Are you ready to join a dynamic and innovative Marketing team as our new Innovation Manager? We are on the hunt for someone who shares our passion for driving growth and pushing boundaries through innovation. As our Innovation Manager, you'll play a crucial role in shaping our future and helping us achieve our key business strategies. We have a vision - it's bold and aspirational and we need talented people to bring it to life.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead key innovation projects through the Stage-gate process to bring innovation to market.
• Category champion to ensure delivery of innovation pipeline, communicating status and risks throughout the business.
• Ensure launch plans and go to market strategies are sufficient to meet project objectives and achieve success.
• Participate in the identification, prioritisation and development of the three-year rolling Innovation Pipeline that ensures focus on scale and achievement of key business strategies.
• Continually review and improve the tools and processes we use to manage innovation at Lion.
• Coach and develop key internal stakeholders on innovation technical skills and best practices.
• Continually explore and identify new insights / ideas / trends to meet growth aspirations.
Skills and Capabilities:
• Ability to lead manage large cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to think logically and rationally, particularly when dealing with elevated levels of ambiguity and complexity.
• Builds strong partnerships with internal stakeholders, sharing knowledge and insights across the organization.
• Shows skills in ability to work effectively with others and mange key stakeholders across the business.
• Shows creative and critical thinking skills.
Knowledge and Experience:
• Tertiary qualification required – Marketing, Business or equivalent.
• 5+ years' experience in Marketing, Innovation or New Product Development
• Proven project management experience
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• FMCG experience ideal.
Join us in building the next chapter of a proud Lion legacy by embracing a challenger mindset - being curious, courageous, and acting with conviction. We don't just offer a job; we offer growth and development 'on tap' where you can unleash your potential and be part of something extraordinary.
We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and leveraging unique perspectives to innovate and grow.
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