Acceleration Unit Manager (F/H)

Missions:

- Develop the AU’s market and consumer understanding and knowledge
- Contribute to the definition and the deployment of the AU’s strategy in cooperation with the AU Director (where to win, how to play)
- Manage Global Innovation projects and "Diamonds"
- Drive project teams, ensure deployment of best practices

Main Activities:
Develop and share understanding and knowledge of consumers and markets, as well as of Savencia’s major brands competitivity and performances : • Observe and understand AU’s markets and consumers : follow trends, explore consumer insights, identify and assess needstates. • Deep dive into competitors performances, track competition innovation. • Build strategic diagnosis of AU’s markets, assess Savencia’s competitivity. Support to subsisiaries in brands diagnosis
Contribute to the definition & to deployment of the AU strategy (where to play, how to win) : • Recommend a development plan for AU’s markets including geographic priorities. Identify white spaces, levers for profitable growth, help to prioritize (what to accelerate, what to give up), define financial & extra-financial KPIs, implementation roadmap, required means & resources • Contribute to the renewal and development of the innovation / renovation funnel : global Innovation funnel, + support to subsidiaries for local innovation funnel, in coordination with DDPI, RGM, subisdiaries. Leads one or several global innovations : • Leads global innovation projects for the AU. Ensures their development in a consumer centric approach in line with Savencia’s processes (innovation playbook), in close cooperation with DDPI and lead subsidiaries. Guarantee achievment of expected deliveries • Lead and empower project team. Ensure a dynamic communication of milestones & project progresses with stakeholders including Cté Innovation Drive project teams, ensure deployment of Savencia’s best practicesd to ensure the delivery of the previous missions : • Supervise and coach the Project Managers on a day-to-day basis. Assess their performance and skills, define and lead their develpment plans • Set goals and define the governance for his / her projects (Global Inno or Diamonds) • Is an active contributor of Savencia’s methodologies and best practices deployment.
Education: Higher education diploma (Master of Engineering School with a major in business, marketing, … ; business ESC) Experience: Group Brand Manager level, 6 to 10 years of experience with solid experience of brand management, experience of innovation and MRCI Soft skills : international openness, fluent French/English; ability to empower and develop teams and lead a positive communication about his projects, curious and early adopter in new processes/tools/AI/datas/… Technical skills : Marketing: mastery of portfolio management, brand management, marketing mix management, innovation. Financial: mastery of P&L, COG’s understanding and improvement levers, CAPEX (NPV / Tri /etc.) Technical: product sensitivity, good knowledge of Savencia’s technologies / processes / product / quality would be a plus. Management: Supervision of AU Project Manager and coordination of cross-functional & international project teams