Innovations Manager Premium Core Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Time Type: Full time
Posted On: Posted 3 Days Ago
Time Left to Apply: End Date: October 29, 2024 (10 days left to apply)
Job Requisition ID: JR1104319
Job Description: The innovations team is charged with the responsibility of delivering business growth and recruitment of new consumers through brilliant execution of new insights that delight consumers and are compelling to trade partners. This team plays a critical role in crafting the future of the business; delivering innovations that respond to consumer and customer needs, setting trends, redefining, and crafting the choices available to our consumers.
The role will be accountable for the delivery of allocated projects in support of the Diageo innovation agenda in South West Central Africa.
Lead Product Innovation: Lead the development of concepts, design & communications for new brand launches & brand extensions based on consumer insights. Complete this through the GATE (approval) process, rallying the organization behind your vision. Work in partnership with the Supply Brand Change Managers and Commercialization Managers to develop and commercialize the product innovation. Build Purposeful Winning Brands: Create brands that resonate with consumers. Inject your creative flair and strong judgement to evaluate brand communication and associated content; develop innovative & integrated launch campaigns. Use Insights to Sell More: Leverage consumer and customer understanding to generate insights on consumer behaviour that successfully deliver innovations uptake and great commercial execution. Work closely with media and digital to ensure that launch strategies are advised by trends and shifts that reflect consumer behaviour. Deliver Integrated Execution: Write briefs that inspire internal and external partners to create breakthrough ideas and that enable new launches to be established in culture, drive rapid awareness, trial, and achieve fame on time and within budget. Forge Powerful Partnerships: Develop productive relationships with agencies, GBT, and cross-functional teams to enable the business to achieve set goals. Be Entrepreneurial: Constantly seek new insights and make connections to identify and turn opportunities into reality. Project Management: Work on multiple projects/launches concurrently; this requires a high level of structure, difficulty, and self-discipline to ensure that launches take place on time. Demonstrate Strong Team Leadership: Effectively influence & inspire the cross-functional project team to deliver the ambition by building strong relationships, holding tough conversations when needed. Performance Management: Build a strong understanding of the business and the relative commercial levers required to deliver performance ambitions; measure and intervene to ensure all new launches deliver set critical metrics. Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. Creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world.
Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. You'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business.
Worker Type: Regular
Primary Location: Waterfall
Job Posting Start Date: 2024-10-15
About Us With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands.
Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. Join us, and you'll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world.
With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments, and specialist skills. When varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born.
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