Job Description

Job Description

The role of the Innovation Manager will be to guide key brand, technical, and supply chain project leads effectively through the process to bring innovation to market. This position will steward key decision making routines on a project by project basis to ensure proper resource allocation and effective decision making

Key Activities/ Responsibilities

* Steward Stage and Gate process across all Categories and RTMS for the NAOU.
* Manage agenda and content for S&G routine.
* Facilitate training of S&Gs process to key stakeholders.
* Develop and maintain reporting dashboards and tools to support innovation-related processes, e.g. S&G routine, pipeline prioritization routine, Zombie routine.
* Lead or participate in innovation process improvement projects.

Related Work Experience

* 3-5 years of job experience, preferably in process/ product ownership
* Comfort leading training sessions
* Project management background
* Experience and comfort working in a highly matrixed organization with direct and functional manager reporting lines

Education

* Bachelors Degree Preferred

Functional Skills

* Understand execution of a process
* Understand key functional responsibilities between Supply Chain, R&D, Commercial Leadership
* Collaboration with key stakeholders
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Strong attention to detail & organizational skills

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to whats possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors curious, empowered, inclusive and agile and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

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