Innovation Marketing Manager at The Coca-Cola Company

What You Will Do For Us

• Lead innovation development (e.g. product, package, equipment) within his/her respective category (primarily consisting of globally led brands) to ensure a robust 1 to 3-year innovation pipeline.
• Work collaboratively with global category team to bring global innovation to life within the Attractive-Local-Operating-Unit(AOU) as well as share relevant AOU market information in support of global innovation development.
• Develop holistic business cases and development of product, package or equipment-based innovations working in collaboration with various technical, commercial and brand functions.
• Lead, in collaboration with technical functions, discovery of new technologies, new partners and new applications of existing technologies to package-based solutions.
• Monitor external and/or internal insights and consumer studies (global and/or Africa) by reviewing related publications, reports and research in order to raise system awareness of important trends and their potential implications.

About You

• 5 years in brand/category management, brand innovation, portfolio management, or innovation/technical disciplines.
• End-to-end experience developing and launching innovation
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• Ability to translate consumer inputs into relevant innovation aligned with brand guardrails/strategic guidance
• Ability to develop robust business cases including potential market opportunity and resource/investment requirements to deliver
• Strong collaboration skills including ability to build partnerships, establish trust & credibility and influence across all levels of leadership
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to tailor communications to audience and providing clear
• Consumer-driven approach to innovation utilizing multiple sources of information and translating those inputs into specific innovation(s) that meet marketplace needs while delivering brand/business objectives.