Global Lead Innovation Insights & Foresight

Concorde network B.V; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Coty invites a Global Lead, Innovation Insights & Foresight in Amsterdam to shape the future of Color Cosmetics & Nails. You will connect consumer understanding, cultural and trend intelligence, and innovation strategy to identify unmet needs and whitespace opportunities, then translate insights into territories and growth platforms.

You will partner with Brand, Innovation, R&D and Strategic Business Operations to prioritize investments, validate concepts, and drive a forward-looking innovation

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years of experience in Innovation Insights, Strategic Foresight, or related fields.
• Experience within Beauty, FMCG, Consumer Goods, Retail or consumer-centric industries.
• Strong expertise in trend forecasting, cultural intelligence and foresight.
• Proven ability to identify emerging consumer and market shifts into growth opportunities.
• Experience supporting innovation pipelines from opportunity identification to early-stage learning.
• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking, with ability to translate insights into priorities and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global Innovation Insights & Foresight agenda and shape future growth.
• Identify emerging trends and whitespace opportunities with potential to unlock growth.
• Translate insights into innovation territories, growth platforms and strategic opportunities.
• Partner with Brand, Innovation and R&D to shape future priorities and portfolio decisions.
• Lead early-stage innovation learning to validate consumer needs and concepts.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Influencing & storytelling

Trend forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

GLOBAL LEAD, INNOVATION INSIGHTS & FORESIGHT

Amsterdam | Consumer Beauty | Permanent Contract

As Global Lead, Innovation Insights & Foresight, you will shape how Coty anticipates the future of Color Cosmetics & Nails, identifying where the next sources of consumer and category growth will come from.

Reporting to the Global Senior Director, Brand & Category Insights, Consumer Beauty, and sitting within the Strategic Business Operations organization, you will connect consumer understanding, cultural and trend intelligence, category foresight and innovation strategy to identify emerging needs and whitespace opportunities.

Working closely with Brand, Innovation, R&D and Strategic Business Operations teams, you will transform signals and insights into clear innovation territories, growth platforms and strategic recommendations, helping Coty make smarter choices today about where to play tomorrow.

OPTIMIZE, ENABLE, INNOVATE!

In this role, you will help shape Coty’s future innovation agenda and long-term growth pipeline across Color Cosmetics & Nails:

• Lead the global Innovation Insights & Foresight agenda, building a forward-looking perspective on consumers, culture, categories and market evolution.
• Identify emerging trends, unmet consumer needs and whitespace opportunities with the potential to unlock future category growth.
• Translate foresight and consumer insights into innovation territories, growth platforms and actionable strategic opportunities.
• Partner with Brand, Innovation and R&D teams to shape future innovation priorities and support portfolio and pipeline decisions.
• Lead early-stage innovation learning, validating consumer needs, concepts, assumptions and opportunities to strengthen decision-making and reduce risk.
• Evaluate opportunities through a combination of consumer relevance, business potential and strategic fit, providing clear recommendations on where to prioritize investment.
• Build and leverage best-in-class foresight methodologies, trend intelligence platforms and external partnerships to strengthen future-growth capabilities.
• Influence strategic decision-making through compelling storytelling, translating complex signals and insights into clear business implications and recommendations.
• Champion a future-focused, consumer-obsessed culture, connecting teams around emerging opportunities and challenging existing assumptions about where future growth may come from.

YOU ARE A COTY FIT

You are naturally curious, future-focused and commercially minded. You enjoy spotting connections others may not yet see and transforming complexity into clear opportunities for growth.

Comfortable operating in ambiguity, you combine strategic thinking with analytical rigor and know how to influence senior and cross-functional stakeholders through insight rather than authority.

• 6–8+ years of experience in Innovation Insights, Strategic Foresight, Consumer Insights, Market Intelligence, Innovation Strategy or Consumer & Market Insights.
• Experience within Beauty, FMCG, Consumer Goods, Retail or another highly consumer-centric industry.
• Strong expertise in trend forecasting, cultural intelligence, foresight and/or innovation strategy.
• Proven ability to identify emerging consumer and market shifts and translate them into tangible growth opportunities.
• Experience supporting innovation pipelines, from opportunity identification and concept development through early-stage consumer learning.
• Strong understanding of consumer behavior and category dynamics, with the ability to connect multiple signals into a coherent strategic perspective.
• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking, with the ability to turn insights into clear priorities and investment recommendations.
• Strong influencing and storytelling capabilities, able to bring future opportunities to life for diverse stakeholders.
• Proven ability to collaborate across Brand, Innovation, R&D and Commercial teams in an international, matrix environment.
• Experience managing external foresight partners, trend platforms, consultancies or innovation agencies.

WHAT WE OFFER

• A global and highly strategic role with the opportunity to directly influence Coty’s future innovation agenda.
• Exposure across Consumer Beauty, Brand, Innovation, R&D and Strategic Business Operations.
• The opportunity to shape future growth opportunities across iconic Color Cosmetics & Nails brands.
• An international, collaborative and entrepreneurial environment based in Amsterdam, combining consumer obsession with commercial impact.

Coty’s global omni‑working policy provides the option to work up to 50% of your month remotely empowering you to perform at your best while balancing what matters most.

READY TO UNLEASH EVERY VISION OF BEAUTY?

If you are passionate about understanding what consumers will want next, discovering opportunities before they become obvious and transforming foresight into meaningful innovation and growth, we would love to hear from you.