New job Innovations Manager required for our Head Office in Surrey, United Kingdom *Candidates must be eligble to work in the UK*

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Group: Job Openings, Job Leads and Job Connections! Subject: Innovations Manager required for our Head Office in Surrey, United Kingdom *Candidates must be eligble to work in the UK* Simone Begg posted a job: Innovations Manager required for our Head Office in Surrey, United Kingdom *Candidates must be eligble to work in the UK* ""How Brave Are You?" Innovation Manager Attractive Salary and Benefits Kerry Foods has a Chief Marketing Officer who believes that ambition is absolutely key to their brand's successes. "Marketing needs to be at the top table, are you brave enough to develop that 'magic dust' we are looking for"? As one of the UK and Ireland's leading producers of branded and own-label chilled consumer foods. Employing in excess of 9000 people, we are extremely proud of the career development opportunities we offer and actively encourage and support individuals to achieve their potential. As a result, many of our graduate trainees have progressed to take on Senior Leadership roles within the business; a sure testament to the quality of training we provide. Reason enough to consider applying, you'd think. But when you add this to the fact that you could be working with some of the leading brands and retailers in the UK and Irish markets, the prospect becomes even more enticing. In the UK, our category leading brands include Wall's sausages and pastries, Mattessons, Richmond sausages, Cheestrings, LowLow, Mr. Brain's as well as our extensive private label Ready Meals. It is our intention to fill the country's fridges with simply brilliant food. Due to a recent restructure, we have created a new role. We are seeking talented and ambitious individual to join the marketing team as Innovation Manager at our head office in Surrey. If you have the audacity and ambition to be the best, along with a proven track record in branded FMCG agency side or branded FMCG new product development, we will do all we can to help you progress your career as you deliver profitable growth, both for Kerry Foods and our top major retail and impulse accounts. Our 4 key drive brands have a £20m ATL budget for 2012 and we work with some of the best agencies in the industry. You will be an in FMCG, either agency or client side with experience in successfully innovating and launching brands, including developing and implementing innovative brand propositions for a top 4 UK Multiple Grocery Retailer. More importantly you will want to be the best in your field, but want the 'freedom' to make things happen, allowing you to express your entrepreneurial spirit:- Key accountabilities include:- •Co-ordination of the innovation gate process •Challenge & build new ideas, developing fresh platforms for each Brand, identifying white space opportunities •Be on top of latest trends, competitor landscape and retailer environment •Develop creative capability using internal and external processes to create ideation which will develop new propositions •Develop new packaging options, new channel opportunities or renovate existing brand •Leading cross functional teams to deliver the business plan and commercialise propositions bringing them to market, achieving set KPI's •Ensure delivery of revenue from innovation to deliver brands financial performance and to drive movement in brands key equity KPI's"

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