Category & Innovations Manager — Flours
2026-10-14T13:05:42+00:00
Capwell Industries Limited
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https://capwell.co.ke/
FULL_TIME
Manufacturing
Management, Advertising & Marketing, Manufacturing & Warehouse, Business Operations
2026-10-28T17:00:00+00:00
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Capwell Industries Limited (henceforth referred to as CIL) started its operations in 1999 with a modern maize milling factory in Thika. It manufactures high quality flour, rice pulses and porridges, using the best processes and technologies available. CIL has since diversified its operations to rice milling, porridge milling, packaging of wheat flour and distribution of fruit juice
what we're looking for
A category builder with a P&L mindset
You have run category or brand portfolios in FMCG and can show how your strategy, pricing and portfolio choices moved revenue, share and margin — not just awareness.
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Commerce or a related field; professional or postgraduate Marketing qualification advantageous
Minimum 7–8 years' progressive FMCG Marketing, Category or Brand experience
Demonstrated experience managing category strategy, portfolio, innovation and financial performance
Experience leading brands, people and cross-functional projects
FMCG experience essential; food manufacturing or food-category experience strongly preferred
Food is your category
Capwell has a strong preference for leaders from food manufacturing or food categories —flour, rice, grains, staples, snacks or adjacent. You understand the economics of staple foods and the shoppers who buy them.
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
- Category strategy
- P&L and commercial analysis
- Consumer and shopper insight
- Portfolio architecture
- Pricing and pack architecture
- Innovation / NPD
- Integrated marketing planning
- Marketing ROI
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
- Strategic thinking
- Commercial judgement
- Consumer orientation
- People leadership
- Analytical thinking
- Influencing
- Collaboration
- Decision-making
- Execution discipline
- Managing category strategy
- Managing portfolio
- Managing innovation
- Managing financial performance
- Leading brands
- Leading people
- Leading cross-functional projects
- Category strategy
- P&L and commercial analysis
- Consumer and shopper insight
- Portfolio architecture
- Pricing and pack architecture
- Innovation / NPD
- Integrated marketing planning
- Marketing ROI
- Strategic thinking
- Commercial judgement
- Consumer orientation
- People leadership
- Analytical thinking
- Influencing
- Collaboration
- Decision-making
- Execution discipline
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Commerce or a related field
- Professional or postgraduate Marketing qualification advantageous
- Minimum 7–8 years' progressive FMCG Marketing, Category or Brand experience
- Demonstrated experience managing category strategy, portfolio, innovation and financial performance
- Experience leading brands, people and cross-functional projects
- FMCG experience essential
- Food manufacturing or food-category experience strongly preferred
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Vacancy title:
Category & Innovations Manager — Flours
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Manufacturing, Category: Management, Advertising & Marketing, Manufacturing & Warehouse, Business Operations]
Jobs at:
Capwell Industries Limited
Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, October 28 2026
Duty Station:
Thika | kenya
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, October 14 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Capwell Industries Limited (henceforth referred to as CIL) started its operations in 1999 with a modern maize milling factory in Thika. It manufactures high quality flour, rice pulses and porridges, using the best processes and technologies available. CIL has since diversified its operations to rice milling, porridge milling, packaging of wheat flour and distribution of fruit juice
what we're looking for
A category builder with a P&L mindset
You have run category or brand portfolios in FMCG and can show how your strategy, pricing and portfolio choices moved revenue, share and margin — not just awareness.
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Commerce or a related field; professional or postgraduate Marketing qualification advantageous
Minimum 7–8 years' progressive FMCG Marketing, Category or Brand experience
Demonstrated experience managing category strategy, portfolio, innovation and financial performance
Experience leading brands, people and cross-functional projects
FMCG experience essential; food manufacturing or food-category experience strongly preferred
Food is your category
Capwell has a strong preference for leaders from food manufacturing or food categories —flour, rice, grains, staples, snacks or adjacent. You understand the economics of staple foods and the shoppers who buy them.
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
- Category strategy
- P&L and commercial analysis
- Consumer and shopper insight
- Portfolio architecture
- Pricing and pack architecture
- Innovation / NPD
- Integrated marketing planning
- Marketing ROI
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
- Strategic thinking
- Commercial judgement
- Consumer orientation
- People leadership
- Analytical thinking
- Influencing
- Collaboration
- Decision-making
- Execution discipline
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 84
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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