Job in Mumbai Suburban, Mumbai City for Innovation Manager

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

You create and implement the innovation/renovation strategy that is aligned with the brand vision to drive sustainable growth.

How you will contribute

You will work with others in Mondelēz International to determine an innovation strategy and priorities to enable consumer-centric brand growth and execute commercial innovation plans on innovation based on identified goals. In partnership with brand teams, you will define and deliver plans to renovate the core brand and to strengthen the entire portfolio through innovation and renovation. You will also manage the portfolio (which includes brand architecture). In this role, you are accountable for revenue and profit, sharing objectives as they relate to innovation, and monitoring performance against key performance indicators. Based on your deep consumer insights, brand strategy and positioning, you will integrate innovation into marketing communication plans and campaigns.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Marketing, ideally in a matrix environment in the consumer goods industry
• Developing and marketing product innovations at a cross-country level
• Working effectively with other marketing disciplines and with cross-functional teams
• Working with design, innovation and research agencies
• Analytical and creative skills—a balance of commercial and strategic acumen
• Understanding consumers
• Communicating effectively, verbally and in writing, and executive presentation skills

Pre Experience

• 5+ years marketing experience and /or Project Management experience or relevant experience - Required

• Minimum 2 years in FMCG - Required

• Experience working with cross cultural teams - Required

• Experience working with and successfully managing 3rd party agencies and strategic partners - Preferred

Knowledge: including education, qualifications and training

• Min. University degree; Marketing/Business Preferable

• Computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Project)

The Innovation Manager reports to Innovation Lead, Chocolate, Biscuit and Bakes, India, and stays in peer relations with Program Managers RD&Q and External Manufacturing, Procurement Managers, Market Activation Managers and Brand Managers, CI Managers, and Product Change Managers (PCM).

Position Purpose Statement

The Innovation manager’s role is to drive revenue growth and margin improvement by bringing successful innovation bundles into key markets.

Leading a cross functional project team, the Innovation Manager manages the innovation process, from identification of opportunity areas to pre-launch business proposition.

The scope of this role covers:

• Supports product innovation projects for India business, which would include format innovation with in existing brands or new brands and segments entry

• Supports filling the innovation funnels identifying new platforms, opportunity areas and product concepts.

• Supports the strategic and annual business plan process with regards to innovation

• Contributes to the evolution of the innovation culture, i.e. provide external orientation, test & learns new tools/ methodologies to evolve (I2M) capabilities.

• Supports the strategic and annual business plan process

Primary Accountabilities / Responsibilities

Product Innovation delivery

• The Innovation manager supports the delivery of India scaled, superior product innovations which are either new category / segment entry, major NPD in existing segment, or line extensions based on existing technology and formats and which deliver sustainable, incremental and profitable revenue potential;

• The Innovation manager supports the development of new product bundle ready-for-launch (from concept idea to final) that includes positioning, portfolio development, product (range), (branding), naming, pack structure and design, pricing & profitability and capital expenditure.

• The Innovation manager collaborates effectively with cross functional, multi-country teams and engages internal and external partners.

Innovation funnel refill

• The Innovation manager supports innovation funnel refill, covering both platform/opportunity area identification and idea generations.

• The Innovation manager helps to identify platform/opportunity areas via trend watching, desk research (U&A, market trends, market structure studies), consumer understanding initiatives (identification behavioural groups / segmentation / insights / need states), competitive gap analyses, financial opportunity scaling, technological/R&D trends assessment, country needs assessment, brainstorming and external consultation. Cover product and packaging;

• The Innovation manager supports AMEA idea generation processes and assures AMEA specific concept development and testing.

• The Innovation manager cooperates effectively with external innovation agencies.

Portfolio Management

• The Innovation manager contributes to portfolio management for the category both in terms of brand architecture and of portfolio analysis

• The Innovation manager maintains awareness of global portfolios and where appropriate, supports recommendations about lift adapt and shift global winning bundles in India market

Biscuit Innovation vision and roadmap

• The Innovation Manager pro-actively delivers valuable contributions to the continuous improvement of the India Innovation vision and roadmap.

• The Innovation Manager makes strategic recommendations based on learning/ insights following investigations as described in ‘innovation funnel’ section

Inspiring the Passion for Innovation

• The Innovation Manager inspires a Passion for Innovation and “Out of the Box” thinking throughout the NPD teams in particular and pro-actively contributes to an overall cultural change.

• The Innovation Manager challenges the Status Quo and advocates “Play To Win” mindset and the courage to use judgement wherever it can replace research.

• The Innovation Manager fosters team spirit beyond hierarchical structures.

• The Innovation Manager recommends and implements actions contributing to an overall increasing innovative company behaviour and improved, streamlined processes

Post Launch Evaluation management

• The Innovation Manager supports post launch evaluation of the developed NP’s and set up of India NP tracking.

• The Innovation Manager supports/coordinates post launch evaluations according to I2M

Protocols

• Any changes related to the strategic documentation must be compliant to the related protocol and follow the correct approval process.

• Whilst the above content is a comprehensive description of the roles and responsibilities there may be other additional elements that form part of the Innovation Manager role that have not been captured but are still part of daily work activities.

Functional/ Technical Skills

• Project management - Required

• Critical thinking and Analysis - Required

• In-depth understanding of consumer needs - Required

• Influencing/communication skills - Required

• Innovation Management - Preferred

• Direct/related category experience - Preferred

• Budgetary & cost control management - Required

• Competitive intelligence & insights - Preferred

Within Country Relocation support available and for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy

Business Unit Summary

Mondelez India Foods Private Limited (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) has been in India for over 70 years, making sure our mouth-watering and well-loved local and global brands such as Cadbury chocolates, Bournvita and Tang powdered beverages, Oreo and Cadbury Bournvita biscuits, and Halls and Cadbury Choclairs Gold candies get safely into our customers hands—and mouths . Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has more than 3,300 employees proudly working across sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai and in manufacturing facilities at Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, at our global Research & Development Technical Centre and Global Business Hub in Maharashtra and in a vast distribution network across the country. We are also proud to be recognised by Avatar as the Best Companies for Women in India in 2019 – the fourth time we’ve received this award.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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