Global Portfolio & Innovation Manager - Functional Complements (f/m/x)

Overview

Job Description: Segment: Royal Canin. Type of contract: Permanent (CDI). Location: Aimargues near Montpellier, France. Royal Canin’s Functional Complements Centre of Expertise (COE) is a newly created global unit dedicated to building and scaling health‑driven categories such as Treats and Supplements. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape new categories, define the global innovation pipeline, and drive impactful growth in pet health nutrition.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the global portfolio vision and strategy for Functional Complements, with Treats as first priority
• Identify category trends, pet health needs, portfolio gaps, and growth opportunities across key regions
• Own and shape the 8‑year innovation pipeline, including front‑end innovation and +2‑year roadmaps
• Lead end‑to‑end global innovation projects through stage‑gate to successful market launch
• Develop and validate strong value propositions, covering product, packaging, and health benefit proof points
• Partner with R&D, Science, Regulatory, Supply, and Marketing to assess feasibility and scale winning concepts
• Secure effective global and regional deployment of innovations, including phased rollouts
• Manage portfolio budgets and contribute to shaping the operating model, ways of working, and culture of the COE

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering; MBA is a plus
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in strategic marketing within CPG or pharmaceuticals
• Strong innovation and portfolio management track record at global, regional, or local level
• Proven ability to build scalable value propositions delivering both health and business impact
• Strategic thinker with high learning agility and comfort navigating ambiguity
• Strong stakeholder management, storytelling, and influencing skills
• Data‑driven, collaborative, proactive, and results‑oriented mindset
• Fluent in English; digital marketing knowledge is an advantage

What can you expect from Mars?

• You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office!
• You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group
• Since 2015, no waste to landfill is made by the 16 Royal Canin factories in the world
• All Royal Canin products manufactured in Europe are ISO 14001 certified from design to factory gate