Mars

Portfolio Manager

Mars  β€’  Czechia (Onsite)  β€’  5 hours ago
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Job Description

Location: Warsaw, Prague or Bucharest πŸ±πŸΆπŸ•πŸˆβ€β¬›πŸΎ

The role exists to deploy, lead and govern the plans to enable delivery of our business strategies for respective product portfolio 🐱( innovation,renovation, simplification for growth).

The role orchestrates PNE commercial strategy translation into Cluster portfolio plans and translates brand plans into execution plans to be deployed in partnership with the x-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities 🐾:

Portfolio Strategy & Simplification for Growth

  • Lead the development and deployment of portfolio strategies across cluster markets, driving growth through innovation, renovation, and simplification for growth agenda, guided by PNE Growth Strategy.

  • Act as a portfolio performance champion, identifying gaps, unlocking opportunities, and ensuring alignment with regional and local priorities.

  • Drive a scaled, CE Cluster approach, moving beyond fragmented market execution - Role model Fewer Bigger Better approach.

Portfolio Governance & Deployment planning

  • Own portfolio plan alignment and deployment through key signature processes e.g. S2W,Innovation and portfolio deployment stagegates, S&OP+ etc.

  • Establish and lead structured governance and alignment processes to track and follow-through performance, manage trade-offs, and ensure delivery against strategic objectives with local and regional teams.

Execution & Cross-Functional Alignment

  • Achieve Excellence in Execution role modeling high performance culture via robust x-functional collaboration with Cluster and regional Teams.

  • Partner with regional teams to align on portfolio decisions, execution roadmaps and support needed – critical member of PDM calls and Regional Cluster Connects.

  • Translate portfolio and brand strategies into clear, actionable plans and ensure end-to-end delivery and follow-through

  • Embed structured follow-through processes into S&OP+ to ensure visibility, accountability, and speed of execution.

  • Orchestrate best in class trade stories and deployment plans leveraging category insights, brand strategies supported by executional plans per initiative (innovation, renovation etc)

Performance Analytics & Value Delivery

  • Lead portfolio performance tracking through KPI scorecards, financial analysis, and growth bridge insights

  • Proactively manage Risk&Opp assessment and drive supporting actions for acceleration/gap closing.

What are we looking for ⚞ β€’ ⚟?

  • Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or a related field.

  • Strong proven experience in FMCG marketing, category management, or business strategy, ideally in a regional or cluster role.

  • Proven ability to manage complex projects, drive strategic initiatives, and influence cross-functional teams.

  • Strong analytical mindset with experience in category insights, financial analysis, and performance tracking.

  • Experience in working across multiple markets, preferably within Central Europe (CE), with a strong understanding of regional dynamics.

  • Excellent stakeholder management and coordination skills, strong follow-through mindset.

  • Able to build network and influence

What can you expect from us 🐈?

  • Attractive compensation and benefits package tailored to your location.

  • Career development support through a personalized growth plan.

  • The opportunity to participate in volunteering initiatives during working hours.

  • A pet-friendly office environment.

Mars

About Mars

We’re a unified force of 150,000+ Associates, taking action every day toward the world we want tomorrow.

Our Five Principles have kept us true to ourselves and to our commitment to treat others in ways that are consistent with those values. Having stood the test of time, these principles will continue, keeping us free to move quickly and plan for the future.

Quality - The consumer is our boss, quality is our work and value for money is our goal.

Responsibility - As individuals, we demand total responsibility from ourselves; as Associates, we support the responsibilities of others.

Mutuality - A mutual benefit is a shared benefit; a shared benefit will endure.

Efficiency - We use resources to the full, waste nothing and do only what we can do best.

Freedom - We need freedom to shape our future; we need profit to remain free.

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Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
McLean, Virginia
Year Founded
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Website
mars.com
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