Position Title: Sr Manager Innovation 

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Position Location: Oakbrook Terrace 

Requisition ID: 32850 

McCain knows the importance that food plays in people's lives – the power it has to bring people, families and communities together. That is why our purpose is celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food. We do this by succeeding together with our teams, business and community partners around the world - because we know when we work and grow together, we succeed together. Be a part of our family.

McCain Foods is seeking a Senior Brand Manager, Innovation to join our growing team!

Reporting to the Director, Marketing Innovation, the position of Senior Brand Manager is responsible for shaping & delivering a strategic innovation roadmap.    

Responsibilities include: 
•    Primary liaison with Brand Team to define longer term ‘where to play’ spaces grounded in foresight analysis and founded in a holistic strategic rationale
•    Develop scale product platforms rooted in Demand Space unmet needs, with an ownable right to win and with a rich pipeline of ideas
•    Build a funnel with sufficiency & quality of ideas that yields a steady pace of innovation news to deliver in-market financial expectations
•    Partner with senior cross functional leaders to drive continuous improvement of the innovation process and ways of working to improve our success rate

What will make you successful in this role:
•    Minimum 7 years of brand management experience with a background in consumer products goods
•    Ownership of brand or pipeline strategy for a distinct business segment
•    Knowledge and Experience with foundational consumer landscapes
•    Comfortable managing a complex P&L
•    Successfully influence without authority of high profile stakeholders
•    Leadership of cross functional teams and projects with ambiguity and complexity
•    Adept with Stage-Gate process to drive decision-making with gatekeepers
•    Excellent written and oral communication skills (including strong presentation skills), analytical ability, independent decision making and business vision
•    Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
•    Passion for, and understanding of, food industry preferred

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace.  As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. 
 
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Job Family: Marketing      
Division: NA Potato 
Department: ​Innovation Potato ​
Location(s): US - United States of America : Illinois : Oakbrook Terrace 

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.