Director, Innovation - Snacking

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** In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
** About the role.
** With a direct reporting line to the Senior Director, Snacking Portfolio and Marketing, the Director will lead a team of five people located in Oakbrook Terrance and Toronto. The team is accountable for championing three key areas: the long-term global innovation strategy, consumer and operator centric innovation platforms and propositions aligned to category and brand strategy, and the innovation process for global snacking to drive accelerated growth.

The scope of the position will include all channels and segments, including QSR, Food service and Retail across USA and Canada.  The measurement of these goals will include the:
* Innovation pipeline sufficiency
* Incremental growth from innovation
* Managing projects to agreed budgets, timelines and KPI’s
* Engagement of direct reports
** What you’ll be doing.
*** Deliver compelling Innovation and innovation strategy, based on consumer, customer and category insights, grounded in the McCain long range plan objectives (where to play, how to win, growth targets), category, brand strategy and demand framework
* Lead projects from opportunity to insight to proposition development, through to launch, liaising with the insights and marketing teams
* Drive the company’s innovation process and innovation planning, ensuring pipeline sufficiency to meet our growth objectives & secure the necessary resources to fuel progress
* Act as a hub of communication at all levels to ensure stakeholders are fully integrated in key innovation activities
* Interact with Sales and customers to prospect innovation and pave the way for new products in the market
* Participate in industry events to understand market trends and developments that can be leveraged by the company
* Champion innovation by sharing best practices & learning from peers around the world
* Champion an insight led and demand centric growth culture, putting insights at the heart of our innovation plans and strategy
** What you’ll need to be successful.
*** A bachelor’s or advanced degree in Marketing, Business Administration
* 7-10 years of Marketing or brand management, with a minimum of 4 years in an innovation role
* A proven track record developing new-to-world and new-to-company innovation
* A successful career progression, with a history of increasing levels of responsibility
* Champions new ideas and initiatives while creating an environment that supports innovation; leverages fresh perspectives and new paradigms to create value within the market.
* Experience integrating and balancing big-picture concerns with day-to-day activities
* Leadership and development of high performing, collaborative teams
* Cultivating a culture of diverse & inclusive thinking
* Marketing innovation management
* Strategic thinking & influence
* Proposition development
* Strong grounding in insights and the application of insights to competitive advantage
* Project…