Senior Innovation Manager

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Senior Innovation Manager executing innovation strategy for OLLY's growth in health, wellness, and beauty space. Managing a pipeline of innovations and maximizing growth.

Responsibilities:

  • Execute the innovation strategy by launching a disruptive innovation funnel 2027 – 2030+ across big bets & base line extensions
  • Manage the pipeline of projects, move projects through stage gates, commercialize and launch the innovations year on year for national and custom retail partners
  • Deliver innovation that sticks - identify, explore, and drive white space innovation in partnership with the VP and x-functionals
  • Input into the Innovation Strategy as a core team member
  • Help create innovation and category stories for strategic customers across brick and mortar and ecommerce
  • Partner with Brand Strategy, Marketing, Insights & Finance & eCom to create innovations that deliver on all business goals
  • Influence the broader Brand team on long-term brand & innovation strategy and identify key growth accelerators
  • Contribute to our culture and make life at Camp OLLY better for us all

Requirements:

  • 5 – 12 years of brand experience in innovation and strategy within the CPG industry
  • Proven experience in creating new markets, new categories and launching disruptive innovation year on year
  • A fast and flexible team member who jumps on new opportunities and has a natural aptitude for collaboration across functions
  • Solid analytical skills and experience working with syndicated data such as IRI Unify
  • Ability to translate data into insights for actionable growth
  • Knowledge and experience in working with all customer channels (including e-commerce)
  • You can effectively story tell in PowerPoint and analyze data clearly in Excel
  • Energy, passion and a strong desire to build a transformational brand in today’s marketplace
  • Dedicated people leader, who can develop and teach
  • MBA preferred, but not required.

Benefits:

  • An opportunity to work with an intelligent, inspiring, and extraordinarily fun team
  • We pay 100% of the premiums for employee-only medical, dental + orthodontics, and vision insurance
  • 4 weeks PTO + paid holidays + 12 Mental Health Days per year
  • 100% Paid parental leave, Fertility + Adoption Benefits
  • Annual Bonus
  • 401(k) plan with Employer Match
  • Hybrid Work + Wellness + Cell Phone Stipends
  • Free product
  • And much more!