Innovation Manager

2 days ago

Lidcombe, Australia Tassal Full time

We are currently seeking an Innovation Manager who will take charge of our Innovation development team. The role will report directly to the General Manager - Marketing & Innovation. The responsibilities of this role include overseeing the innovation team, which comprises 3 direct and 3 indirect reports. The team is tasked with innovation development, project management, and product development, all geared towards executing the innovation pipeline.

The role is based in our brand-new office at Sydney Olympic Park, which includes onsite parking. You will have the flexibility to work from home on certain days. With this position comes some occasional travel to our sites nationally.

**Your responsibilities include**:

- Building and managing the delivery of the product and packaging development pipeline in consultation with the GM Marketing and Innovation, Sales and Cross functional teams
- Accountability for the successful management of the team overseeing cross functional project teams to deliver and launch innovation projects on time and within business case parameters
- Lead, coach and manage 3 direct reports who lead project management and 3 indirect reports responsible for product and packaging development
- Leading the Stage and Gate process, Cross functional innovation leadership team in a new digitised format and input into the IBP process
- Management and communication of the innovation agenda, pipeline, status, and elevating issues to the senior sales and marketing leadership team
- Championing the sustainability agenda for Tassal to ensure agreed objectives are met in the long term
- Execute our company packaging innovation roadmap
- Review innovation strategy & projects and recommend changes/additions to strategy and key priority projects.
- Lead engagement with customers for private label business

**About you**:

- Previous experience leading a team and high volumes of innovation projects
- Minimum of 7 years in FMCG broad cross functional manufacturing exposure
- Fresh food and protein experience highly regarded
- Relevant Tertiary qualifications
- Commercial comfort and agility
- Confident leader to champion the innovation agenda across the innovation team, marketing and sales, plus the cross functional business
- You thrive in a fast paced, agile environment and have the leadership to be proactive and support team in taking action
- Results and outcome driven that can balance process and adaptability
- Strong communication and influencing skills, and ability to share learnings and motivate/influence others.
- Positive and proactive problem solver

**What's in it for you?**
- Bonus paid day off for your Birthday
- Discounted Private Health Insurance with waived waiting periods.
- Access to Workplace, Health and Wellbeing Support for yourself and your family including but not limited to Personal Challenges, Mental Health, Grief, Separation or Financial challenges.
- Mental Health First Aid Training to all eligible staff.
- And of course, Deliciously Discounted Seafood

Our people each contribute in different ways, embracing our business values and harnessing our can do - safely culture with purpose and intent. Our shared values are an essential part of our business culture, they define us. They underpin and guide our commitment, attitude, how we work and the quality of our products. We are passionate, we achieve together, we own it and we can do safely.

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