CP&S Director, Healthy Lifestyle

CPS Director, Healthy Lifestyles

Glanbia Performance Nutrition    

Join the worlds #1 Sports Nutrition company and be part of our mission to inspire people everywhere to achieve their performance and healthy lifestyle goals!

The Opportunity 

Are you driven by the opportunity to lead business transformation in high-growth categories at the forefront of consumer well-being trends? As the CP&S Director - Healthy Lifestyles, you will be accountable for sustainable growth of a branded product portfolio in support of GPN's overall strategy and growth objectives. You will define the strategic direction for our Healthy Lifestyles business—driving brand, category, innovation, route-to-market, and financial performance. In this pivotal senior leadership role, you will inspire and engage employees, champion GPN Values, and cultivate a high-performing team. Your leadership will be instrumental in shaping our success in the Healthy Lifestyles portfolio and contributing to our global growth

What You’ll Do

• Lead the cross-functional alignment between brand and customer teams across the Healthy Lifestyles business unit.
• Set and enforce best practices for commercializing category and brand plans across channels.
• Reinforce the category platforms based on customer, consumer, and buyer insights to maximize growth and share with customers.
• Develop and execute sales fundamentals (product, placement, pricing, promotion) for the Healthy Lifestyles portfolio.
• Partner with customer/channel teams to develop joint business plans and drive growth.
• Organize and deliver support to customer sales teams to achieve sales and profit plans.
• Partner with brand and innovation teams to integrate commercial insights into new initiatives.
• Create innovative and impactful branded shopper marketing programs and customer exclusive product offerings.
• Develop and drive best practices in conducting analysis for key customer presentations.
• Build and leverage relationships with senior-level cross-functional counterparts.
• Ensure efficient utilization of trade funds and pricing to achieve brand/company goals.
• Participate in the development of brand strategy, marketing plans, and business objectives.
• Regularly communicate and cascade key corporate initiatives, ensuring organizational alignment and employee engagement.
• Manage personal and team budgets.
• Develop a team of direct reports through yearly development plan review, talent profiling, coaching, mentorship, and personal development plans.

 The Skills You Will Bring to the Team

• Bachelor's/University degree in Business Administration, MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of sales, brand, channel/trade marketing experience in North America.
• Experience in direct customer selling along with business analytics and/or customer marketing.
• Experience managing a portfolio of brands within consumer products (CPG or Hardlines).
• Experience developing and managing budgets and leading large teams with broad span of control.
• Broad exposure to multiple retail classes of trade (eCommerce, Mass, Club, Grocery, Specialty/Department, Dollar, Drug).
• Exceptional analytical skills and acute attention to details.
• Strong project management skills, self-motivated with a strong work ethic and exceptional drive for results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present data in an organized manner in an executive setting.
• Exceptional leader possessing strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively within a fast-paced, complex, matrix, and fluid environment.
• Highly influential with decision-makers up and down two or more levels, with and without direct authority.
• Demonstrated ability to build organizational trade/customer marketing capabilities, develop sales strategy, and drive execution with a diverse team.
• Ability to design and provide convincing presentations based on data-driven ideas and facts

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Shape the company’s future by leading the Healthy Lifestyles business to the next level.
• Influence commercial and marketing strategies to drive growth.
• Be the face of GPN in the Healthy Lifestyles portfolio and build a strong values-based culture.
• Lead a high-performing team and drive market share growth.
• Develop and execute strategic plans and financial estimates.
• Collaborate with global and local teams to optimize supply chain strategy.
• Celebrate diversity and individuality within a supportive culture.
• Make a positive impact on the well-being of our customers and employees.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please apply!

Where and how you will work  

The opportunity will be based in London with hybrid working arrangements available through our Smart working model which allows you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance.  

What we would like to offer you!  

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including employee discounts on our amazing products, generous family leave policy, health plan, & competitive salary.  

About Glanbia  

The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritionals, and Joint Ventures. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team over 5,000 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading products in 130 countries worldwide.  

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more. 

Glanbia Performance Nutrition has enjoyed consistent double-digit growth which has been achieved both organically and through acquisition. Today, GPN has approximately $1.2B in revenue and 2,500 employees worldwide. With state-of-the-art production facilities occupying over 500,000 square feet of operating space, GPN is the only sports nutrition company to manufacture and market items in every product category.

Apply now and make a difference in the world of health and wellness! Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience.  Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in IL. The annual salary for IL based employees for this role is $190,000-220,000 plus an annual bonus. This range may not be applicable to other locations. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.