Category & Portfolio Manager – Nutrition Products

Shape the future of our global nutrition portfolio

This is an opportunity to take genuine commercial ownership of a strategically important nutrition portfolio and help define where it goes next.

At Westland Milk Products, part of Yili Oceania , we produce high-quality dairy products for global markets with an ambition to be recognised as a world-class health food provider. We are looking for an experienced Category & Portfolio Manager – Nutrition Products to help turn that ambition into sustainable commercial growth.

The opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Business Unit Nutrition and based in Christchurch, you will take ownership of the strategy, performance and development of our nutrition product portfolio.

This is a broad, commercially focused role. You will identify where the strongest opportunities exist, determine how we position our products to win, build compelling value propositions and translate customer and market insight into a clear product roadmap.

You will work across Sales, Innovation, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Quality and Regulatory, connecting market opportunity with what we can successfully develop, manufacture and commercialise.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Own the portfolio strategy across Infant, Adult and Performance Nutrition, ensuring it is aligned with our broader commercial and business objectives.
• Drive portfolio profitability , actively managing product margin, pricing strategy and overall commercial performance.
• Shape the product roadmap , building a healthy pipeline of new products, category opportunities and future growth platforms.
• Lead the full product lifecycle , from concept and development through launch, growth, renewal, renovation and eventual rationalisation.
• Identify where we can win , using customer, competitor and market intelligence to define attractive segments, target customers and differentiated value propositions.
• Build robust business cases for new products, category expansion and significant portfolio investments.
• Partner with customers and Sales to validate opportunities and translate market needs into commercial product strategies.
• Enable our global sales teams with the product expertise, technical support, insights and collateral they need to have credible customer conversations.
• Mobilise cross-functional teams to deliver complex customer requirements and new product development opportunities.
• Connect strategy with operational reality , working with Operations, Innovation, Supply Chain and Finance to align growth plans with capacity, capability and investment requirements.

What you’ll bring

You’ll be a commercially astute product or portfolio leader who is equally comfortable working with market data, customers, financials and cross-functional teams.

Ideally, you will bring:

• 8+ years’ experience across product management, portfolio management or a senior commercial role within a B2B environment.
• Strong experience in international infant formula, nutrition, functional food ingredients or nutraceuticals .
• A proven ability to manage products across their lifecycle and turn market insight into clear commercial strategies.
• Strong understanding of pricing, margin, profitability and business-case development .
• The analytical capability to interpret customer, competitor and market intelligence and turn it into action.
• Experience leading complex projects and influencing across Commercial, Innovation, Operations, Supply Chain and Finance.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders, customers and culturally diverse international markets.
• Exposure to regulated environments, quality systems and product-development cycles.
• A relevant degree in Business, Marketing or a related discipline, or significant equivalent experience. An MBA would be advantageous.

Why this role?

This isn’t a role where you simply maintain an existing product range.

You’ll have the opportunity to shape what our future nutrition portfolio looks like, where we compete, which opportunities we pursue and how we turn those opportunities into profitable growth .

For someone who enjoys bringing together commercial strategy, product innovation, customer insight and execution , this is an opportunity to have real influence within a global dairy and nutrition business.

If you’re ready to take ownership of a significant nutrition portfolio and help shape its next phase of growth, we’d love to hear from you.