Regional Portfolio Manager (H/F/X) 

Segment : Royal Canin 

Type of contract : Permanent 

Location : Aimargues near Montpellier, France 

This role will own the flywheel metrics and portfolio performance. The role will manage & facilitate R-PMR across the region and ensure its efficiency by connecting with local & global PMRs.

Portfolio performance and recommendations will be fed into the Key decision-making forums (S&OP+, regional forums &Steercos) to drive sustainable growth and performance for the respective portfolio.

What profile we are looking for: 

• Higher degree, preferably in Marketing/ Digital Marketing / Brand

• Strong English skills

• Strong portfolio management and brand building experience required

• Experience in Flywheel analysis

• Experience in wider practical analysis (e.g., financial, category or sales); ability to pull insights into actions out of various data sets

• Highly motivated and able to work independently · Strong Interpersonal & influencing skills Preferred knowledge / experience:

• Experience in a Mars or Royal Canin market is a plus

• Knowledge of culture(s) and/or language(s) of market(s) of the Region is a plus

What will be your key responsibilities: 

• Manage and facilitate R-PMR processes.

• Prepare situations for escalation to G-PMR

• Ensure coordination with other regions to align strategies and performance.

• Deploy the regional portfolio strategy for Sick Pet / Healthy Pet across VCMs

• Consolidate EAV and support local managers in PMR.

• Build the portfolio strategic plan for the market / cluster and then track performance against that plan in S&OP+

• Manage the premia for the region and support the markets.

• Ability to measures and assess portfolio performance using the flywheel

• Ability to transform this assessment into action with the local and regional and global teams to positively impact performance

• Ability to build a plan and land innovation and re-novation well in conjunction with the other key stake holders (MSD and sales)

• Ability to work with all key stakeholders to build the communication plan to deliver against the key mental reach elements of the flywheel

• Ability to work with peers and build relationships across other markets to share best practice and influence future portfolio direction for success

• Understand the Pet Owner and what drives their behaviours to contribute to the regional portfolio strategy.

What can you expect from Mars? 

• You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office!    

• You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group   

• Since 2015, no waste to landfill is made by the 16 Royal Canin factories in the world  

• All Royal Canin products manufactured in Europe are ISO 14001 certified from design to factory gate