Job Description

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Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of over 200 brands in over 180 countries globally, including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan\'s whiskies, Smirnoff, C\xc3\xaeroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness!

Our performance ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. We are proud of the brands we make and the enjoyment they give to millions. We are passionate about alcohol playing a positive role in society as part of a balanced lifestyle. It is central to our purpose to celebrate life, every day, everywhere!

Context/Scope:

Diageo Innovation is in the business of creating big growth driving ideas. As a company, we have established challenging targets in innovation built on key strategic growth themes. We have achieved our ambition of generating more than 10% of company growth contribution year on year by maximising a robust pipeline of innovation projects that are strategic, sustainable and more scalable than ever before.

Innovation is a core \xe2\x80\x9cMust Do\xe2\x80\x9d at Diageo, and we are looking for an Innovation Manager that is ready to step up and deliver innovation programs at pace and scale that are critical to the business strategy and generate steady growth for the company. They will be responsible for the development and successful commercialization of key innovation projects from concept through test market and launch. They will be instrumental in driving margin enhancement and brand growth while also redefining Diageo\xe2\x80\x99s role in the categories in which we participate.

Purpose of Role:

Seeking highly-motivated, creative and entrepreneurially driven candidate to work on the dynamic and fast-paced Canada Innovation team. This individual will collaborate with Marketing and commercial teams across Diageo Beer & Ready-to-Drink Convenience category to bring to life an array of exciting opportunities for the Guinness and Core brands. This role plays a major part in driving the Innovation agenda for Diageo North America. The agenda is challenging and will be achieved through the creation and launch of highly differentiated brands and products which satisfy our customers\xe2\x80\x99 and consumers\xe2\x80\x99 current and future desires.

The type of person we are looking for must have a real balance of urgency, creative flair, entrepreneurial drive and commercial skill. They must be able to work across the organization and have the ability to get great results quickly from a cross-functional team made up of Supply, Technical Innovation, Finance, Consumer Planning, Brand, Global Teams and Sales functional experts. The ideal candidate would possess a core spike in both consumer insight and marketing judgment to support the grounding of concepts and ideas quickly, as well as strong project management and excellence in execution to move propositions from concepts to commercially ready products.

A key part of this role is to ensure that creative excellence, disciplined project leadership, commercial skill and business management are balanced in delivering superior plans that lead to sustainable innovations.

Key Outputs:

The role is responsible for leading all aspects of key innovation and renovation projects for brand Guinness. This individual will lead concept creation, commercialization, test market management, Measurement & Evaluation and final go-to-market launches. This includes:

• Management of key partners to ensure engagement leading to successful project delivery.
• Ensure learning from projects is communicated to other teams working on similar opportunities and look for best practice to apply to own projects.
• Support the Innovation Director in generating powerful innovation concepts based on deep consumer insight.
• Leading cross-functional teams to commercialize propositions ensuring quality, pace and profitability

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• 4+ years of innovation or consumer marketing experience, undergraduate degree required
• Beverage Alcohol and/or consumer packaged goods experience preferred.

Worker Type : Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

Primary Location: Downtown Toronto

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Job Posting Start Date : 2023-03-10-08:00

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