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Paulig are seeking a Portfolio & Concept Manager to help them further build the future of Snacking in branded retail. If you are a driven & solution-oriented person, who enjoys challenges and wants to help shape the future snacking culture, we want to meet you!

About the position

As Portfolio & Concept Manager you will be the owner of part of the product portfolio within Snacking, and together with the team develop the long- and short-term roadmap to ensure profitable growth.

In this role you will have the amazing opportunity to work with our newest category and lead and drive the growth of Snacking to support the realization of our ambition in this thriving category! Here you will own, drive and lead the Savory Snacking Portfolio for branded retail, and be responsible for the development of innovations and initiatives, that will help to strengthen the brand position, and grow the portfolio.

What you will do

• Lead and manage our Savory Snacking portfolio & its innovation projects/concepts from idea to implementation
• Co-create the 3-year retail category roadmap & annual plans to deliver on the financial & brand targets
• Champion of consumer trends, insight, and competition within the Snacking category
• Drive portfolio & concept management (optimization, innovation, value engineering, and key initiatives)
• Gather & analyse brand, category and consumer data across markets and identify relevant actions & insights and act upon them.
• Identify and act on growth and profitability opportunities in the full marketing mix
• Development of marketing mix toolbox
• Responsibility for the marketing part of product data

You will be based in Mölndal or Solna, Sweden and report to the Head of Brands & Portfolio Snacking & Risenta, and be part of a great team of people based in our locations across Europe – Finland, UK, Belgium, Sweden, Estonia, Spain.

Your profile

We think you would be a great fit if your strengths & experiences would look similar to this:

• Have minimum 5 years’ experience of working in similar or equivalent roles within FMCG
• “Can-do” mindset and strong ability to work independently and make things happen
• Strong project leadership skills with multi-functional & cultural teams
• Great collaboration skills with many different stakeholders in various initiatives at the same time

• Gathering, analyzing brand, category, and consumer data across markets

• Identify growth opportunities & ability to structure ideas into concepts

• Strong leadership in own organization and in matrix as well as strong inter-personal skills

• Have good creative and solution-oriented mindset

• Have strong analytical strengths and good business acumen
• Act as a role model and promote the common Paulig culture and collaboration within Paulig.
• Fluency in English on a professional level, both oral and written

• Have a passion for taste & snacks!

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.

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”.

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

What we offer

• You will get to work with iconic brands and high-quality products full of flavour.
• You will be a part of a passionate, international team working as visionaries of the food industry.
• Diversity, different backgrounds and strengths in our teams is a source of creativity and effective teamwork.

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