Category & Marketing Excellence Manager

Food Supplements is on an exciting growth journey. While we have strong brands and market positions, we see significant opportunities to further strengthen our commercial capabilities through data, insights, analytics and commercial excellence.

As Category & Marketing Excellence Manager, you will play a key role in shaping how we drive sustainable growth across our Food Supplements category. You will translate strategy into action by building scalable capabilities, tools and ways of working that help our markets make better commercial decisions, accelerate growth and improve profitability.

This is a highly cross-functional role where you will partner closely with commercial teams, category teams, finance, digital, insights and analytics functions across markets. You will combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution, driving initiatives across marketing effectiveness, consumer insights, analytics, digital growth, revenue growth management and category excellence.

The role reports to the Chief Officer, Food Supplements and includes leadership of one direct report.

Your key areas of responsibilities

• Translate the global category strategy into a clear commercial growth agenda across Food Supplements.
• Build and strengthen capabilities across category excellence, marketing effectiveness, consumer insights, growth intelligence, analytics, digital growth and revenue growth management.
• Turn consumer, category, channel and financial data into actionable insights that drive better business decisions.
• Drive commercial excellence by establishing common tools, frameworks, dashboards and performance routines across markets.
• Identify growth opportunities and value pools across brands, channels and markets, and develop plans to capture them.
• Lead initiatives within pricing, promotion, assortment, trade investments and mix optimization to improve commercial performance.
• Partner with global and local stakeholders to pilot new commercial practices, measure impact and scale successful approaches.
• Develop practical playbooks, training programs and coaching initiatives that accelerate capability building and adoption across markets.
• Establish clear performance management routines, scorecards and success measures that enable faster course correction and continuous improvement.
• Shape the future operating model, capability roadmap and resource requirements for Category & Marketing Excellence.
• Lead, coach and develop one direct report while building strong capability and engagement across the organisation.

We believe you bring

• Minimum 10 years of experience within FMCG, Consumer Health, Food Supplements, or another branded consumer goods category.
• Strong experience within commercial excellence, sales and marketing effectiveness, supported by solid insights and analytics capabilities.
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas: Marketing Investment Effectiveness, Revenue Growth Management, Category Management, Sales Excellence, Digital Commerce or Commercial Analytics.
• A proven track record of delivering measurable business results through growth acceleration, margin improvement and productivity initiatives.
• Experience translating consumer, customer, category and financial data into actionable recommendations and commercial decisions.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to identify growth opportunities, build business cases and track value realization.
• Experience developing and implementing commercial dashboards, scorecards, performance routines and decision-making frameworks.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and driving change across markets and functions in a matrix organisation.
• Experience building capabilities, creating practical tools and frameworks, and enabling adoption across diverse stakeholder groups.
• People leadership experience is an advantage, as is experience establishing new capabilities, functions or ways of working.
• A relevant university degree in Business, Economics, Marketing, Finance, Data & Analytics, or a related field.
• Fluency in written and spoken English. Additional market languages are an advantage.

As a person, you

• Are strategically minded and commercially sharp, with a strong understanding of what drives sustainable growth.
• Combine analytical thinking, curiosity and business acumen to turn insights into action.
• Are a pragmatic self-starter who moves quickly from diagnosis to execution.
• Build strong relationships and influence stakeholders across functions and markets.
• Put consumers and customers at the centre of decision-making.
• Take ownership, deliver on commitments and make value visible.
• Communicate with clarity and impact.
• Continuously seek opportunities to learn, improve and scale successful practices.

Location

This role can be based in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Poland, the Baltics or Spain. International travel and regular collaboration across Orkla Health markets and functions are required.

Application Deadline

Application deadline: 1 November 2026.

Contact Information

For questions about the position, please contact Anja Schwarz, Chief Officer Food Supplements at [email protected]

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