Market Intelligence Manager Adult Nutrition

Join FrieslandCampina Ingredients as Market Intelligence Lead

Are you a motivated and experienced insights professional ready to make a strategic impact? FrieslandCampina Ingredients is looking for a Market Intelligence Lead to join our dynamic Global Marketing team. This newly created role sits at the heart of our strategic ambitions and plays a vital part in our focused approach to adult nutrition. With a strong emphasis on dairy proteins and prebiotics, you'll help shape innovation and strategy that drives continued growth in our key segments, including performance and active nutrition. As the Market Intelligence Lead, you will play a pivotal role in translating market data into actionable insights, guiding business decisions and innovation. You will also provide functional leadership to our Market Insight Manager, fostering a high-performance insights capability across the organization.

What we ask

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Over 10 years of relevant experience in data, finance, engineering, or business operations/insights—ideally within the sports, active, or medical nutrition industries.
• A strong grasp of marketing, branding, communications, and digital and business strategy.
• Proven expertise in media measurement and analysis related to public relations, marketing, and communications, with hands-on experience in social listening tools and reporting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with standout skills in Excel and creating compelling presentations.
• Familiarity with a range of secondary research tools, including social media analytics, market databases, and financial reporting platforms.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills—both written and verbal.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities independently, meet tight deadlines, and maintain a sharp focus on project goals and budgets.
• Comfort working in a matrixed, cross-functional organization, leveraging a multidisciplinary approach.
• An entrepreneurial spirit: proactive, accountable, and eager to take ownership and drive initiatives forward.

What we offer

• Unique company culture of Dutch heritage and international presence;
• To ensure a healthy work-life balance, we've implemented a hybrid work model for this role. You'll be required to visit our Amersfoort office no more than twice a week, allowing you flexibility while maintaining collaborative engagement;
• Receive home office essentials, such as an ergonomic chair, desk, monitors, and more, to support your comfort and productivity while working remotely;
• An NS business card, so you can travel to the office by train;
• When you’re not using your NS business card, you’ll receive a travel allowance of €0.23 per km, up to a maximum of 30km (one way);
• Keen on cycling? Take advantage of our bike purchase scheme, offering attractive tax benefits to help you acquire a brand-new bike. Enjoy the ride while saving on costs;
• Enjoy 200 hours of annual leave on a full-time basis, with the flexibility to sell or purchase up to 40 additional hours of holiday time. Your 8% holiday allowance ensures that you can make the most of your well-deserved time off;
• A workweek of (fulltime) 40 hours, a salary within the range of €6500-€8700 and a bonus scheme;
• Receive a company laptop and mobile phone, enabling seamless communication whether you're on the move or working remotely.
• Free cheese and milk at lunch in the central office, and barista coffee to help you go through your working days with a lot of joy.

Vacancy description

• Drive global market intelligence by monitoring trends, coordinating market mapping, and leading consumer and customer research initiatives
• Design and execute comprehensive market studies using both qualitative and quantitative methods, including project scoping, budgeting, and vendor management
• Act as a strategic partner to innovation marketing managers, supporting value proposition and innovation development for proteins and Biotis®
• Collaborate with regional marketing teams to tailor strategies and gather local insights, ensuring global relevance and impact
• Define and evolve the insights strategy for adult nutrition, building internal capabilities, training teams, and optimizing our data tools and agency partnerships
• Deliver clear, data-driven insights and presentations for senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Lead global competitive benchmarking and continuously enhance our understanding of the external landscape
• Streamline and automate analytics processes to boost efficiency and scalability

You will report to the Global Innovation Marketing Manager Performance & Active Nutrition, with daily work coordinated and executed in close collaboration with the members of the marketing team. You also engage closely with the sales, development, marketing communications, digital, nutrition, and regional marketing teams.

Staying true to who you really are, that is your starting point at FrieslandCampina. Because it is precisely by embracing our differences that we can grow together. We want to create a working environment that allows all employees to bring their best and authentic selves. If who we are suits you, but you're not sure if you're the best fit for the role, we still encourage you to apply so we can help you find the role that fits you best.

Team Details

FrieslandCampina Ingredients (FCI) is a world-class, global leader in dairy and plant-based value-added, healthy and functional ingredients and solutions. In close cooperation with customers and through the exchange of in-depth expertise, FCI helps customers to win in the market especially in the areas where nutrition matters most, such as for infants, elderly people, for delivering performance and medical nutrition. The business group serves the infant & toddler nutrition, medical nutrition, food, beverage, pharmaceutical and feed industries with natural, value-added ingredients and dedicated innovations. FCI is a global business with sales offices, dedicated ingredient research and production facilities around the world in the Netherlands, Germany, United States, Indonesia, China, Singapore, Japan, Brazil, Egypt, New Zealand and India.