Innovation Manager

4 days ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Lion Pty Ltd Full time

2 May 2024- Auckland, North Island, NZAre 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.



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