Senior Category Manager Culinary, Europe
Core
Lead the Culinary category strategy for IFF's Taste Europe Marketing team to drive cross-functional collaboration, execute a three-year growth plan, and translate strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes.
Role type
Senior Category Marketing Manager (IC)
Builds
Category growth strategies, marketing initiatives, and tactical plans for the Culinary sector
Domain
Food ingredients, flavors, and culinary market
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Category strategy development, cross-functional stakeholder engagement, commercial growth planning, insight-driven marketing content creation, project management, financial target tracking, industry insight analysis
Preferred skills
B2C/B2B marketing experience, culinary market knowledge, matrix organization leadership, strategic marketing fundamentals
Technologies
PowerPoint, Excel
Responsibilities
Lead the Multidisciplinary Culinary Category Team in developing a Category plan; Own the growth of the categories in the region; Align and drive the roll-out of the Category plan with sales and technical teams; Monitor and report on the execution of the category plan to EUROPE leadership; Support key customer engagements; Leverage interaction with external and internal stakeholders to collect industry insights
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC