Innovation & Strategy Manager Jobs

Nestlé’s Research & Development Center is our regional powerhouse driving innovation in food, beverage, and pharmaceutical science. Backed by our global Nestlé R&D organization, we lead breakthrough discoveries that are both good for consumers and the planet. Our team of experts range from product developers to engineers, working across our portfolio of food, beverage, infant nutrition, and health science to create leading-edge products and services. As part of our organization, you will use your entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to excellence to unlock the power of food and provide premium value.

The position is eligble for sponsorship for the right candidate.

JOB SUMMARY:

As a Manager Innovation & Strategy, you will work with internal R&D and commercial teams from our Baby Food business as well as external innovation partners to apply user-centered innovation approaches to ensure the identification and translation of consumer insights and employee ideas into new opportunity areas to ultimately create relevant new products, packaging propositions, business models & services opportunity areas and/or concepts, while continuously seeking to improve the methods and tools available to drive innovation performance

JOB RESPONSILIBILIES:

• Lead and coach teams to identify innovation sweet spots between consumer desirability, technical feasibility, and financial viability.
• Act as a Guide and inspire idea owners and project teams in the development, testing and business potential assessment of ideas.
• Understand trends and consumer insights to incorporate them into strategic and ideation workshops and research activities
• Drive the delivery of innovation concept storytelling as well as minimal vial development for products and service (UX design, user testing).
• Build and exchange innovation best practices with internal & external networks
• Manage end-to-end work with external innovation partners including growth hackers, design and innovation agencies, start-ups.
• Plan, execute and facilitate strategic and ideation workshops with the most relevant approach and tools.
• Plan and execute Test & Learns, shop tests or pilot launches to establish business opportunities.
• Accelerate translation of consumer insights into validated concepts using approaches such as Lean Start-up, Design Thinking and Digital Prototyping.
• Act as a bridge between R&D, Strategic Business Unit, Markets, and agencies to develop and build strategic innovation roadmaps
• Understand of markets, consumers/influencers, and the competitive landscape to identify business development opportunities

JOB QUALIFICATIONS (Education, Experience and Knowledge):

• Ability to effectively engage and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience working with a variety of cultures in effective ways is desirable
• Proven strategic thinking and solution finding in complex projects.
• Proven experience in product development and cross-category knowledge are a plus.
• Qualification and/or proven working experience in Innovation and/or Design Thinking, UX, BMC, VPC, LEAN/Agile and/or similar approaches. (Can apply, coach and train)
• Experience in people management and leadership.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Marketing or Scientific / Engineering areas is preferred.
• Strong Project Management skills and experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management and presentation skills.

We will consider sponsorship for the right candidate.

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The position is eligble for sponsorship for the right candidate.
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