Position Snapshot

Location: La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Company: Nestlé Suisse S.A.
Act. Rate: Act. Rate 80-100%
Type of contract: Temporary contract, misson 6-7 months


What we offer at Nestlé

Flexible combination of office-based and remote work. Please talk to us during the recruitment process about what flexibility could look like for you!
Genuine opportunities for career and personal development through mentoring, developing, upskilling, and reskilling
Modern “smart office” locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces to connect, collaborate, celebrate, and create
Dynamic, diverse, and inclusive international working environment
Attractive additional advantages such as “dogs at work”, mobility plan and more


Position Summary


At Nestlé Suisse S.A. we believe that the future of work is all about Human Relations, and that's why we place our employees at the heart of everything we do. We offer an environment where we embrace winning the hearts and minds of people, demonstrate resilience, and equip our employees to drive their personal health and well-being. But that's not all - we also offer the opportunity to dare, to provide inspiration, innovate, and instil a willingness to be ambitious, take risks, and embrace change.


Don’t miss the opportunity to join us and be part of an agile, dynamic, and caring workplace where you can make a difference.


As a Category and Commercial Manager, you will be you will be the expert of the chocolate category for the full Swiss market. Internally, you will provide and share the market data updates with Nielsen and customer data and support the brand and KAM team with specific insights and analysis. Next to the ad hoc and monthly reporting, you will be the promotion analytics lead based on external and internal data.


A Day in the Life of a Category and Commercial Manager


Based on Innovation Customer Plan (ICP), drives customer planning in order to leverage all commercial opportunities
Give recommendation on promotion strategy per category and channel by leveraging the best working promotion mechanisms per channel also identify new promising channels for category development
Analyze understanding and vision of shoppers’ buying decisions within the store and give recommendations based on the analysis
Define channel optimal target assortment based on Marketing priority list, shopper insight, product performance and financial implications


What will make you successful


University degree or higher education degree
Proven experience of category expertise preferably on the retailer side
Analytical skills, conceptual and strategic thinking
Excellent Excel skills & data understanding
Fluent in English at a negotiation, recommendation and relationship building level, French and German are a plus


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.


Be a force for good. Join Nestlé and visit us on www.nestle.com.

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