Product & Innovation Management Lead - Accessories and Sample Preparation

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Role title:Product & Innovation Management Lead - Accessories and Sample Preparation

Reports to:Head of Innovation

Direct reports:none

Peers:Sales Lead, NPD Leads, EPD Lead, Product & AME Lead, Quality lead, technical support, Process/Production Engineering Lead; Procurement, Finance & Customer Support Lead.

Key stakeholders:

Internals:Sales & Marketing, Quality & Customer Support.

Externals:Key customers, End user customers, OEM representatives, and dealers.

About this role

An amazing opportunity to be part of Specac team that is defining the present & the future to deliver exponential organic growth in line with our aggressive growth plan. This role is a critical role within Innovation team to manage Spectroscopy accessories and sample preparation product portfolio & innovation lifecycle.

The Product & Innovation Management Lead will be responsible for both product & business model innovation, defining the product vision & roadmap, developing deep understanding of the customers, market trends and competitive landscape, formulating product strategy, gathering, and prioritizing product and customer requirements.

Working closely with New Product Development, Current Products Teams & Compliance Lead to manage assigned product portfolio, innovation roadmap & product compliance. Working with Technical support, Sales and Marketing teams to gather insights and provide them tools to excel, while constantly keeping the strategy updated.

Lead establishing research & innovation partnerships and represent Specac at conferences and other platforms as a subject matter expert of the assigned portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

· Acquiring product, process and market insights & trends within Spectroscopy accessories and Sample Preparation category to identify new opportunities.

· Capturing market & customers’ needs working closely with sales, technical support, and meeting with customers and translating these into product, services and innovation roadmap to drive growth.

· Formalizing ideas/service concepts into compelling, profitable, and differentiated value propositions (scope, benefits/values for clients, USPs, competitive benchmark, targeted pricing, etc.)

· Working with another Product & Innovation lead to develop and maintain research partnerships, application notes, webinars and IP portfolio.

· Keep current product portfolio constantly updated and relevant based on business insights & strategy, working with Technical Support, Quality, Sales and Marketing.

· To take a central role in the education of OEM representatives, dealers, and end users and to drive growth through these initiatives.

· Be the point of contact along with other Product & Innovation lead and the bridge between Product development technical team and rest of the business, to drive prioritisation of the requests and activities, enabling relevant functional leaders with planning, prioritisation & expectations management.

· To provide technical leadership to the sales team and customers quarries.

· To work with the sales team in the identification and targeting of new markets and channels, opportunities to grow market share.

· To report monthly on the performance the product portfolio against agreed KPI’s.

· To attend and participate in industry forums and conferences in collaboration with application/innovation cell.

Key Skills:

The ideal candidate will possess the following attributes:

• Education: PhD in Analytical Chemistry or related.
• Experience in product & Innovation management/Strategy with demonstratable success.
• Experience in establishing Innovation partnerships and public speaking.
• Hands on experience of leading innovation identifying need to market.
• Strong motivation and self-discipline to work proactively and with minimal supervision.
• Good level of practical aptitude & experience in handling technical products.
• Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work with ambiguity.

Other requirements

• Flexibility to travel occasionally in UK or abroad as per business needs.
• The right to work and live in the UK without company sponsorship.
• Valid Driving Licence