Product Portfolio Manager

We've chosen to do something incredible.

We're totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future.

Swedish Match is an affiliate of PMI and have been a leader in the industry for more than 200 years.

In the Nordic region, we are 1,600 employees based in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway working in various functions and teams and together we are collaborating to deliver a smoke-free Nordics.

Your 'day to day'
The overarching role and objective for Innovation & Product Development (I&PD) is to develop competitive Innovations that support sustainable and profitable growth in line with Commercial and Brand strategies, meeting Category objectives.

As a Product Portfolio Manager, within the Product Development & Incremental Innovation Team – Oral Tobacco products, a part of I&PD, you will have a central role to support the future competitiveness and success of the oral tobacco portfolio. A key responsibility in this central role will be to spearhead the innovation opportunity mapping based on consumer insights, develop compelling concepts and define competitive product portfolios together with the commercial teams.

You will also have a strong and wide visibility internally and externally, including Business Units, Product & Technology development, Operations, as well as the senior leadership team.

The role is based in Gothenburg.

More specifically, you'll

• Contribute to the development and implementation of the Innovation strategy and plan that delivers on our business objectives
• Lead Innovation projects or the concept development streams of Innovation projects through the innovation stage gates, i.e. from consumer insight to launch ensuring alignment with stakeholders and proper management of risks
• Together with commercial teams, define and develop a comptitive product portfolio hierarchy
• Identify commercially strong innovation opportunities to fuel the innovation pipeline and build the brand in accordance with brand strategies and architecture
• Drive cross-functional ideation sessions by mining of consumer insights, market trends and technical possibilities
• Develop innovation concepts including claims in line with innovation and brand strategies
• Secure alignment and work closely with Business units, the Product Development teams and Operations to prepare for successful launches

Please note that this is a fixed term contract until
Who We're Looking For

• University degree or equivalent, with majors in marketing/economics/business administration
• Minimum 5 years of experience from innovation / commercialization role or brand management / marketing with focus on new product development experience, preferably FMCG and in a multinational environment
• Strong drive and excellent project management skills with confirmed ability to drive teamwork in complex, multi-functional projects and organizations
• Demonstrated strategic and analytical mindset, open and creative approach, that goes from word to deed
• Proven strong track record in conceptualize ideas to new consumer products
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Fluency in English, Swedish is an advantage

What We Offer
Our success depends on the dedicated people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress.

Join Swedish Match And You Too Can

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We'll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone's contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world's best people and feel like you belong.
• Enjoy flexibility of hybrid way of working - split your time between working from our office or the comfort of your home, where it works best for you in line with business needs.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to deliver a smoke-free future.

Key things to know before you apply

Relocation support is not available for this job.

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