Senior Category Marketing Manager South Asia

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 strong 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

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.