Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional team of Food Innovation and Finance to refine loose ideas into tangible concepts that are on-strategy, insight based and aligned with brand and business goals.
• Responsible for screening of concept iterations with target audiences to finalize build.
• Establish concept in stage-gate process as official project validated through early innovation process.
• Create project team and work cross-functionally to confirm high-level operational and financial feasibility of concept. Lead cross-functional team through ops testing.
• Contribute with project team through development and execution of test.
• Work with team to ensure materials are delivered on time and accurately communicate the taste innovation.
• Develop materials to gain internal and external alignment for test.
• Support project team through development and execution of national campaign.
• Develop materials to gain internal and external alignment for national campaign.
• Assist in preparation and presentation of innovation progress at key events and meetings such as NPC and NCAC Quarterly Meetings.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Marketing, Marketing Research, or Social Sciences with career aspirations to the consumer side of marketing.
• Experience in the restaurant category, foodservice, or CPG preferred.
• 3+ years of experience post Undergraduate Degree.
• Consistent background of delivering results by creating competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Startup Mentality with proven track record of driving growth in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Strong Communicator who works well with cross-functional teams and leads multiple stakeholders – even when they don’t report to you.
• Deep Analytical Skills for influencing others and the ability to utilize data to make good decisions when confronted by ambiguity.
• Deep understanding of how to build empathy with customers; experience working with customers in field and extracting insights from customer co-development exercises.

Preferred

• MBA preferred.