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Category Innovation Manager
About the role
The Respiratory/OHC Category Innovation Manager owns the delivery of the portfolio Innovation pipelines necessary for CEE to achieve performance and growth goals. The role is accountable for building innovation platforms that extend across brands in Respiratory/OHC Category to drive brands growth in the 1-5 year timeframe and beyond.
This individual, along with the broader Haleon team, owns the quantity and quality of the pipeline, helps to define project prioritization within the team, and influences cross-functional alignment to ensure timely progression and launch of innovations. This individual must have strong executive presence, ability to deliver strategic recommendations, high change agility and resilience, a high bias for action, and urgency and a strong sense of risk management.
Role Responsibilities
Build category innovation strategies and platforms (aligned to Category/ Brand Long-Term Strategies)
Helps to ensure robust 1-5 year Brand pipelines for all channels (incl eComm) with sufficient and supportable cadence
Ideate and lead innovation projects through stage gates as PAL (Project Accountable Leader), in accordance with the Haleon Innovation Model. Ideation includes concept development, research, and consumer validation
Ensure quality of pipeline via creation and evaluation of project business cases with strong desirability/viability/feasibility/sustainability profiles
Lead Category innovation transformation initiatives to drive faster speed-to-market.
Represent Category pipelines and projects internally (e.g. governance and leadership meeting)
Ability to manage multiple stakeholders in a highly matrixed and interdependent environment
The individual in this role will have support from others on the team depending on the project(s)
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
8+ years marketing, brand management or innovation experience.
End to end innovation experience - from early on ideation to commercialization for simple & complex innovation
Experience setting innovation strategies, creating and executing platforms, managing end-to-end development, and launching new product introductions in market.
Experience with leadership of multi-faceted market research and ideas validations
Experience in multi-country level
Exceptional leadership skills, including ability to lead and influence up, down and over with a matrixed organization
Experience in managing/overseeing multi-brand platforms
Positive, can-do mindset, with the ability to motivate a cross-functional team
Strong executive presence – can communicate effectively, manage multiple stakeholders and drive to decisions
Preferred Qualifications
MBA
Significant experience in Analytics and Facility with P&Ls including ability to build business cases
Excellent storytelling capabilities with high level communication skills
Strong strategic skills, including ability to analyze, identify opportunities, and build fact-based cases for investment
Entrepreneurial experience
Ability to adapt and work effectively within a variety of situations including organizational changes and changes in job demands
Comfortable challenging status-quo. Proactive in identifying, leading and implementing change initiatives.
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What we offer?
Haleon offers a dynamic hybrid work model, allowing you to achieve a balance between professional and personal life. Enjoy an attractive reward package that includes an annual bonus, awards for outstanding performance, and recognition for additional achievements and engagement. We prioritize your well-being by providing extensive support for work-life balance, offering flexible working solutions, including the possibility of working from home, and engaging in various health and well-being activities. Our commitment to diversity is reflected in our open and inclusive environment, which welcomes individuals of all backgrounds, embracing diversity in gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, and any other characteristic. As part of our commitment to your health, we provide a private medical package for both employees and their eligible counterparts. Our personalized learning approach ensures continuous growth and development in your professional journey. Join a supportive community that values collaboration and inclusivity and take part in integration events that foster a sense of belonging.
Haleon rewards your contribution with a benefits package depending on each CEE locations. More detailed information will be disclosed at a further stage of recruitment process.
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