Menu Innovation & Growth Lead

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC); Woking; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) UK&I is seeking a senior growth leader to own the three-year Menu Vision, define occasions and need states, and lead the Innovation portfolio that brings those opportunities to life. You’ll connect customer insight, commercial opportunity and restaurant reality, coordinating teams across Food, Brand, Commercial, Digital, Operations and Supply Chain.

As UK&I is a lead market for KFC globally, you’ll help shape Global thinking, investment and future innovation

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience across innovation, food, menu, brand or customer growth within a fast-moving consumer business.
• Experience in QSR, FMCG, retail, hospitality or another consumer-led brand would be brilliant.

Responsibilities

• Own our three-year Menu Vision and define the customer occasions and need states we want to win.
• Turn customer and cultural insight into clear growth priorities and translate them into an 18–36 month roadmap.
• Shape how Innovation contributes to the Value agenda and develop compelling propositions for customers.
• Create a clear innovation system with stage gates, briefs and go/no-go decisions that drive growth.

Job description

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) UK&I is seeking a senior growth leader to own the three-year Menu Vision, define occasions and need states, and lead the Innovation portfolio that brings those opportunities to life. You’ll connect customer insight, commercial opportunity and restaurant reality, coordinating teams across Food, Brand, Commercial, Digital, Operations and Supply Chain.

As UK&I is a lead market for KFC globally, you’ll help shape Global thinking, investment and future innovation