Director, Dispensed Innovation

The Director, Dispensed Innovation will play a critical role leading the NAOU FSOP Innovation pipeline. This role will be responsible for working across category/brand teams on targeted Innovation opportunities for the FSOP organization and customer teams on specific, high impact consumer opportunities. This role will be the conduit between FSOP, commercial, customer and category to prioritize product and package innovation.

• Represent FSOP voice of customer and proper translation of brand innovation strategies across food service/on premise channels.

• Use data and insights to identify trends to support innovation strategy.

• Partner with the category teams and key cross‑functional stakeholders on product/package innovation (scalable & customer specific).

• Serve as the innovation SME with the customer teams including code 10/5s.

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or another related field.

• 5+ years of experience, preferably in the consumer goods/beverages industry.

• Leadership and experience working in Food service/On Premise channels.

• Experience in brand and category management.

• Demonstrates strong business acumen through the ability to create a 1‑3‑year business plan for brand/category and a path to achieve that vision, anticipating future trends and needs in the marketplace and business; demonstrates innovation/creativity.

• Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate and build relationships at all organizational levels; communicates long‑term vision and shorter‑term opportunities through clear & simple messages.

• Project leadership/management – specifically, managing virtual teams and influencing multiple stakeholders with different priorities.

• Strong track record of leadership across cross‑functional teams.

• Unique Culture – a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be.

• Challenging Work – our unique global system offers constant opportunities to develop world‑class skills and a truly international career.

• Work Life Balance – our Company works diligently to help ensure this is a reality for our associates.

Skills:

Leadership;
Social Media;
Sales Channel Development;
Conversion Rate;
Structured Query Language (SQL);
Key Performance Indicators (KPI);
Digital Advertising;
Marketing Campaigns;
Branding;
Demand Generation;
Media Buying;
Channels Strategy;
Product Commercialization;
Marketing Strategies;
Tableau (Software);
Alteryx;
Customer Insights;
Market Segmentation;
Customer Data;
Microsoft Office;
Strategy Development;
Google Analytics;
Customer Engagement;
Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI);
Marketing Insights