaces innovation territories with strategic and commercial analysis: selecting the right growth drivers, forecasting, and identifying the appropriate competitive and trends intel data to support recommendations.
• Develop long term MDLZ enterprise C&P portfolio Strategy to deliver bold V30 Ambition, and the C&P innovation pipeline to deliver AC -SP growth ambition.
• Partner with commercial team to craft customer-consumer centric category growth story, including:
• Building consumer/shopper driver & barrier understanding for the category
• Discover new innovation methodologies and processes on key big bets, and drive winning innovation development on key big bet brand-format bundles with Agile methodology.
• Define consumer -channel opportunity.
• Develop compelling proposition /concepts which can deliver category growth.
• Fuel marketing capabilities with key learnings, to strengthen capabilities within the MDLZ community, by developing solid learning plans to develop and validate product ideas for detailed implementation
• Streamline C&P packaging strategy together with R&D and lead BUs. Monitor relevant competitor innovation activity and work closely with cross-functionals to fuel innovation portfolio strategy.
• Explore new business models involving consumers in the next generation of C&P.

What extra ingredients you will bring:

• Consumer marketing & strategy building acumen with a deep understanding of innovation process to enter and win in new category.
• Prior C&P category knowledge including consumer-shopper & competition dynamics understanding a critical requirement to succeed.
• Agile mindset must; experience with Agile ways of working preferred.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with the agility and know-how to navigate the organization across functions
• Compelling Insight Understanding & Translation to Strategy
• Highly analytical with strong conceptual skills, understanding customer needs not only rationally but also emotionally
• Growth-minded leader who can aim bold and gets things done despite ambiguity or adversity

The base salary range for this position is $170,000 to $297,500; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results and eligibility to participate in our long-term incentive program.

In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.

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Job Type

Regular

Brand & Portfolio Management

Marketing