Portfolio Manager - Pets (Castle Cary)

You will lead the development and execution of the brand plans to drive company growth and profit. You will own the flywheel metrics and portfolio performance. You will design the local flywheel (largely based on regional key inputs) and then work through the S&OP+ cycle, with marketing and sales teams to make sure that we are delivering against these metrics.

Portfolio performance and recommendations will be fed into the key decision-making forums (S&OP+, regional forums & Steercos) to drive sustainable growth and performance for the respective portfolio.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Deploy the regional portfolio strategy for Pet across customer managers.
• Build the portfolio strategic plan for the market/cluster and then track performance against that plan in S&OP+.
• Drive the in-year growth agenda of the relevant portfolio for the market (performance review & action plan) including:

• Ability to transform this assessment into action with the local and regional teams to positively impact performance.
• Ability to build a plan and land innovation and re-novation well in conjunction with the other key stakeholders (MSD and sales).
• Build and manage portfolio mix & P&L ownership for respective portfolios.
• Ability to work with all key stakeholders to build the communication plan to deliver against the key mental reach elements of the flywheel.
• Ability to work with peers and build relationships across other markets to share best practice and influence future portfolio direction for success.
• Understand the Pet Owner and what drives their behaviours to contribute to the regional portfolio strategy. Then work with CMI/research to put data behind assumptions.
• Market analysis with Category to understand the relevant portfolio landscape, our performance within that landscape and build opportunities to accelerate performance EG portfolio white space.

What are we looking for:

• Portfolio management and brand building experience required.
• Experience in Flywheel analysis.
• Experience in wider practical analysis (e.g., financial, category or sales); ability to pull insights into actions out of various data sets.
• Highly motivated and able to work independently.
• Strong interpersonal & influencing skills.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalised as a result of such a request.