Innovation Manager Latam

This position will contribute to driving the innovation process and set along with our brands the mid/long-term product roadmap for South Andean, from insights and trends analyze to concepts generation into the ideation stage, bringing opportunities to the business.
This is a hands-on role where curiosity, initiative, and proactive level will have a direct impact on the go projects.

About the Role

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We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

What You Will Do

• Lead the innovation process and methodologies, particularly the ideation stage and the entry to the feasibility stage, working together with the marketing and technical team.
• Working along with the marketing teams to have a healthy innovation sufficiency, %sales per innovation, #projects.
• Identify new concept opportunities for our categories and markets based on the marketing understanding, political and regulatory, environmental, and technological trends. Align with our purpose and business value proposition.
• Keep building the innovation culture and mindset through training and innovation spaces that bring us new capabilities across the teams.
• Management of the innovation process in the region.

Who You Are

• Must have curiosity and passion for product development
• Ability to be both creative and process-oriented in support of driving innovation and execution
• Be flexible and adaptable in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Organized and able to prioritize workload
• At least 6 years of professional experience in consumer marketing, trend watching, consumer insights
• Creativity workshops facilitation and management of output
• Cross-functional, cross markets, cross-brand project management skills
• Spanish-English C1

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe everyone's learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.
Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning and Growing in your Career | Supporting Well-being & Sustainable Working Life | Life-changing Innovations | Competitive Total rewards

Location
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Application End Date:

27 Nov 2024

Job Requisition ID:

Essity248317