Innovation Manager Latam

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INNOVATION MANAGER LATAM

This position will contribute to driving the innovation process and set along with our brands the mid/long-term product roadmap for South Andean, from insights and trends analyze to concepts generation into the ideation stage, bringing opportunities to the business.
This is a hands-on role where curiosity, initiative, and proactive level will have a direct impact on the go projects.

ABOUT THE ROLE

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We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Lead the innovation process and methodologies, particularly the ideation stage and the entry to the feasibility stage, working together with the marketing and technical team.
• Working along with the marketing teams to have a healthy innovation sufficiency, %sales per innovation, #projects.
• Identify new concept opportunities for our categories and markets based on the marketing understanding, political and regulatory, environmental, and technological trends. Align with our purpose and business value proposition.
• Keep building the innovation culture and mindset through training and innovation spaces that bring us new capabilities across the teams.
• Management of the innovation process in the region.