Senior Manager BU Innovation - RVAP

Tyson Foods; Springdale (AR); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Paid time off

401(k) plans

Health, life, dental, vision, and Rx

Résumé du poste

Tyson Foods is seeking a Senior Manager, RVAP Innovation to lead the innovation pipeline for the Tyson brand and assigned brands. You will influence senior leaders across BU, R&D, Culinary, Insights, Supply Chain, SS&P, Operations, Finance and Strategy to drive growth through innovation and deliver on profit, volume and share objectives.

The role focuses on RVAP innovation for the club channel while shaping overall innovation strategy, requiring collaboration with cross-functional teams, strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA or BBA preferred.
• Minimum 6+ direct Product Innovation or Marketing experience.
• Excellent knowledge of innovation, marketing strategy, strategic business analysis, financial planning and market research fundamentals.
• Demonstrated success in leveraging consumer knowledge and insights to drive business results.
• Experience reporting to senior executives.
• Strong communication and presentation skills are required.
• A highly motivated leader with the ability to devise an excellent solution in unstructured situations.
• Proven ability to effectively manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment.
• Strong collaborator with demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams and direct reports.

Responsabilités

• Develop and implement the innovation pipeline and strategies for RVAP to meet long-range and annual goals.
• Lead development and execution of product and packaging innovation projects from concept to in-market performance.
• Collaborate with PMO and cross-functional teams to advance projects.
• Act as liaison with corporate functions to focus on business initiatives.
• Identify growth opportunities using syndicated research, primary market research, and competitive intelligence.
• Develop meaningful consumer positioning and communicate product advantages.
• Work with insights/R&D to identify ideas and optimize offerings to meet consumer/operator needs and outperform competitors.
• Partner with sales, analytics, and marketing to understand forecast accuracy and maximize opportunities to deliver BU objectives.
• Leverage synergies across retail and foodservice channels to scale ideas.
• Ensure Stagegate process compliance and supporting systems.

Connaissances

Bachelor’s degree

MBA preferred

Product Innovation experience

Marketing experience

Strategic business analysis

Financial planning

Market research fundamentals

Communication and presentation skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Leadership of direct reports

Formation

Bachelor’s Degree

MBA or equivalent

Description du poste

Job Details: Job Summary:

The Senior Manager, RVAP Innovation is responsible for management of the business activities related to innovation for the Tyson brand or any other brands they are assigned and has total responsibility to deliver an innovation pipeline. This role develops long and short-term strategies, new product and package ideas, and go-to-market approaches that will achieve corporate growth through innovation and deliver on profit, volume, and share objectives. This position will focus primarily on developing RVAP innovation for the club channel but also influence the overall innovation pipeline. This position must also influence senior leaders from the BU, R&D, Culinary, Insights, Supply Chain, SS&P, Operations, Finance and Strategy to successfully drive future growth. She/he must have a deep understanding of innovation success factors, and be a forward thinker, problem solver and proven collaborator, challenging the status quo to support strategic decisions. He/she must have a strong knowledge base of innovation, marketing, consumer insights, business/brand strategy, and P&L management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement the innovation pipeline and innovation strategies feeding the long range and annual plans for RVAP, reflecting overall corporate and business unit goals
• Lead development and execution of product and packaging innovation projects including concept development, feasibility validation, product and packaging R&D, business proposal and approval, project execution, customer sell in and review of in-market performance
• Work with our PMO team in our innovation project management, packaging and specification systems to advance projects with the cross functional team.
• Act as liaison with all other corporate functions to ensure business initiatives receive necessary focus
• Creatively identify opportunity areas for growth by effectively using syndicated research and trend data, primary market research and competitive intelligence
• Develop meaningful consumer positioning for all innovation that creates added value versus competitive and effectively communicate product advantages to consumers
• Work collaboratively with insights, R&D, Brand Marketing, and the BU to identify new ideas, build research and development plans, screen ideas and food and optimize our innovation offerings to meet consumer/operator needs and have a clear POD vs. our competitors.
• Work collaboratively with insights and R&D to identify new ideas, build research and development plans, screen ideas and food and optimize our innovation offerings to meet consumer needs and have a clear POD vs. our competitors.
• Work hand-in-hand with the sales, analytics, and marketing to understand the innovation forecast accuracy, maximization of opportunities and development of plans to deliver against BU objectives
• Leverage synergies across retail and foodservice channels to maximize idea scale
• Partner with PMO organization to ensure compliance with Stagegate process design and supporting systems

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA or BBA preferred
• Minimum 6 plus direct Product Innovation or Marketing experience required.
• Excellent knowledge of innovation, marketing strategy, strategic business analysis, financial planning and market research fundamentals,
• Demonstrated success in leveraging consumer knowledge and insights to drive business results,
• Experience reporting to senior executives.
• Strong communication and presentation skills are required.
• A highly motivated leader with the ability to devise an excellent solution in unstructured situations,
• Proven ability to effectively manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment is required,
• Strong collaborator with demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams and direct reports.
• Resume is required to be considered. Requisition is not accepting sponsorships.
• All professional team members are expected to demonstrate responsible use of approved AI tools, including safeguarding sensitive information, adhering to company policies, and validating AI-generated outputs.
• Individual Contributors should demonstrate the ability to integrate AI into daily work, improve efficiency through AI-enabled solutions, evaluate outputs critically, and apply professional judgment when using AI.
• People Leaders should demonstrate the ability to drive responsible AI adoption, enable effective use of approved solutions, identify opportunities to improve team performance through AI, and ensure accountability for the quality and accuracy of AI-supported outcomes.
• Relocation Assistance Eligible: Yes
• Work Shift: 1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
• The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
• We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

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