Director, Marketing Innovation Job at Glanbia, Downers Grove, IL

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  • Glanbia
  • Downers Grove, IL

Job Description

Glanbia Performance Nutrition is the number one sports nutrition company in the world,with leading brands in performance and lifestyle nutrition. Our mission is to inspire people everywhere to achieve their performance and healthy lifestyle goals. GPN’s brand portfolio consists of – Optimum Nutrition, BSN, Isopure, Think!, Amazing Grass and SlimFast, each with its own brand essence.

 

Reporting to the Vice President of Innovation, the Director of Innovation will be responsible for driving short term growth and planning for long term growth with the Innovation platforms.  Building consensus across the organization, you will work closely with Insights, R&D, Brand Teams and the Sales Organization to drive new differentiated propositions into market.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

Lead the Innovation Pipeline & strategy across the portfolio:

  • Lead the development of the portfolio pipeline in alignment with overall business and brand objectives.
  • Develop the innovation strategy by brand and format.
  • Lead the execution of the portfolio pipeline; managing timing, proposition and channel delivery (brick and mortar as well as eCommerce).
  • Identify emerging food trends, market gaps, and consumer insights to inform product development and marketing initiatives.

Lead the Proposition Launches:

  • Drive end-to-end proposition development (from concept development through new product launches), collaborating with cross-functional teams including Insights, R&D, Operations, and Sales.
  • Develop and execute go-to-market plans, ensuring seamless integration with overall brand messaging across the different channels.

Influence and Drive with Cross-Functional Collaboration:

  • Build consensus through influence and collaboration to drive new platforms and approaches.
  • Work closely with R&D to understand product capabilities and unique selling propositions.
  • Collaborate with Sales to create effective sales enablement tools and ensure successful product launches in the market.
  • Collaborate with Insights to ensure consumer centric innovation.

Lead Performance Measurement:

  • Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of propositions and platformer
  • Analyze performance and consumer feedback to continuously optimize and iterate propositions.

 

Key Qualifications

  • 9-10 years’ experience in Food or Beverage; Supplements experience preferred
  • Bachelor's degree, MBA preferred
  • Proven experience in leading and launching new production innovation in both fuzzy front end innovation and close in innovation
  • Proven experience leading multiple cross functional teams towards a shared execution in a condensed timeframe
  • Proven experience managing a brand or innovation team with P&L responsibility.
  • Ability to work in the Downers Grove, IL corporate office 1-2 times per week

 

GPN manufactures and markets the full range of performance nutrition and lifestyle products including protein, pre-workout, muscle gainers, ready-to-eat snacks and general health.

 

If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please apply! 

 

Where and how you will work 

The opportunity will be based inDowners Grove, IL with hybrid working arrangements available through our Smart working modelwhich allows you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance.   

 

What we would like to offer you!  

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.  

 

About Glanbia  

The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance NutritionGlanbiaNutritionals,and Joint Ventures.Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 6,000 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading products in 130 countries worldwide.  

 

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. 

 

Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience.  Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in IL. This range may not be applicable to other locations. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.  The annual salary for IL based employees for this role is $165,000 - $230,000 with an annual bonus.

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