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Category Leadership & Display Manager - SSA at Mars
KenyaFull TimeMid-Senior Level
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As a Category Leadership & Display Manager at Mars, you will be responsible for driving the growth of the Snacking Category by improving our in-store presence, coverage, and physical availability. Reporting to the Customer Growth Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, you will seek out display opportunities, deliver customer-focused solutions, and build strong partnerships with our customers to accelerate category growth.
What are we looking for?
A Bachelor's Degree.
1-3 years of graduate experience; experience in the FMCG sector is an advantage but not essential.
A collaborative and customer-focused individual who can effectively analyze data, identify insights, and translate them into successful customer projects.
Someone with strong planning and alignment skills, who can manage complexity and ensure accountability in a dynamic environment.
An eagerness to learn from peers, share best practices, and drive continuous improvement.
What would be your key responsibilities?
Develop insight-led category solutions to improve shopper conversion and strengthen the physical availability of our products.
Lead customer category projects, using data to identify growth opportunities and recommend assortment and planogram solutions.
Develop, test, and deploy creative display solutions across main aisles, checkouts, and interruption points to maximize sales.
Partner with internal teams (Sales, Marketing, Finance) and external stakeholders (suppliers, retailers) to shape and execute customer concepts.
Identify and scale display innovations and best practices across the Sub-Saharan Africa region and the Global Display team.
Manage display materials, agency quality, and budgets to improve ROI and ensure timely execution.