Category Leader, Family Cereals and Children's Nutrition

Our client, a food and nutrition company, is looking for a category leader for family cereals and children's nutrition. You will run the category like a small business. You will answer for revenue, volume, market share, margin and profit.

You will sit in the marketing team but work closely with sales, finance, research, production, procurement and supply chain. You will not report to sales, yet you will meet sales leaders often to review volume, share, distribution, pricing and promotions. When results fall short, you will agree actions and see them through.

You will turn consumer research and sales data into decisions on range, price, packs and communication. You will understand parents, children and family meals, and balance nutrition, taste, convenience and cost. You will lead product renewal with research and quality colleagues, keep nutrition and age claims responsible and compliant, and build a pipeline of new ideas for the next 24 to 36 months.

You will set prices and pack sizes that keep products affordable and still protect margin. You will plan for retail, wholesale and other channels, and work with sales to grow household reach, shelf presence and repeat purchase.

We are looking for a marketer with a degree in marketing, business, finance or a related field. You have 8 to 12 years in fast-moving consumer goods, with real ownership of a category or brand and its profit and loss. Experience in cereals, dairy, child nutrition or packaged foods helps. You are at ease with numbers and with working across diverse African markets.