Innovation & Strategic Insights Partner
Indianapolis, IN - USA
Job Summary
At Delta Faucet we are committed to transforming everyday experiences with water through innovative products and exceptional service. As a leader in the plumbing industry we take pride in our dedication to quality sustainability and customer satisfaction. We believe that diverse perspectives strengthen our mission to create solutions that inspire and elevate the lives of all our customers. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us on this journey toward inclusivity and excellence.
Your Role at Delta Faucet:
The Innovation and Strategic Insights Partner to act as a catalyst that connects research innovation learning pricing strategy strategic planning market intelligence and other business inputs into clear evidence-based points of view that support decision-making across the organization.
This role will serve as a trusted Voice of the Customer and Voice of the Market partnering with leaders to bridge the gap between what we know and how that knowledge should inform innovation strategy brand product channel and growth decisions.
The role draws upon content generated by key insight functions including Marketing Research Innovation Pricing Strategy Strategic Planning and Market Analysis/Intelligence. Its primary focus is integrating interpreting and activating existing knowledge rather than owning or leading individual insight projects.
Responsibilities:
Innovation Opportunities Development & Growth Exploration
- Help shape opportunity spaces strategic hypotheses and areas for exploration by bringing together relevant evidence and insights.
- Partner with the innovation process from the fuzzy front end to NPD teams grounding decisions in evidence of unmet consumer needs with a handoff of clear actions to be taken by leaders.
- Leverage DFCs existing knowledge base and business intelligence to identify opportunities for growth in new categories existing product extensions and general business opportunities.
- Design and facilitate cross-functional working sessions that translate customer needs market signals into and opportunity spaces ideas concepts and strategic priorities.
- Support the innovation and growth pipeline by helping teams identify frame prioritize and advance needs-based solutions and concepts.
- Monitor evolving market consumer channel and competitive trends and communicate important developments throughout the organization.
Strategic Organizational Insights
- Serve as an enterprise resource for integrating customer consumer market channel competitive pricing and business intelligence into a clearer organizational point of view.
- Create executive-ready summaries reports white papers presentations and discussion materials that improve organizational understanding and action.
- Assist insight leaders with identifying where existing knowledge is sufficient where it is conflicting and where new research or analysis may be needed.
- Stay connected to major insight foundations including segmentation purchase journey innovation research pricing work brand learning market intelligence and strategic planning inputs.
Insight Activation
- Engage with insight leaders throughout their research and intelligence gathering to guide the project scope and apply learnings beyond its immediate stakeholder.
- Support Delta Faucet Companys strategic planning processes by helping collect organize synthesize and communicate fact-based and concise inputs.
- Facilitate discussions and workshops with business leaders that contextualize insights to inform business cases and strategic growth assessments.
- Connect with business and insight leaders to ensure customer and market perspectives are incorporated early enough to influence priorities choices and plans.
Cross-Functional Innovation Leadership
- Establish shared understanding of the opportunity supporting evidence critical assumptions knowledge gaps decision criteria owners and next actions.
- Maintain momentum across functional boundaries while ensuring responsibility for decisions and execution remains with the appropriate business leaders.
- Influence without direct authority through objectivity facilitation business acumen and evidence-based judgment.
Success in this Role
- Existing organizational knowledge is more effectively connected reused and activated before additional research or analysis is commissioned.
- DFC leaders see this role as a trusted entry point for connecting relevant customer market competitive pricing innovation and strategic insights to strategic business decisions.
- Fragmented information is translated into clear evidence-based points of view that explain what is known what it means where uncertainty remains and what the business should consider.
- Customer and market perspectives are incorporated earlier and more consistently into strategic planning innovation product brand channel and growth discussions.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Business Marketing Economics Analytics Market Research Social Sciences or a related field.
- 5 years of experience in market research business insights analytics strategy consulting innovation insights or related disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience synthesizing complex information from multiple sources into actionable business recommendations.
- Experience facilitating cross-functional innovation ideation concept-development or strategic working sessions.
- Demonstrated ability to translate customer needs and market evidence into opportunity spaces concepts and learning agendas.
- Experience influencing multidisciplinary teams without direct authority.
- Strong analytical thinking and business acumen.
- Strong written verbal and presentation communication skills.
- Experience working cross-functionally within a matrixed organization.
- Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint Excel and related business tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting strategic planning long-range planning or growth strategy initiatives.
- Exposure to consumer products durable goods home improvement or adjacent industries.
- Experience leveraging both qualitative and quantitative insights.
- Knowledge of competitive intelligence trend scouting and opportunity identification methodologies.
- Experience developing executive-level presentations and strategic business narratives.
Why Join Us
At Delta Faucet Company our people are our greatest assets. We value different perspectives and fostering an inclusive environment. Youll have the opportunity to shape the future of our brand working alongside passionate professionals committed to excellence and innovation. Join us to lead progressive growth and make a significant impact within a leading organization.
Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:
- Culture:Recognized and award-winning reputation for equality diversity and inclusion flexibility work-life balance and more.
- Wellbeing:Comprehensive benefit plans; retirement savings tuition reimbursement and employee incentive programs; resources for mental physical and financial wellbeing.
- Learning & Development:LinkedIn Learning access; internal opportunities to work on projects cross-company.
- Social Impact:Four employee-led and self-directed Business Resource Groups; Paid volunteer day annually; Employees share their time skills and talent with charities and nonprofit organizations across the U.S. and around the globe.
Delta Faucet Company (the Company) is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Companys policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment employment promotion salary increases benefits termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race color sex sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression genetic information pregnancy religious creed national origin ancestry age physical/mental disability medical condition marital/domestic partner status military and veteran status height weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.
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About Company
Masco Canada takes pride in offering a collection of brands focused on innovative water solutions and home improvement for everyone.