Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and commercially driven Sr.

Category Marketing

Manager, Human Nutrition - South Asia to lead marketing strategy and execution across our multiple end-use categories, including Food & Beverage, Dietary Supplements in Human Nutrition, and drive sustainable growth by translating market insights into winning innovation platforms, customer solutions, and go-to-market strategies. The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of the Indian and South Asian nutrition landscape with strong B2B ingredient marketing expertise, extensive customer engagement experience, and a proven ability to influence growth across diverse product platforms, including Flavors, Specialty Ingredients (proteins, texturants), Health & Wellness portfolio (fibers and biotics).

Your Responsibilities

Strategic Marketing Leadership

- Develop and lead the Human Nutrition marketing strategy for India and South Asia aligned with regional and global business objectives.
- Identify market opportunities, emerging consumer trends, regulatory developments, and whitespace growth areas.
- Support President of SA to build and execute category growth plans across Food & Beverage and Dietary Supplements.
- Serve as the key marketing voice for the region, influencing portfolio, innovation, and investment priorities.

Innovation Management

- Translate global and regional marketing initiatives into launches that fit Indian market needs
- Partner closely with MCI, Product teams, CD&D;, Commercial teams, Legal and Regulatory teams to identify and commercialize innovation opportunities.
- Drive concept development and innovation pipelines tailored to the market needs of South Asia.
- Support prioritization of product launches, portfolio optimization,



and lifecycle management.

Customer & Commercial Partnership

- Build strong relationships with leading Food & Beverage, Dietary Supplement customers across South Asia and act as a strategic partner to local commercial teams to accelerate growth with key customers.
- Develop compelling customer-facing value propositions and category growth stories and lead customer innovation sessions, workshops, and executive engagements.
- Lead external marketing activities including industry events (e.g. Fi India), conferences, webinars, digital engagement, and thought leadership initiatives to position the company as a leading innovation partner in Human Nutrition

Your Profile

- You successfully graduated in Marketing, Business Administration or related food/nutrition science with a strong affinity to B2B marketing
- You are comfortable building in an emerging market setup, where the marketing function is still taking shape and you help define how it runs
- You have strong understanding of the India and South Asia nutrition ecosystem, market dynamics, customers, and competitive landscape.
- You have gained multiple years of proven success in B2B marketing, working in matrixed environments, with a strong track record of developing innovation, customer marketing, content marketing and strategy building to drive growth in ingredient industry
- You combine solid analytical thinking with a hands-on approach to solve challenges and drive results collaboratively
- You thrive in cross-functional and international environments, building strong relationships through outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- You communicate confidently in English and have strong presentation skills
- You are willing to travel as part of your job

📌 Sr. Category Marketing Manager, Human Nutrition - South Asia (Mumbai)
🏢 ADM
📍 Mumbai