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About the Role
Lead innovation from consumer insight through to product launch, working across global markets and cross-functional teams to create concepts that resonate with consumers, retailers and customers. Drive commercial growth, lead and inspire a high-performing innovation team, embedding best-in-class innovation processes and fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration and executional excellence.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead the innovation strategy and pipeline for Personal Care and selected Healthcare brands.
- Identify consumer insights, unmet needs and market opportunities to create winning NPD concepts.
- Build and maintain a robust 3+ year innovation funnel aligned to business growth objectives.
- Lead innovation projects from concept through to commercial launch.
- Partner with Marketing, R&D, Sales, Operations, Procurement and Finance teams to deliver successful product launches.
- Develop compelling business cases, propositions and sell-in stories for retailers and stakeholders.
- Drive global collaboration to ensure concepts have both international scale and local relevance.
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing innovation team.
Requirements
- 8+ years' experience within a regional, international or global FMCG or consumer goods business.
- Proven track record of delivering insight-led innovation and successful new product development.
- Strong experience within the Personal Care category; Haircare experience highly desirable.
- Demonstrated success building innovation strategies and long-term pipelines.
- Experience leading and developing teams within Innovation or Marketing functions.
- Excellent understanding of consumer research, concept development and commercialisation processes.
- Knowledge of technical, operational and manufacturing requirements for consumer products.
- Strategic and commercially minded innovation leader with a passion for consumer-led growth.
- Combine creativity with analytical thinking, using insights and data to identify opportunities and turn them into commercially successful products.
- Exceptional collaborator and influencer, comfortable working across global markets and functions, building alignment and momentum around ambitious innovation plans.
- Inspiring people leader who creates clarity, develops talent and drives high standards of performance and execution.
Skills
- Personal Care category
- Haircare
- Consumer research
- Concept development
- Commercialisation processes
- Technical requirements
- Operational requirements
- Manufacturing requirements
- Creativity
- Analytical thinking
- Collaboration
- Influencing
- People leadership
Location
- London Office
Work Type
- Home working up to 3 days per week
- Monday – Friday, 37-hours per week
Experience Level
- 8+ years' experience
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive package
- Generous car allowance
- Bonus
- Long-term incentive plan (shares)
Benefits
- 24 days annual leave
- Pension matched up to 9%
- Life assurance cover
- Private medical insurance
- Membership of a health cash plan
About the Company
- Church & Dwight is a world-leader in household and personal care products.
- Global brands include ARM & HAMMER®, Batiste, OxiClean, Trojan, XTRA, Nair, First Response, Spinbrush, Orajel, vitafusion, Li’l Critters, Water Pik and FLAWLESS®.
- Founded in 1846, we have operations globally and are listed in the S&P 500.
Equal Opportunity
- When applying for a role and sending your cv, you understand that the Company will hold your personal data in relation to your prospective employment and will process that data for legitimate business reasons within the requirements of UK data protection laws currently in effect and as they become applicable, including the Data Protection Act 1998, the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)) and any successor legislation. Candidate Privacy Notice.