Responsibilities

• Bring Global Innovation vision to life & deliver leading edge innovation capabilities.
• Be a leader on the consumer-centric Innovation team delivering incremental sustainable growth across the portfolio.
• Help execute the new ways of working with Global Brand Units and Market.
• Ensure that methodologies / approaches / framework developed are value add and facilitate local and global market needs.
• Drive Consumer Centricity Across The Business
• This team member is building innovation for one of the biggest Pernod Ricard brands, thus consumer/market evidence will be needed to bring along partners.
• Leverage analytics, insights and testing throughout the stage-gate process, establish clear criteria to advise go to market go/no go decision.
• Incorporate a holistic approach to include the consumer, sales, Retailer and Distributor feedback to identify and enhance innovation efforts.
• Drive consumer centricity from ideation to execution.
• Contribute to pipeline development on Absolut, Malibu or Kahlúa in conjunction with Local Brand Marketing Teams and Brand Unit: End to End Project management to gain alignment on innovation platforms, pipeline, agenda for the regions, sign-off on innovation initiatives.

Requirements

• Master's degree preferred.
• A minimum of 3-5 years relevant experience, such as supporting innovation teams in the F&B or Spirits industry in North America or globally within a large established organization; other relevant experience such as BelAlc Brand Management, within an innovation agency, within a design team, Project Management experience or technical spirits experience in R+D a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategic innovation platforms/framework.
• Ability to deliver strong incremental innovation pipeline opportunities,
• Creative and analytical talent to optimize ideas grounded in consumer/market insights.
• Drive collaboration to move projects forward in a complex, matrix organizational structure.
• Financial experience to work the P&L and manage costs while staying true to the "must have" innovation deliverables.
• Proven ability to influence and drive action working with cross-functional teams (internal and external to Pernod Ricard).
• Languages: English (must have excellent/fluent business proficiency in written and verbal communication); Spanish or French a plus.
• Project Management Skills: Strong project management skills - ability to drive overall project management, understand critical path and manage to deadlines in a complex environment.

Preferred

• Master's degree preferred.
• Languages: Spanish or French a plus.

Benefits

• We offer a flexible work policy, with most of our positions offering a hybrid option with flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week.
• We offer employees great benefits and perks to toast to a life filled with support. Check out PRUSABenefits.com for details.