Director, Portfolio Growth and Innovation

Job Description
How you will contribute
You will:

• Lead the development of growth and must win battles roadmaps and go to market plans for the Business Unit and/ or category. Partner with Finance, Commercial, R&D, SC, and Legal functions as part of the planning process. Define frameworks for evaluating performance.

• Act as a sounding board to relevant commercial stakeholders and champion scenario planning, where to win and how to play and portfolio roles frameworks.

• Work closely with Marketing & Sales Strategy teams, helping them articulate their strategic opportunities related to their strategic plans.

• Lead governance of the implementation of key initiatives and projects flowing from the Strategic Plan

• Lead discussions with regional and global leadership to explain the opportunities and gain alignment of specific actions and choices

• Maintain ongoing monitoring of emerging macro environment, category, channel and competitive trends in partnership with insights and analytics.

What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:

• Growth roles for large fast moving consumer goods organizations

• Relevant work experience in Marketing/Portfolio Growth/General Management (across Marketing/Sales/Finance/Operations) in a similar successful or larger size fast-moving consumer goods company.

• Held assignments in consulting firms or partnered with them on mid to long term growth strategies as well as project such as M&As (strategy, structuring, due diligence)

• Leadership level experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis and tools.

• Experience developing and executing 3-year innovation and renovation pipelines, preparing successful stage gate business cases.

• Structured thinking with the ability to simplify complexity and deliver results.

• Strong story teller, communicator, collaborator and influencer. Ability to partner across the organization and manage key stakeholders.

You will play a critical role in defining and executing against the following areas:
Situation Assessment:

• Assessment of external macroeconomic environment (consumers, shoppers, categories, channels, competition) and internal business performance with key implications and recommendations to BU

Portfolio of the Future:

• Portfolio Roles: Defining category & brand roles across the business unit

• Where to Play:Recommending new category growth spaces, adjacencies, must-win battles, brands, integrations and M&A.

• How to Win: Developing and executing go to market plans focused on the 6 Ps of winning.

Portfolio Innovation:

• Develop and execute a 3-year pipeline innovation and renovation strategy for new white space categories, new brands, and cross categories.

• Prepare innovation charters and product development requests for business case approvals.

Portfolio Capabilities

• Optimize the strategic planning framework and adopt new repeatable growth models.

• Develop internal and external category growth stories in partnership with the commercial organization.

• Optimize the innovation process and capabilities while leading the BU's PMR.

• Act as the single point of contact for Marketing capabilities/excellence for the business unit.

• Rally the BU towards new capabilities and partner internally to upskill cross functional teams.

• Coach and develop direct report(s)

• Special projects as needed

Education / Certifications:
Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a Business degree or related field
MBA an asset
Work schedule:
Hybrid work schedule, Monday to Friday
In addition to base salary, this position is eligible to participate in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
Mondelez also offers several generous employee benefits (some subsidized or fully paid for by the company), including health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, and enhanced vacation and holiday entitlements.
AI may be used as part of the recruitment process and in accordance with local laws. This posting is for a current vacancy.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada. Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario. A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone; We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies. Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company. We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity. In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging.
Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please note that the term "accommodation" in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.
Job Type
Regular
Growth Strategy
Strategy