# Category Development Leader – Convenience (Snacking) - fixed term for 18 months

Job Description: Brands: M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, EXTRA®, SKITTLES® As the Category Development Leader - Convenience (fixed term for 18 months), you will drive the growth strategy for our iconic Snacking brands across high-impulse retail channels (petrol stations, kiosks, and smart stores). You will turn shopper insights and market data into actionable assortment, shelf, and checkout strategies-serving as a trusted category advisor to key retail partners in Germany. What would be your key responsibilities? Shopper Insights & Strategy: Analyze shopper behavior to create actionable growth plans, lead our Checkout Champion initiatives, and leverage AI-driven analytics to unlock new category insights. Customer Partnerships: Partner directly with leading Convenience retailers to co-create tailored growth strategies, positioning Mars as the go-to category expert. Assortment & Planograms: Develop channel-specific layout and space recommendations to optimize shopper navigation and maximize impulse buying. In-Store Execution ("Perfect Store"): Advise on Picture of Success (PICOF) standards for the Convenience sector to ensure flawless execution at the point of sale. Cross-Functional Align

- **Id**: 3593824
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mars-category-development-leader-convenience-snacking-fixed-term-for-18-months>
- **Role**: Marketing
- **Role family**: Marketing
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Unterhaching, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-22T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-22
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T01:40:30Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-12T01:40:30Z
- **Days open**: 51
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2306
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Pet Food, Supplies & Care, Confectionery

## Company

- **Id**: 94439
- **Name**: Mars
- **Domain**: mars.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mars>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 71
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.944
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 16
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 75000
- **Max usd**: 147000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 15

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 51

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: German; Level: All levels; Optional: no
- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Germany** — Iso: DE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T00:24:16Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-12T01:40:30Z

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