Manager, Product Portfolio

As the nation’s leading bottled water company, Nestlé Waters North America is dedicated to providing customers with healthy hydration options. Alongside that, we’re also committed to developing our people – enabling them to make the most of the many elements that help them to succeed.

Nestlé Waters consists of five business units: Corporate, Commercial, Supply Chain, Technical & Production and ReadyRefresh by Nestlé. Whichever one of these areas you choose to join, you’ll find yourself collaborating with a highly talented team on work that’s challenging, engaging and incredibly rewarding. You’ll be an essential element of our success: trusted, empowered and supported to make a lasting impact on the very future of our business. It’s a chance to use your knowledge, skills and experience to shine brightly and achieve your ambitions – all while delivering healthy hydration to millions of customers.

ReadyRefresh by Nestlé is one of the most visible parts of the Nestlé Waters business, delivering healthy hydration to customers where they need it most. It’s another example of how we are committed to helping people maintain a healthy lifestyle. You’ve no doubt seen our trucks on the road, on their way to bring our water to thirsty consumers. Our drivers and unit leaders are the backbone of the ReadyRefresh team. By joining this fast-growing area of our organization you’ll have the opportunity to share in our mission with a real sense of ownership and the freedom to succeed in your role. It’s a chance to apply your skills and experience to work that’s as challenging as it is rewarding. Whether collaborating as team to deliver superior customer service or making a lasting impact with your individual accomplishments, you’ll be an essential and valuable element of our success. We’ll make sure you receive the support, benefits and development you need to build the perfect career.

We are seeking a Product Portfolio Manager to be located in our Stamford headquarters. This position supports Nestle Waters’ direct-to-consumer delivery service business, ReadyRefresh and reports to the Director, Demand Generation. The ReadyRefresh business is in the midst of an unprecedented transformation with the goal of delivering exponential growth. A critical contributor to achieving success is our ability to provide our customers with a range of water dispenser solutions.

Specifically, the Product Portfolio Manager managing the water dispenser portfolio of products through strategic planning, analytics and rationalization. Work with key stakeholders to provide a holistic view of current offerings and opportunities. This position plays a key consumer-centric role in creating product assortment to continue to grow the ReadyRefresh business to increase customer lifetime value.

Key responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:

• Assist in defining strategies and plans that deliver portfolio growth, based on consumer and shopper need states
• Assist in developing and maintaining optimal assortment (including SKU rationalization and new item introductions)
• Provide insights and recommendations to inform product strategies
• Monthly business planning & management: Primary point of contact for forecasting, gap closure with supply chain and sales
• Commercial plan: Work with cross functional teams to facilitate consumer-driven situation assessment. Contribute to development of GTMG, align with key stakeholders on key initiatives to be delivered in the AOP
• Consumer promotions: Lead development of demand generation for the AOP including promotions, upsell/cross-sell plans. Work cross-functional to establish goals and hand-off to campaign manager for execution (creative development and implementation). Includes spearheading development of selling stories to enable sales
• Prioritization, trade off analysis, and change management based on shopper insights and business cases
• Responsible for analyzing consumer needs, competitive trends and gap analysis for product assortment

To our veterans and separated service members: you are at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills that you have gained while serving our country, such as adaptability, agility, and leadership, are aligned with the skills that we look for when we think about what success looks like at Nestle. We hope that you will consider sharing in our mission and purpose to enhance quality of life and contribute to a healthier future.

Nestlé Waters North America is the nation’s leading bottled water company. Our water brands include Poland Spring, Arrowhead, Ozarka, Deer Park, Zephyrhills and Ice Mountain, Nestlé Pure Life, S. Pellegrino, Perrier and Acqua Panna. We’re passionate about creating shared value for society in all kinds of ways: from providing careers and benefits to communities where we operate to environmental stewardship – most notably responsible water management, lightweight packaging and advancing recycling in America. As a valuable part of our team, you’ll receive a competitive total rewards package – something that will provide you with the support you need to thrive both inside and outside of work. It’s not just the work that you’ll find fulfilling here though. As you build a career with us, you’ll receive exactly the kind of benefits you’d expect from a leading name in healthy hydration. The only question is, what elements will help you succeed at Nestlé Waters?