Sr. Manager, Disruptive Innovation Insights

The Kraft Heinz Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 121,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kraft Heinz Company in Chicago is seeking a Sr. Manager, Disruptive Innovation Insights to lead the consumer and marketplace learning agenda across brands and channels, driving growth grounded in consumer behavior.

As a strategic partner to Global Innovation, you will shape research plans, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and present actionable insights to senior leaders to influence strategic decisions and portfolio direction.

Qualifications

• Strategic insight leadership for Global Innovation initiatives.
• Knowledge of consumer and culinary trends, competition, and shopper behavior.
• Ability to develop agile research plans for new products across whitespace and forecasting.
• Experience presenting insights to senior executive leaders.
• Independent ownership and drive with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Strategic insight leadership for Global Innovation initiatives.
• Leverage deep knowledge of consumer and culinary trends, competition, and shopper behavior to ideate growth strategies.
• Develop and lead agile research plans for new products using risk-based approaches across whitespace and innovation validation.
• Identify ways to drive speed through experimentation and learning.
• Evaluate sales impact of innovation and extract lessons for future launches.
• Help develop research Best Practices for the organization.
• Collaborate with research vendors to deliver agile insights.

Skills

Strategic

Influential

Impactful

Owner

Collaborative

Flexible

Self-Starter

Job description

Job Description

Sr. Manager, Disruptive Innovation Insights

As a key strategic business partner and consumer insights subject matter expert for the Global Innovation team, you will have the opportunity to directly impact growth for our global brand portfolio. This role will lead the consumer and marketplace learning agenda across brands and channels to identify innovation opportunities rooted in consumer behavior that drive top and bottom-line growth for Kraft Heinz and retail partners.

What's on the menu?

This role requires a person who can be:

• Strategic: Be a strategic business partner to the marketing team and a key agent for organizational change. Demonstrate understanding of the consumer, research methodologies/techniques, standard processes, and experience to drive the business forward.
• Influential: Influence the organization and work seamlessly with cross-functional teams. Engage with senior management and present insights to senior executive leaders.
• Impactful: Influence so-what's by making concrete recommendations routed in deep understanding of marketing, business, and consumer. Robust communication and interpersonal skills collect disparate pieces of data together into a cohesive and compelling story.
• An Owner :Independent leader with the ability to dig into the details and craft research against a blank slate without buying pre-packaged solutions or methodologies
• Collaborative: Ability to build and maintain partnerships within agile pods and within functions across the organization.
• Flexible: Be flexible and creative to adjust to changing priorities and business challenges. Ability to thrive in ambiguity, while showing strong drive for results and adaptability.
• Self-Starter: Ability to demonstrate a high degree of independence, resiliency, leadership/ownership, with limited oversight.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Strategic insight leadership for Global Innovation initiatives.
• Leverage in-depth knowledge of consumer and culinary trends, competition, and consumer and shopper behavior to ideate and encourage growth strategies.
• Develop and lead agile research plans for new products using risk-based approaches and forward-thinking methods across whitespace identification, opportunity assessment, innovation forecasting, and innovation validation (consumer testing and/or in-market testing).
• Identify ways to drive speed through experimentation to learn and implement all opportunities.
• Evaluate sales impact of innovation and identify lessons learned to improve trial, velocity, and incrementally of future innovation.
• Help develop research Best Practices for the organization.
• Work with research vendors to provide outstanding research approaches for agility, speed, and breakthrough insights.

Our Total Rewards philosophy is to provide a meaningful and flexible spectrum of programs that equitably support our diverse workforce and their families and complement Kraft Heinz' strategy and values.

New Hire Base Salary Range:

$120,800.00 - $151,000.00

Bonus:

This position is eligible for a performance-based bonus as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.

The compensation offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors

Benefits:

Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and savingfor the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family's needs. Coveragefor benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

• Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
• Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
• Emotional - Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
• Financial - 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

Wellbeing:

We offer events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire aphysical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.

You’ll be able to participate in a variety of benefits and wellbeing programs that may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors, for example:

• Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
• Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
• Emotional - Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
• Financial - 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

Location(s)

Chicago/Aon Center

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for protected individuals, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact [e-mail] for assistance.