Brand Manager Disruptive Innovation - Away From Home Equipment
Brand Manager Disruptive Innovation - Away From Home Equipment
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$ 118400 - 148000
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Job Description
Here at Kraft Heinz we grow our people to grow our business because we believe that great people make great companies. When you join our table you can expect access to an array of holistic wellness benefits* and perks including medical dental and vision coverage 7 401(k) matching Business Resource Groups (BRGs) to help foster diversity inclusion and belonging for all employees an industryleading total rewards package that emphasizes a high discretionary bonus.
*Benefits begin 30 days after hire for hourly employees and immediately upon hire for salaried employees.
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Brand Manager Disruptive Innovation AFH Equipment at a glance...
This role will sit in the Global Growth Office on the Disruptive Innovation team and be responsible for pioneering new agile innovation methodologies to bring consumer driven innovation to market. The Brand Manager Disruptive Innovation will be a key member of a small focused cross functional team to bring new products and new business models within the Away from Home (Kraft Heinzs Foodservice Business Unit also known as AFH) equipment space by developing prototypes and implementing agile inmarket tests to refine our offering and business model innovations in pursuit of setting up a future scaled offering for success.
This position requires a candidate that is a selfstarter strategic thinker creative problem solver and driver of results. While it has been around for a few years within Kraft Heinz this approach to disruptive innovation is still new to many within our organization so the individual needs to be flexible have a growth mindset and be comfortable with ambiguity. This role will require a high level of collaboration with our AFH business unit and our external partners both of whom are critical to longterm project success. This individual will support the endtoend direction for our Disruptive Innovation PODs focused on AFH Equipment from helping to craft our vision the exploration of new ideas / concepts distillation of our innovation pipeline building out the product or business model all the way through inmarket testing and product refinement before it is handed back to our AFH BU partners to scale. If you are ready to roll up your sleeves in this dynamic role team and space we want to hear from you!
Whats on the menu
Leading a top AFH Equipment initiative with support of external agency partners and a crossfunctional POD of dedicated Kraft Heinz resources that serve as core team
Lead and supporting key AFH Equipment innovation initiatives including: strategic vision building new innovation platform exploration pipeline creation and concept / proposition development ensuring alignment with business objectives
Oversee the of the innovation strategy by collaborating with crossfunctional teams including culinary R&D consumer insights quality legal engineering operations sales and finance to bring concepts to reality.
Own and design a fittowin capability to continue to build out and rethink how we innovate at Kraft Heinz and within the AFH space
Develop and implement methods to Test Learn and Iterate solutions with AFH customers and our consumers
Develop the marketing strategy for owned innovations
Lead test market launch and support building plan to scale in collaboration with AFH BU
Champion for Design Thinking and Scrum methodologies across KHC
Lead the P&L competitive analysis and customer sellin materials (in partnership with business unit)
Recipe for Success apply now if this sounds like you!
Bachelors degree in business marketing or a related field is required. An MBA with a focus on marketing is preferred though candidates with equivalent experience will be considered.
At least 5 years in marketing product innovation or brand management. Strong preference for experience in developing launching and managing products from concept to market within the consumer goods sector.
Experience working in or adjacent to Foodservice / Away from Home settings with a deep understanding of the unique challenges and characteristics of different types of Foodservice customers (e.g. commercial leisure / travel education healthcare etc.
Consumer centric & growth mindset learn fast vs. avoid failure
Prior or relevant experience working in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) & Innovation a plus
Prior experience converting insights into actionable strategies
Experience with Design Thinking Lean Start Up & Agile Teams (SCRUM) a plus
Experience in agency management & crossfunctional team management; self confident individual who can work collaboratively
Strong personal motivation in fastpaced often ambiguous environment with a bias for action
Demonstrated ability to influence teams and experience handling multiple collaborators
Strong big picture perspective while also delivering the innovation initiative at hand
Outstanding verbal written and interpersonal communications skills to internal/external partners
Excellent strategic and analytical skills; ability to use syndicated data sources to assess competitive space bringing forth insights and recommendations to integrate into overall strategy
Ability to simplify complex problems and make decisions quickly
Excellent organizational and project management skills
Understanding of Financial P&Ls and building business cases
Work Environment & Schedule
The role can be based in Chicago or Toronto and will be hybrid 3 days per week in office.
Our Total Rewards philosophy is to provide a meaningful and flexible spectrum of programs that equitably support our diverse workforce and their families and complement Kraft Heinz strategy and values.
New Hire Base Salary Range:
$118400.00 $148000.00Bonus: This position is eligible for a performancebased bonus as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.
The compensation offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidates geographic region jobrelated knowledge skills and experience among other factors
Benefits: Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare protection and savingfor the future we offer plans tailored to meet you and your familys needs. Coveragefor benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
Wellbeing: We offer events resources and learning opportunities that inspire aphysical social emotional and financial wellbeing lifestyle for our employees and their families.
Youll be able to participate in a variety of benefits and wellbeing programs that may vary by role country region union status and other employment status factors for example:
Physical Medical Prescription Drug Dental Vision Screenings/Assessments
Social Paid Time Off Company Holidays Leave of Absence Flexible Work Arrangements Recognition Training
Emotional Employee Assistance Program Wellbeing Programs Family Support Programs
Financial 401kLife Accidental Death & Dismemberment Disability
Location(s)
Chicago/Aon Center Toronto Queens Quay HeadquartersKraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race color national origin age sex sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact .
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
