Brand Innovation Lead

Building the frameworks and tools to support growth of our brands through innovation 

• Develop innovation capabilities across the organisation 

• Build and implement frameworks  

• Align innovation thinking with existing strategies 

• Support the transition from Gate 4 to scale, ensuring seamless execution and impact 

• Ensure we apply innovation learnings to new projects

 Lead and manage innovation work streams to drive business growth.  

• Identify and set portfolio opportunities, ensuring seamless execution.  

• Develop and implement upstream innovation strategies. 

• Partner with divisional brand teams to bring innovation to life. 

• Drive innovation initiatives across the portfolio, from concept to execution.

Play a key role in optimising our new transformation brand: 

• Optimise the pilot programme to drive short term trading success 

• Support function teams in defining next steps and applying key learnings 

• Translate insights into actionable strategies for future innovation 

What you’ll bring… 

• Experience in Innovation, ideally front-end Innovation
• Experience in Innovation Processes. Ideally experience in developing/optimising innovation processes within an organisation
• Experience in Brand Strategy  
• People management skills - engages and effectively leads a high performing team and has a style of operation that delivers excellent results through people.
• Excellent influencing skills coupled with the ability to impact across a variety of stakeholders.
• An excellent understanding of insight and data to identify opportunities for innovation, create consumer led innovation and commercially measure its success 

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