Category Manager (Savory), China

About Symrise AG

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavourings, cosmetic active ingredients and functional ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food. Its sales of approximately € 5.0 billion in the 2024 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented in more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America. Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.

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Category Manager (Savory), China This position as Category Manager covering the Greater China markets is responsible for driving sustainable category sales growth in Greater China by developing a strong value proposition with collaboration with technical team and regional/global team. Requiring the strong execution of strategy needs to align with commercial team and technical team and savory category covers both snacks & culinary with overlapping of food services channel in Savory category.

The Ideal Candidate:

Category Management

• Develop and execute short-term and mid-term profitable category growth plan with clear value proposition by consolidating keyaccounts and consumer insights, market & customers' needs and technical capabilities
• Define & execute annual operation plan on time as agreed (Define growth plans in collaboration with commercial, technical, MSCI and key stakeholders and ensure execution of the plan on time and meeting the targets. (target means growth pipeline and win rate)
• Monthly track on category vitality and win rate against target & return of promotions made; monitor key project progress
• Support building up winning product portfolio (flavors/seasonings), especially for key flavour tonalities aligned with category plans, identify the gaps with technical/commercial/customers/competitions' inputs
• Download global/regional outputs & core competences and localize for category growth plan proactively
• Anticipate and provide category specific interpretations of trends and drivers including cross-category influences
• Translate consumer, market and brand information to accurate, appropriate and actionable product insights or solutions for our customers
• Attend daily RCT meeting; execute category outputs regarding reactive projects on time and receive positive feedback

The Ideal Candidate:

• Over 10 years of working experience in B2B/B2C, Marketing, Category Management or related function while possessing min 3 years of people/team management exposure
• Does demonstrate the strong knowledge and passion with the F&B industry
• Possess excellent presentation and communication skills
• Strong in project management and influencing skills
• Strong interpersonal and business development skills
• Digit-savvy and analytical skills
• Fluent in both Mandarin and English communication
• Entrepreneurial and strategic thinking.