Category Competitive Insights Lead

**Position Snapshot**

Location: Vevey, Switzerland
Company: SPN, Nutrition SBU
Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100%
Type of contract: Permanent contract

**What we offer at Nestlé**

Flexible work policies in terms of core hours and working from home. Please talk to us during the recruitment process about what flexibility could look like for you
Genuine opportunities for career and personal development
Modern “smart office” locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces
Dynamic international working environment
Attractive additional benefits

**Position Summary**

As a “**Category & Competitive Insights Lead**” in our Nutrition SBU, you will support the Global Business Strategy Development by assessing new business opportunities, market dynamics, key trends and implications for Nestlé’s portfolio.
In this role you will monitor key category competitors, generate strategic insights on the Business Environment and prepare comprehensive and sound reports to be circulated to the Leadership team of the Nutrition SBU.

The Nutrition “Strategic Business Unit” (SBU) is part of the Nestlé Group. Our mission is to support lifelong health and well-being for all. Grounded in the deep understanding of today's nutritional challenges and the link between food and health, we leverage our R&D expertise to offer tasty and balanced diets which cater to the varied and different needs of mothers, infants, children, teens and adults. Our high quality and sustainable solutions include ensuring access to affordable nutrition and addressing specific dietary requirements and nutritional deficiencies.
We offer a dynamic, inclusive, and international working environment with many opportunities across different businesses, functions, and regions. Don’t miss the opportunity to join us and work with different teams in an agile and diverse context.

**A Day in the Life of a Category & Competitive Insights Lead**
- Provide analysis of the future growth evolution of the category, key macro, societal and consumer trends that will affect the future market growth
- Conduct thorough research and analysis of competitors, their product portfolio, pricing strategies, market positioning, distribution channels and marketing effort. Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) to inform the SBU categories on business opportunities and threats
- Deliver ad-hoc or regular reports to the SBU Leadership Team providing actionable insights and recommendations based on competitive intelligence
- Support the bi-annual preparation of the SBU Global Steering Committee (GSC) providing consolidated category and competitors' dynamics to inform the category leadership decision-making
- Support the SBU teams on selected projects by developing presentations, drafting notes in a structured way, and participating to cross-functional projects

**What will make you successful**
- BA/BS degree in Business/Finance/Economics or any BA/BS degree + MBA or similar on-the-job experience
- 5-8 years+ experience in Strategy, Business Development, preferably in FMCG industry or Strategy Consulting
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and recommendations
- Experience with pre-processing and analyzing different sets of data (trends, market shares..) and quantify possible business opportunities
- Some form of exposure to M&A (due-diligence, integration, valuation, business cases....)
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives and drive them to completion

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win.
We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

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