Food Business Manager - Nestl Professional

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Food Business Manager MENA

Location: Dubai

Category: Nestle Professional

POSITION SUMMARY

When you think Nestl whats the first thing that comes to mind We might be known as the worlds biggest food and beverages company but much more goes into the DNA that makes us who we are. From the health and wellness of our consumers the quality of our products and the passion that drives our employees theres always more to life within our fray. As such we are looking for a Food Business Manager MENA to join our Nestl Professional team.

As the Food Business Manager and part of the Nestl Professional MENA leadership team you will be responsible for developing Nestls Out of Home (OOH) marketing strategy and unlocking the potential of Confectionary Dairy and Food categories ensuring regional objectives are met. This role is critical in driving strategic initiatives managing category portfolios and ensuring accelerated growth.

A Day in the Life

• Defining overall category strategy while ensuring cascade and support to drive execution in the agreed strategic channels.
• Managing the P&L category portfolios pricing strategies and competitive analysis.
• Developing Marketing plans supported with strong value propositions and commercial toolkits to enable growth in the MENA region.
• Leading new product development/innovations collaborating with crossfunctional teams including chefs application group team and other relevant stakeholders.
• Managing all aspects of people with HR related to the Food areas including recruitment training development succession planning reviews and appraisals.
• Ensuring compliance with global brand guidelines for the Food strategic global and regional brands through marketing execution while implementing best practices and processes for excellence.
• Representing the market at key regional and global food meetings while connecting with Industry key opinion leaders.
• Ensuring alignment with zone teams and regional stakeholders on priorities initiatives and projects while providing support to all clusters on key channeldriven initiatives and Key accounts plans.
• Strengthening NP presence in the Food Service industry with relevant stakeholders (Chefs F&B managers) through the implementation of market initiatives such as Chef2Chef events.
• Managing relationships with media and creative agencies to develop media campaigns that are meeting the campaign KPIs

What Will Make You Successful

• 10 years in a similar role in Marketing and Sales ideally with Category Marketing experience
• Strong learning agility and project management experience with cross functional teams
• Experience of working in a matrix environment with the ability to influence those outside the circle of direct authority in an international level
• B2B and B2C experience an advantage
• Demonstrated success in managing cross functional teams at market level and creating a sustainable highperformance culture
• Thorough understanding of P&L drivers

All qualified applicants will be given equal opportunity based on their experience and qualifications against the role requirements. In some geographies candidates may be given preference according to nationalization requirements in compliance with the country local laws and regulations.