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About the Role

As the Senior Manager, Innovation Commercialization, you will shape how Suntory Global Spirits brings innovation to market and continuously improve the commercialization process. You will translate innovation strategy into clear launch ambitions, quantified channel opportunities, and executable customer plans, track performance, and turn learnings into action.

Responsibilities

Commercialize the Innovation by turning innovation strategy into clear, commercially executable launch plans.
Set the launch ambition by defining innovation tiers and associated distribution, investment, customer support, and execution expectations.
Size the commercial opportunity by partnering with marketing, insights, and category development teams to establish channel-specific targets.
Drive launch planning and readiness by building executive recommendations and translating the innovation pipeline into actionable launch plans.
Measure and Improve Performance by tracking launch performance against commercial goals and identifying gaps and opportunities.
Drive post-launch action by integrating innovation performance reviews into the performance cycle and partnering with cross-functional teams to address opportunities.
Build learning into future launches by translating performance and customer learnings into improved benchmarks, assumptions, tiering, and execution standards.
Build a Better Commercialization Engine by making innovation commercialization simpler, faster, more connected, and increasingly automated.
Own and evolve the commercialization playbook by establishing clear standards, tools, inputs, decision points, and ways of working.
Simplify and automate by removing unnecessary complexity and automating recurring inputs, analysis, reporting, and outputs.
Integrate commercialization into the business by embedding key milestones, decisions, and outputs into broader processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field.
3-5 years of innovation commercialization experience.
3-5 years of brand, commercial strategy, category management, sales strategy, or trade marketing experience (CPG / Spirits preferred).
Strong cross-functional leadership and influence without authority; comfortable driving governance forums.
Strong analytical skills (opportunity sizing, scenario modeling, performance diagnosis).
Excellent communication and influencing skills; able to produce concise decision materials and sales-ready narratives.
Excellent project management; able to develop and drive processes.

Skills

Innovation Commercialization
Brand Strategy
Commercial Strategy
Category Management
Sales Strategy
Trade Marketing
Cross-functional Leadership
Influence without Authority
Analytical Skills
Opportunity Sizing
Scenario Modeling
Performance Diagnosis
Communication Skills
Influencing Skills
Project Management

Location

New York City
Chicago

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Manager

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

$135,000 to $150,000

Benefits

Annual bonus
401K match
Profit sharing
Medical benefits
Wellness benefits

About the Company

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world.
Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy.
With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

Equal Opportunity

Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law.
All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.