Food Impact Partners
Sr. Innovation Manager
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$120k-$140kDetected 161 days ago
Project ManagementSalesBusiness DevelopmentResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationPublic SpeakingOrganizational Skills
About the role
- Today, as dairy-free food grows in popularity, that spirit of innovation continues to inspire our team.
- Our diverse portfolio of great tasting foods invites everyone to the table.
- Our dedication to minimizing environmental impact extends across our operations.
Responsibilities
- Build a forward-looking, multi-year pipeline of business-driving ideas and projects grounded in consumer insights, category dynamics, and market opportunities
- Partner with Insights & Ideation to translate high-potential concepts into defined projects with clear priorities, success criteria, strategic objectives.
- Lead and influence cross-functional teams to advance innovation with pace - providing direction on priorities and briefs, simplifying complex problems & making decisions at critical project junctures
- Oversee commercialization plans, including partnering with Sales team to develop winning strategies at the customer level and category level
- Parter with Insights, Category Management, and Business Development to create compelling sales stories that secure distribution on new launches
- Support & participate in development of communications briefs on new launches, ensuring consumer insight and business and marketing objectives are accurately captured and addressed through integrated communication plan development
- Develop and manage a pipeline of projects that delivers against Innovation growth targets while strengthening brand equity and overall business performance.
- Own the P&L for new launches, ensuring projects meet financial criteria for commercialization
- Lead & Inspire the Marketing department in delivering high performance, as a member of the Senior Marketing Leadership team
- Act as a steward for the Daiya brand and positively impact Daiya's reputation directly with external partners, such as key retailers, buyers, brokers, and suppliers
Requirements
- This leader sets the commercial product agenda, aligns cross-functional stakeholders around clear priorities, and secures the organizational focus and resources required to win.
- Unconstrained thinking & Ability to see the big picture
- ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
- ability to translate insights into meaningful innovation.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Business
- MBA strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success launching new products into market, ideally within food & beverage or consumer-facing categories
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and projects from inception to completion
- Strong understanding of Stage Gate or other structured innovation processes
- Familiarity with consumer insights & research methodologies
Skills
- Service Excellence - You understand and serve the needs of others (Daiyans, consumers, and our communities)
- 3 weeks' vacation
- Flex Days
- Extended health benefits
- Retirement savings matching program
- Flexible spending account
- Fun and creative environment
- On-site fitness studio
- Inspiring and innovative work
- Strong written and verbal communicator, capable of crafting compelling narratives and presenting ideas with clarity and influence.
- Daiya's compensation offerings are based on a pay-for-performance philosophy.
- At Daiya, investing in our people is a top priority.
Compensation
- Daiya's compensation offerings are based on a pay-for-performance philosophy.
Benefits
- Join our team of food-loving Daiyans, where our shared passion, vision, and ability to bring smiles to each other's faces fuel our journey of dairy-free exploration.
- Manage the learning plan and understand methodologies to deepen consumer understanding and derive new insights, optimize new launches, and validate project action standards
- Manage the innovation budget with discipline - partnering closely with suppliers and internal teams to deliver learning plans on time & on budget.
Company info
- Serving as key expert/resource for marketing, sales, and customers.
- Welcome to Daiya Foods, where we are reimagining comfort foods that are irresistible and better for you.
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