Category/Consumer Insights Manager, Airy Cake & Innovation Insights
Mdlz Open · verified Oct 24, 2026 At a glance
Manager-level Market Research role at Mdlz. Shanghai · full-time.
Pay not stated Market Research salary
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What you'll do
- Turn consumer and shopper findings into strategies and actions for your assigned brand, category or business area
- Apply global insight frameworks to local and regional questions, using U&A and market-structure tools
- Share useful practices across markets and work with Brand Marketing on the Annual Contract
- Find behavior-changing insights and growth levers across category, brand, innovation and equity
- Draw on Shopper Insights and other insights teams, and use the Brand Guidance System for tracking
What you bring
- You have managed consumer-products insights work in industry, consulting or both
- You have worked across countries and cultures, including with remote teams
- You bring leadership, stakeholder communication and cross-functional influence without relying on direct authority
Who this fits
This manager role suits someone with consumer-products insights leadership and experience working across countries and cultures. It is based in Shanghai, and relocation support is unavailable.
From the employer
Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
You will support growth by partnering with the assigned brand/ category/ area of business and turning consumer and shopper insights into strategies and actions.
How you will contribute
You will:
- Effectively deploy brand / category / area insights in the context of global frameworks. Ensure relevancy and integration.
- Leverage globally implemented U&A and market structure tools to look through for regional and local consumer, shopper, market and snacking insights. Ensure that global and regional best practices are shared.
- Be a partner to Brand Marketing in the shaping of the Annual Contract across the different areas.
- Generate behavior changing insight and identify effective levers of growth on the category / brand/ area portfolio, including innovation and equity.
- Liaise with Shopper Insights and other parts of the Insights team to learn and leverage broad shopping and consumer knowledge.
- Leverage Brand Guidance System (Brand Tracking).
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:
- Managerial experience in insights for consumer products, gained in industry and/ or consulting
- Cross country experience, demonstrated ability to work across cultures and in remote teams
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to partner and communicate with stakeholders at all levels in the organization
- Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, including influencing without direct authority
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No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
Mondelēz International entered the China market in 1984. Headquartered in Shanghai, Mondelēz Greater China is a leading company in the snacks business, including biscuits, Chocolate, candy & gum, and beverages. With over 4,000 employees, Mondelēz has established manufacturing plants in East, South and North China as well as a Global Biscuit R&D Technical Center in Suzhou. The Chinese name Yi Zi (亿滋) represents the company’s vision to bring an abundance of deliciousness to consumers.
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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