EU Innovation Lead: Ecover

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EU Innovation Lead: Ecover

Location: Richmond

Contract type: Permanent

People Leader: EU Marketing Director

Function: Brand Marketing

About us:

We are the people behind method + ecover. We’ve always done things differently – we’re fearless thinkers, mad scientists and adventurous designers who believe that making soap leads to brave ideas, bold inventions and beautiful bubbles. We started small but we have big plans to make the world a cleaner, greener, more colourful place. We invite everyone to join us as we pioneer a future where doing business is doing good for all.

Let’s get one thing straight – you’re not coming here to just sell soap, or cleaning products. You’re joining us to move the hearts, souls and minds of others all over the world that see the world differently. We think about cleaning as an act of creative expression, a gesture of rebellion, and, yes, an escape from the normal. We take cleaning seriously – but not ourselves.

Alongside our friends Mrs Meyers and Babyganics, we are collectively known as Lifestyle Brands and are part of the SC Johnson family.

What’s the role?

The EU Innovation Lead for Ecover will direct and deliver the EU innovation agenda; driving the innovation pipeline to market that is in service of the global brand strategy. You will be a strategic partner to the Brand Lead & Product Experience helping to define Ecover 5-year global innovation strategy and pipeline, driving a brand led (rather than category led) approach and adopting a consumer centric (rather than customer centric) mindset to innovation development.

You will have full responsibility for management and tracking of the EU innovation pipeline from conception to fruition and will execute a pipeline against a masterbrand architecture. You will own the innovation goals, and define the project musts/wants, manage trade-offs and lead critical decision making throughout stage-gate process. And you will oversee product P&L, ensuring project meets/exceeds key financial targets/margin

Experience we need:

• Strategic brand leadership
• Innovation management
• Financial / commercial fluency
• People leadership experience (no direct reports, but oversight on project teams) - Project / Stakeholder management

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive pay & benefits
• Summer working hours
• ‘Build your own’ learning programme
• Free breakfast & snacks
• 25 days annual holiday
• Pension, Life cover & Health Insurance
• Volunteering days
• Season ticket loan
• Wellness days

It’s a big, beautiful, colourful world out there and we should celebrate that. That’s why we’re working hard to be a fully diverse and inclusive place to work. Every day we strive to create an atmosphere where everyone feels valued, listened to, supported and where we can do our best work. Sure, there’s always more that can be done. But together with our team, partners, customers and community, we can make everyone welcome.

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