Assistant Manager, Pet Innovation

Orrville, OH

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About the role

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Develop and validate concepts that deliver on key consumer needs and align to the brand strategy.
Develop a robust pipeline of disruptive innovation that drives incremental and profitable growth. Provide thought leadership to inspire greatness, divergent thinking, and ongoing inspiration for business building platforms for sustained growth.
Lead a diverse, cross-functional best in class team who will be responsible for shepherding platforms and product concepts through the innovation process, considering strategic, consumer, technical and business viability.
Manage the innovation metrics that support overall profitability.
Assist in building internal innovation capabilities and help to shape a culture of creativity and innovating thinking.
Smuckers is building a unique innovation capability balancing both a creative approach with a general manager mindset that will be a key driver of growth for the company.
The goal is to create a start-up culture within an $8B CPG and that requires marketing leaders that are driven to build and launch new businesses and seek a career in marketing and innovation.

Lead with a blend of disciplined management practices with entrepreneurial behavior, skills, and mindset to make intuitive strategic decisions while appropriately managing uncertainty and risk.

Represent innovation with multiple stakeholders including brand marketing, operations finance and retail customers.
Imagine being part of the innovation future of the consumer packaged goods industry.

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