Full-Time

Sr. Director – Global Dairy Category Lead

Marketing

Updated on 3/14/2025

Ingredion

Ingredion

5,001-10,000 employees

Compensation Overview

$212k - $282.7kAnnually

+ Annual Incentive Plan + Commission + Bonus

Senior, Expert

Bridgewater Township, NJ, USA

Relocation Available: Yes, Within Country

Category
Brand & Creative Marketing
General Marketing
Growth & Marketing
Required Skills
Marketing
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Degree qualified, preferably MBA or Masters degree in Engineering, Food Science or Marketing
  • Minimum 15 years previous experience in Marketing, with strong knowledge of the category
  • Experience within the ingredients industry in a Sales, Marketing or Technical position
  • Ability to thrive in a high-performance environment
  • Strong project management skills
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Flexible, responsive and works well on own initiative
  • Fluent in English
Responsibilities
  • Shapes global category strategies through the articulation of regional growth opportunities
  • Derives the regional Marketing & G2M plan from the global category strategies
  • Uncovers new growth pockets for the business; Works with the Global Market Data Analytics team to size and with the Global Category Leads to prioritize the opportunity
  • Facilitates / runs the annual regional customer segmentation process to bring objectivity to customer allocation
  • Ensures flawless execution of global & regional launches
  • Ensures Insights, Marketing communication & digital COE plans are aligned to the business priorities and brand and position Ingredion well externally
  • Drives the adoption of new differentiated marketing capabilities within the business
  • Manages the Marketing budget and maximizes the return on investment
  • Member of the Global Marketing team and member of the business commercial leadership team
  • Develop the global category strategy (5+ yr horizon) to deliver the segment priorities
  • Work with the regional / country category marketers on the development & execution of a 0-18 month implementation plan; Oversee tracking of progress and corrective actions
  • Ensure results reported consistently across the business using the ARA classification
  • Regularly assesses sub-category performance at a customer brand level for texture & healthfulness vs. likely consumer expectation
  • Market & competitor intelligence for the category providing updates to customers & Ingredion
  • Participate in customer meetings to build market knowledge, inform solution development / proposal and help convert sales opportunities
  • Regularly gathers unmet customer needs and develop NPD briefs for the global R&D team to fuel the innovation pipeline
  • Define the product portfolio for the category
  • Build the value propositions for new products along with the story and messaging of our product offering
  • Work with G2M enablement team to develop global sales enablement tools
  • Support sales prospecting process through the development of target customer lists
  • Partner with Sales / TS to drive opportunity pipeline growth for the category
  • Work with the global brand & marcoms team to shape the external communications program
  • Represent Ingredion as a category subject matter expert externally
Desired Qualifications
  • Have strong skills in marketing, an interest in keeping up to date with the latest developments and a passion for the segment
  • Excellent team player and collaborator while operating independently on initiatives
  • Establishes high performance goals and standards
  • Able to both drive and support major programs
  • Able to withstand pressure during “high stress” projects
  • Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communicator
  • Shares knowledge and expertise to progress both country / regional as well as wider business goals

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Westchester, Illinois

Founded

1906

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Specialty starch expansion aligns with sustainable packaging demand, growing at 5.6% CAGR.
  • Sweet protein partnership taps into $10.27 billion sugar substitutes market by 2026.
  • Plant-based protein partnership with Lantmännen targets growing market, 11.9% CAGR.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition in specialty starch market from Cargill and Tate & Lyle.
  • Closure of Vanscoy facility may disrupt supply chain and regional demand.
  • Regulatory scrutiny on sweet proteins could delay product launches.

What makes Ingredion unique

  • Ingredion invests $50M to expand specialty starch capacity in Cedar Rapids.
  • Partnership with Oobli accelerates development of sweet proteins for sugar alternatives.
  • NOVATION Indulge 2740 offers clean-label starch for dairy desserts.

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Stockhouse
Feb 27th, 2025
Ingredion Invests $50 Million in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Facility to Expand Specialty Industrial Starch Capacity for Packaging and Papermaking Industries

With increased capacity and more efficient production at the Cedar Rapids facility, Ingredion will be well-positioned to deliver differentiated value to this growing market.

Stock Titan
Feb 13th, 2025
Oobli and Ingredion Announce Partnership as Demand for Sweet Proteins Accelerates

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WESTCHESTER, Ill., Jan. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE: INGR), a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to the food manufacturing industry, has been named to the 2025 Fortune World's Most Admired Companies list.

Investing.com
Jan 7th, 2025
Ingredion to shutter Saskatchewan plant, incur $66 million charge

Ingredion's move to close the Vanscoy facility is expected to incur a significant pre-tax, non-cash asset impairment charge, reflecting the company's reassessment of the value of its assets in light of the cessation of operations.