Category Leadership & Display Manager - SSA

CATEGORY LEADERSHIP & DISPLAY MANAGER – SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Mars Snacking – Nairobi, Kenya Join Mars as a Category Leadership & Display Manager and take the helm in transforming how our snacking products reach consumers across Sub-Saharan Africa. In this role, you'll drive category expansion by enhancing in-store visibility, ensuring consistent product availability, and creating compelling display solutions. Working closely with the Customer Growth Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, you'll identify prime display opportunities, craft customer-centric strategies, and forge collaborative partnerships that fuel category momentum. WHAT WE'RE SEEKING A Bachelor's Degree holder with 1-3 years of post-graduation experience. FMCG sector background is desirable but not required. You thrive in collaborative environments with a genuine customer focus. Your analytical mindset enables you to extract meaningful insights from data and transform them into tangible project outcomes. You excel at strategic planning and stakeholder alignment, navigating complex situations with clear accountability. Above all, you're intellectually curious—eager to absorb knowledge from colleagues and champion continuous improvement across teams. YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Develop data-informed category strategies that elevate shopper engagement and maximize product availability on shelves. Lead customer-focused category initiatives by leveraging analytics to uncover growth potential and propose optimal assortment and planogram designs. Conceptualize, test, and roll out innovative display concepts strategically positioned in main shopping aisles, checkout zones, and high-traffic interruption points to drive sales performance. Collaborate across departments—Sales, Marketing, Finance—and external partners including suppliers and retailers to co-create and execute impactful customer programs. Champion display innovations and proven best practices throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and across the Global Display network. Oversee display asset management, maintain quality standards through agency partnerships, and optimize budgets to deliver strong return on investment. WHAT MARS OFFERS YOU A position within a global organization of over 130,000 talented Associates united by the Five Principles. Purpose-driven work contributing to building a better world today. Comprehensive learning and development pathways starting from day one, including access to Mars University. A competitive industry salary package complemented by robust benefits and performance-based bonus potential.