Product Strategy Manager, Category Support

 

At Glanbia Nutritionals Inc., our portfolio centers around dairy and non-dairy nutritional ingredients. We co-innovate and deliver ingredient solutions and precision premixes for use in the mainstream food and beverage, infant and clinical, and functional nutrition markets. We are the number one provider of whey-based nutritional ingredients globally and the number one producer of American-style cheddar cheese.

 

 

We are hiring a PSM, Premix Category Support who will be responsible for supporting the strategic growth and tactical execution of Glanbia’s Premix business through product management activities across all categories. This role will liaise and support cross-functional teams internally and externally in executing initiatives as well as strategies as directed by Premix Category PSMs.

 

 

The PSM, Category Support serves as a support between Premix Category PSMs, technology partners, customers, and other relevant Glanbia functions:

• Responsible for supporting the portfolio and pipeline of Glanbia’s Premix offering across all categories.
• Support the development of business cases and clear financial return expectations for various business initiatives as directed by Premix Category PSMs.
• Collaborate with the Glanbia Insights team, Premix Category PSMs, and other sources to build deep market knowledge of the business from a customer, consumer, and competitive standpoint in order to support new target markets and opportunities.
• Support relationships with key customers and participate in joint customer calls with sales as the product expert, with a focus on building demand for innovation related products with our customers.
• Be a member and leader of cross functional teams where necessary.
• Act as liaison for internal customers (sales, finance, customer service, and purchasing, marketing, operations) for day-to-day product related strategies.
• Support and provides sales trainings where needed.
• Vet new global market opportunities (technologies, expansions, partnerships, etc.) identified by Premix Category PSMs and provide recommendations.
• Support go-to-market strategies for the portfolio as directed by Category PSMs and work with Marketing to execute globally.
• Support value based pricing across the premix portfolio by understanding key market insights and competitive set, in addition to working closely with Glanbia Finance in understanding true costs/margins.
• Support key inventory decisions for stock levels and work closely with relevant team members to maintain at a global level.

 

Qualifications:      

• Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree preferably in a scientific background (Food Science, Nutrition Science).
• The ideal candidate must possess excellent interpersonal communication and relationship building skills, and an open mind to manage cross-functional teams.
• 5-7 yrs. related experience within the food and/or ingredients space
• Effective organizational skills in scoping projects tracking projects, etc.

 

 

Our protein systems have transformed the bar and beverage categories — bringing increased levels of protein, cleaner labels and greater product functionality to market. We have a direct presence in 21 countries, with manufacturing facilities in the US, Germany and China, and international sales and technical offices around the world.

 

 

What we would like to offer you!  
The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.  
 
About Glanbia  
The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritional's, and Joint Ventures. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 6,000 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading products in 130 countries worldwide. 

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability sta