Lead - Innovation Program Excellence - Nutrition Industry

Innovation Program Excellence Lead - Nutrition

- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify innovation opportunities to build short-, mid- and long-term innovation pipeline.

- Leads scientific support & claims substantiation for identified innovation opportunities for the category.

- Performs comprehensive and critical evaluation of own data and data from other scientists to ensure its credibility and finds application in form of innovation opportunities.

- Identify and liaise with external innovators to work on white spaces or leverage their technology for new or existing innovations.

- Expert in devising nutritional profile for innovations in line with consumer insights and category strategy.

- Participates in cross-category sharing of scientific or consumer opportunities, breaking down any 'silos' and ensuring innovation drives across the category.

- Looks for innovative and better ways of doing things; devise efficient & productive cross functional ways of working, actively looks to eliminate non-value-added steps out of processes and procedures.

- The ability to effectively manage external relationships, developing and implementing strategies.

- Seeks/provides advise to colleagues when unexpected results occur or when major changes to project plans are considered.

- Understand consumer behavior/insights and embed them into innovation ideas