Sr. Manager, Cakes & Pastries Innovation

Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.
Role Objective: In this key position, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the MDLZ Cakes & Pastries (C&P) innovation pipeline design & development work by partnering with the Director C&P Innovation in crafting long term strategy & MDLZ C&P (new aisle) Go to Market Playbook and Pilot roadmap 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:

• Support the development of brand innovation strategy, in partnership with the Director to develop a multi-year innovation agenda that aligns with the C&P growth strategy and financial targets.
• Partner with C&P I&A to build consumer/shopper driver & barrier understanding for the category, by bringing independent analysis to support development of deep understanding of the consumer, brand, and category dynamics to inform winning, relevant innovation across channels.

• Lead category situation assessment & consumer -shopper opportunity framing for MDLZ category growth story development.
• Partners with Director Innovation to develop long term MDLZ enterprise C&P innovation pipeline to deliver AC -SP growth ambition, and lead innovation process on key big bets brand-format bundles embracing Agile methodology
  • Define consumer -channel opportunity. Development and validation of concepts
  • Develop compelling proposition /concepts which can deliver category growth.
  • Partner CFT to develop winning prod-pack bundles which delight consumer & win vs comp
  • Design and execute agile Test & Learns to refine bundles based on in marker learnings.
• Delivery & execution of the multi-year innovation agenda from concept to launch; collaborating closely with the cross functional teams (inclusive of Sales & RGM) to develop channel and customer level understanding to inform packaging, pricing, placement approach for innovation
  • Leads and collaborates with cross functional team through feasibility, commercialization & launch of the innovation
  • Works closely with sales, consumer insights & finance to develop new item forecasts and projections that align with our financial hurdles, and mitigate waste potential
  • Develops sales facing selling stories and communications in support of innovation sell in
  • Post launch tracking and integration of learnings into pipeline innovation development
  • Ability to work with various agencies to develop consumer centric innovation bundles

• Partner Director C&P Innovation on MDLZ C&P Go to market playbook development (Shelving, RGM led PPA - promotion, activation strategy and Pilots roadmap design and execution.

More about this role
What you need to know about this position:
What extra ingredients you will bring:

• Consumer marketing acumen with a deep understanding of innovation process to launch new to market bundles.
• 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.
• Highly analytical with strong conceptual skills, understanding customer needs not only rationally but also emotionally
• 7+ number of Year experience

For salaried roles based: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $133,900 - $184,150; 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. (for Band I+ also include... and eligibility to participate in our long-term incentive program). In addition, Mondelez Company offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. 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.
Job Type
Regular
Growth Strategy
Strategy