Product and Portfolio Manager Foodservice Switzerland & Export

To support our team, we are looking for an agreement with a

Product and Portfolio Manager Foodservice Switzerland & Export 100%

In this versatile role, you are the central product-related contact person for our entire foodservice range in Switzerland and export. You manage, analyse and further develop the existing range and ensure that our products remain up-to-date, marketable and economically successful.

Your tasks include in particular:

• Management, evaluation and maintenance of the entire foodservice range Switzerland & Export.
• Planning, maintenance and control of the sales budget as well as relevant assortment and portfolio key figures.
• Monitoring and reviewing the existing range with regard to currency, market requirements, competitiveness and profitability.
• Initiation and coordination of assortment changes, such as recipe adjustments, labelling adjustments, packaging issues or eliminations.
• Clarification of sales expectations including budget allocation for new entries.
• Preparation of market and competitor analyses on market attractiveness, market opportunities, price positioning, ingredients, differentiation and requirements in foodservice.
• Development of concepts and decision-making bases for positioning, USP, communication and assortment development.
• Management and coordination of product and assortment projects for existing and new products.
• Close cooperation with product development, quality assurance, supply chain, purchasing, sales Switzerland and export.
• Maintaining contact with relevant suppliers in the context of product-related issues.
• Product-related support of sales Switzerland and export with information, analyses and documents.
• Hub function for product-related enquiries and complaints.

• Commercial, gastronomic, technical or business administration training, ideally with further training in business administration, product management, food or foodservice (e.g. hotel management school).
• Experience in a role related to products (e.g. product management, marketing, purchasing or sales), ideally in the food environment or foodservice.
• Good understanding of assortments, products, market requirements and economic contexts.
• Enjoyment of food, culinary arts, numbers, analyses and project work.
• Analytical, structured, independent and reliable working style.
• Ability to professionally coordinate various internal and external interfaces.
• Very good German skills and good English skills, French skills an advantage.
• Good knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, SAP knowledge an advantage.