Nestlé is one of the world’s leading food and beverage company, with 2000 global iconic brands and operating in 188 countries.

At Nestlé we work for unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. That is our purpose.

We are the Good food, Good life company. We believe in the power of food to enhance lives. Good food nourishes and delights the senses. It helps children grow healthy, pets thrive, parents age gracefully and everyone live life to the fullest. Good food brings us together. Good food also respects our planet and protects resources for future generations.

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Join Nestlé Team and be a Force For Good!

We are currently looking for a Category Development Manager to join our Beverages team.

Location: Maslak, İstanbul

Type of contract: Permanent

As a Category Development Manager, you will have the following responsibilities;

Lead Commercial Planning process:

• Own and drive annual commercial planning process and and annual category calendar

• Drive alignment of category & channel & customer plans that deliver on annual category targets

• Track delivery of commercial plans

Market Share Tracking:

• Running the channel planning cycle

• Detection of all peaks and building annual plan to overcome those

• Regular performance tracking

Shopper Centricity: Source and apply insight to our plans and activations

• Gather, share and apply shopper understanding in category & channel business plans

• Bring relevant shopper initiatives to life at store in line with customer needs

• Ensure Shopper & Customer Relevancy of all NPD

Picture of Success, optimise assortment, display & promo across channels:

• Prioritise channels

• Development and coordination of best-in-class executional guidelines

• Promotional Guidelines (mechanics, depth, frequency, limits).

• Participate in pre-post evaluation

• Distribution and picture of sucess tracking

Understand and plan optimal investment choices:

• Sustain Strategic Revenue Management

• Guide the annual allocation of commercial investments across channels/customers

Which profile are we looking for?

• Bachelors Degree

• Fluent in English

• 5-7 years of commercial experience

• Proven track record of delivering results and result orientated

• Advanced knowledge of commercial account planning and execution

• Developed understanding of best practice on in store execution

• Strategic Revenue Management

• Advance Finance skills and trade spend management

• Enhanced and developed inter-personal skills

• Ability to analyse, examine and extract insight from sales and category data.

What are our employee community values?

Safety, quality, compliance and respect are pillars for our community existence.

Respect is our overaching value in Nestlé. We RESPECT eachother, others, environment and all life around.

We work in a supportive, caring, elevating environment. It is crucial for us to preserve our culture of solidarity.

What are our working values at Nestlé?

Flexible work schedule

Hybrid working

Multinational experience at one of the world’s leading food and beverage company

International and domestic career opportunities

Development opportunities and trainings

Exclusive employee discounts

Employee Assistance Program, 24/7 expert support

Sport benefit program (benefit from more than 350 sport centers)

A paid birthday leave

4 weeks paternity leave

The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Be a force for good.

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