**Job Description** **How you will contribute** You will: + Leads the development of the trade marketing part of the category annual plans (contract process) + Understands market dynamics / consumer insights by channel to participate on trade marketing strategic decisions + Leads the business planning meeting where the sales quotas are built in order to accomplish the annual plans based on relevant building blocks + Suggests and influences investment in category building blocks, according to category and channel need, and is accountable of execution excellence at point of sale + Follows up the competition’s commercial activity in the category in order to detect business opportunities and potential threats for the brand + Plays a leadership role within the multi categories teams by leading, providing accurate and relevant channel point of sale information that will lead to find business opportunities such as innovations, customer promotions, portfolio, pricing, etc. that will lead to achieve multi categories targets **What you will bring** A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: + Category planning and delivering growth through category leadership + Having a future-focused mindset, being curious about industry trends, digital solutions and innovation for consumers, and translating opportunities into business plans + Developing and delivering plans, measuring and monitoring results and making recommendations to achieve growth targets + Business planning and how to maximize revenue growth + Influencing stakeholders and interacting effectively with others with the courage and resilience to hold an alternative point of view + Analytical skills and business acumen **How you will contribute** You will: + Lead the category planning function in the market. + Liaise with category marketing, customer marketing, and sales channel managers to develop the best execution strategies, ensuring alignment between category and customer needs. + Be responsible for short-, mid-, and long-term category sales forecasting across channels and customers, including monitoring performance and identifying solutions for continued growth. + Ensure new product contribution is maximized through an end-to-end process and continuous monitoring. + Lead and coordinate the integrated business planning (IBP) process in conjunction with marketing and sales. + Coach and develop team members to build capability in category development **What you will bring** A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: + Proven experience in category planning, key accounts, and market insights analysis, with a track record of delivering growth through category leadership. + A future-focused mindset, with curiosity about industry trends, digital solutions, and innovation for consumers, and the ability to translate opportunities into actionable business strategies. + Ability and agility to develop and deliver on a strategic plan, measuring and monitoring results, and making recommendations to achieve growth targets. + Experience in integrated business planning (IBP) and a solid understanding of how to maximise category performance. + Demonstrated experience in leading and developing diverse teams. + Ability to influence stakeholders and interact effectively with leadership, based on a strong understanding of business priorities, with the resilience to hold and communicate an alternative point of view. **More about this role** **What you need to know about this position:** + Demonstrated strong shopper & customer engagement and understanding at a management level. + Solid understanding of Go-To-Market (GTM) and Route-To-Market (RTM) strategies. + Experience in execution excellence. **What extra ingredients you will bring:** + Expertise in planning & end-to-end project management. + Solid understanding of research methodologies and insight generation. + Strong data analytics capabilities. + Solid financial and commercial acumen. + Strong people leadership skills and experience in cross-functional project collaboration. + High level influencing skills **Education / Certifications:** + Commercial, Marketing or Economics Degree + Honors and/or MBA would be an advantage **Job specific requirements:** + Minimum of five years in a similar role **Travel requirements:** Domestic, regional and some international travel (where applicable) may be required No Relocation support available Business Unit Summary **Mondelēz International’s Sub Saharan Africa Business Unit is made up of three key focus areas namely Southern Africa, West Africa and the Rest of Africa Markets.** **The Business Unit is home to approximately 1000 Makers and Bakers who strive to bring only the best quality and loved brands to our consumers. Mondelēz International in Sub Saharan Africa is proud to house global legacy brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk, Oreo, Halls and Bournvita, together with local jewels such as Cadbury LunchBar, Chappies, TomTom and Dentyne.** **The Business Unit’s Markets have consistently been awarded Top Employer certification, and has been recognised as a Top Employer in Africa.** Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. **Job Type** Regular Category Planning & Activation Sales At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about. We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast. Join us and Make It An Opportunity! Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.