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Paulig PRO are seeking a global Portfolio & Concept Manager, to help them drive growth of their branded foodservice portfolio. Are you attracted by the opportunity of building the future of Paulig PRO? If you have experience from brand and portfolio management preferably from foodservice (B2B) and are passionate about food, we want to meet you!

About the position

Paulig PRO brings together Paulig's brands, products and services for the professional market. The offer includes full meal solutions and concepts tailored for restaurants, cafes, schools, health care and workplaces. The assortment ranges from coffee and beverages to tortillas, chips, spices and sauces. Paulig PRO's main markets are Nordics, UK, Baltics & Central Europé.

In the Portfolio & Concept Manager role, you will be to lead the development of parts of the OOH product portfolio and to conceptualize the portfolio/innovations into attractive customers offers. Responsibilities include being a key creator/contributor to developing the overall OOH portfolio strategy and roadmaps.

The job is very dynamic. A key part of your daily work will be to lead and manage different innovation projects, from idea-phase to implementation and an integral part of this task will be to successfully interact with a wide group of people across multiple departments within our organization. You will also be expected to work with different types of analysis to identify and drive new opportunities and you will be at the constant lookout for finding ways of growing our professional food business.

What you will do

• Co-create the OOH 3 year and annual roadmap and plans to deliver on the financial targets.
• Be a key creator/contributor to the OOH portfolio strategy.
• Lead and manage defined portfolio & concept development projects from insight and idea to implementation.
• Gather and analyze channel, customer, and portfolio data across markets, identify and implement relevant actions.
• Drive portfolio and concept management on assigned segments (optimization, innovation, value engineering, and key initiatives)
• Develop the marketing mix toolbox (creative briefs and master units)
• Identify and recommend pricing guidelines for new NPDs/overall portfolio.

You will be based in Mölndal, Sweden, and report to the Head of Portfolio & Concept OOH and be part of a great team of people dedicated to the professional food business.

Your profile

At Paulig, we value every person as an individual and a professional and expect the same from you. Like us, you strive for excellence in everything you do. You enjoy working with people with different backgrounds and are relationship oriented. The ability to cooperate and communicate with others is a key for success in this role.

What we expect from you
You would be a great fit if your background and experience would look like this:
• 6-8 years’ experience of roles within brand & portfolio mgmt., preferably OOH foodservice (B2B) experience.
• Strong project & product mgmt. skills
• Customer and consumer mindset with a strong market understanding
• International mindset, strong business acumen incl analytical skills
• Strategic and result orientated, makes things happen, innovative and collaborative, communicative.
• Strong leadership in own organization and in matrix as well as strong inter-personal skills
• University degree, business administrative or equivalent
• Fluency in written & spoken English

About Paulig

Paulig is a family-owned food and beverage company, growing a new, sustainable food culture – one that is good for both people and the planet. Paulig provides all things tasty; coffees and beverages, Tex Mex and spices, snacks and plant-based choices. The company's brands are Paulig, Santa Maria, Risenta, Poco Loco and Zanuy. Paulig’s sales amounted to EUR 966 million in 2021. The company has over 2300 passionate employees in 13 different countries working around the purpose “For a life full of flavour”.

What we offer:
At Paulig, we believe every meal counts. As an international player in the food and beverage industry and as a house of iconic brands, we can make an impact that counts – and careers that matter.

• You will get to work with iconic brands and high-quality products full of flavour.
• Paulig is home to continuous learning opportunities and is a dynamic workplace that has a strong future-oriented focus.
• You will be a part of a passionate, international team working as visionaries of the food industry.

Want to learn more about working for Paulig and what we offer? Read more on www.pauliggroup.com and www.pauligpro.com

More information and how to apply 

This is a permanent employment. We look forward receiving your applications as soon as possible. We do ongoing selection of candidates, so don’t hesitate to submit your application if you’re interested. The process will include both screening questions as well as a personality and problem-solving test. If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, please reach out to Sofia Lidenhed, sofia.lidenhed@inhouse.se