Requirements: English
Company: Nigel Wright Group
Region: holland, north brabant, nederland , North Brabant
About the Company
Jack Link''s family owned and value driven business is dedicated to crafting protein-packed snacks that are loved by consumers worldwide. The company''s array of brands include some of the fastest growing and innovating protein snack brands such as Jack Link''s, BiFi and Peperami. The spacious and modern Jack Links EMEA headquarters is located in the vibrant Amsterdam Houthavens, and includes a highly international team, with more than 25 different nationalities. Jack Link''s EMEA team is committed to continuing its impressive EMEA expansion, one bite at a time, and becoming the regional leader in branded protein snacks.
About the Role
The company is looking for an experienced innovation manager to join the Jack Links EMEA team to co-create and roll out innovations for the 4 brands (BiFi, Peperami, Jack Links and Minuets) in the international office in Amsterdam. Key objective of the role is to deliver sustainable brand(s) growth via a sharp and penetration-driven innovation pipeline in the relevant identified demand spaces, and to expand the appeal, trial, repeat in the key markets of Germany, UK and BNL. If you are motivated by being part of a high performing, ambitious and successful team and you thrive on being accountable with the freedom to truly make a personal impact on the business, plus enjoy working in a fast pace, cross functional collaborative environment Jack Link''s would love you to come and join the business. The position reports into the Head of Innovation EMEA.
Key Responsibilities
Purpose: To co-build and implement a strong innovation and renovation pipeline for the EMEA brands, to grow a relevant and meaningful presence in the savoury snacks category, leading to a sustainable double-digit growth, year on year.
Key accountabilities:
- Cultivate a spirit of innovation, led by relevant, actionable and quantified consumer and shopper insights
- Activate white space opportunities into concrete incremental innovation
- With a data-backed approach and being savvy to the latest consumer trends across the product and packaging landscape, consumer and shopper insights, collaborate with our brand teams to shape our overall long term innovation strategy
- Co-develop innovation with potential of across brands synergies
- Co-develop meaningful renovation to strengthen the brands
- Co-own the Innovation Gate meeting cycle, and act as dedicated project manager across geographies
- Lead new product development including execution, in cooperation with the Head of Innovation, the brands teams, R&D and Operations
- Lead opportunities of product/recipe/packaging optimization or renovation.
- Fully understand the levers of Brand Equity building to implement effective and efficient Innovations
- Be a key member of the enlarged marketing team to ensure delivery of the growth agenda
- Embrace the Jack Links culture, incorporating its values into everyday work life, acting as a culture ambassador and brand steward
About You
- A minimum of 7 years in FMCG marketing, with a focus on brand building, and a minimum of 4 years experience in the innovation field
- Demonstrable success in brand building and equity improvements via innovation
- Proven success in increasing brand penetration and brand equity via strong innovation launches
- Experience in leading front end innovation projects and development projects in the innovation gate/funnel approach
- Experience in being innovation project manager
- Experience in working with operations and R&D
- Cross functional Team experience
- Experience in concept writing is preferred
- Market knowledge of the German/UK/BNL FMCG is ideal but not essential
- Experience in food & drinks categories is preferred
- Consumer centric thinking combined with excellent commercial understanding & financially savvy approach to marketing
- Project management skills combined with pragmatic mindset
- Results driven & excited by challenge & change to the status quo
- Entrepreneurial thinker & creative problem solver
- Budget planning & discipline
- Highly self-motivated
- Resourceful & resilient
- Required language skills: fluent English (mandatory), German & Dutch (preferred)