Senior Portfolio & Growth Manager, Coffee

About the role:

Coffee is one of the fastest evolving consumer categories, with changing drinking occasions, new beverage formats, emerging technologies, and rapidly shifting consumer expectations. As Senior Product Manager – Coffee Growth/Innovation, you help shape where our coffee business goes next. Working alongside the Head of Coffee and Product Directors, you identify growth opportunities across and beyond today's portfolio, connecting consumer trends, market dynamics, competitor moves, and emerging technologies into actionable portfolio direction. You constantly scan the market for new opportunities, challenging existing assumptions and bringing an outside-in perspective to the category. From new consumer need spaces to evolving coffee rituals, pricing structures, and competitive landscapes, you help ensure our portfolio remains competitive today while preparing for tomorrow.This role suits someone with an entrepreneurial mindset who enjoys building new opportunities, connecting seemingly unrelated insights, and turning them into strategic product direction. 

The impact you’ll make:

Key responsibilities

· Support development of the global coffee category vision and mid-term value creation plan

· Maintain an integrated portfolio view and identify gaps across price partitions and consumer need spaces

· Propose and shape portfolio adjustments based on market, competitor, and performance insights

· Analyse market dynamics, price partitions, and portfolio coverage across coffee categories

· Lead competitor benchmarking across product propositions, range strategies, launches, and commercial moves

· Analyse consumer research and usage & attitude studies across categories

· Identify emerging needs and opportunity spaces beyond current category boundaries

· Translate insights into inputs for portfolio direction, innovation focus, and value proposition development

· Build and maintain key category trackers across portfolio, competition, pricing, and innovation

· Assess performance of key launches and portfolio evolution to inform portfolio choices

KPIs

· On-time Delivery: Percentage of projects, analyses, inputs completed on schedule

· Price partition coverage and gaps identified across need spaces with follow-up actions

· Category trackers updated monthly with full coverage (portfolio, pricing, competition)

· Stakeholder Feedback: Satisfaction with project management and Marketing

· Team Efficiency: Effective resource use and process adherence

The skills and knowledge you’ll bring:

· 7+ years of experience in product management, category management, or related roles

· Strong experience in product competitiveness, portfolio management, pricing structures, and competitor analysis

· Ability to translate consumer and market insights into clear product and portfolio recommendations

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

· Strong communicator, capable of influencing and collaborating across cross-functional teams

· Experience working across multiple product lines or categories

What we’ll give you in return:

• Internationally competitive base salary, benchmarked against global industry and market leaders.


• Performance-based Annual Incentive Program, rewarding those who dare and achieve more.


• Top-of-the-market pension plan with the opportunity for higher employee contributions.


• Work-from-home and phone allowances to support your home office setup and business connectivity.


• Balanced office-based working | With a strong focus on in-office collaboration, we offer flexibility to work from home based on team needs and individual circumstances.


• Work from abroad | Up to 30 days per year.


• Structured holiday policy | Includes defined care days, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, and a capped option to purchase additional leave days annually.


• Special health insurance plan for Versuni employees with convenient conditions when signing up with our partner insurance.


• Product discounts on all Versuni products sold under the Philips brand and our other brands.


• High-growth environment, offering exciting learning and career development perspectives beyond your first role.


• Inclusive working culture and family spirit; we embrace our international community and diversity as a competitive advantage.

Ready to make an impact?

From developing game-changing air fryers to perfecting the art of coffee making, Versuni’s purpose is turning houses into homes — and we’re calling on your talent to bring it to life. Join our global team of 6,000+ passionate individuals, work with world-class brands, and shape the future of home living. We’re ready for you — are you ready for us?