Manager, Innovation Strategy & Foresights

Reporting to the Director of Innovation Strategy and Foresights for the North America Zone you will serve as a strategic thought partner helping shape the zone innovation strategyclarifying where to play how to win and what to build. You will support the definition of zone innovation sufficiency targets track progress against those targets and ensure innovation priorities and recommendations align to the overall KHC growth plan. You will translate brand-agnostic consumer and market signals into clear strategic options bringing forward recommendations that help define and advance the Zones innovation agenda.

Your impact will be felt across our 300 person marketing organization and partners in Insights R&D Supply Chain Regulatory Finance and Salesenergizing collaboration embedding a modern innovation mindset and helping us win with consumers across the North America portfolio.

Key Components of the Role

• Shape the NA Zone innovation strategy by helping identify where to play setting innovation sufficiency targets tracking progress against those targets and aligning innovation priorities and recommendations to the overall KHC growth plan.

• Directly lead and / or partner with BU cross-functionals to execute big bet whitespace innovation
• Influence how innovation happens across the organization ensuring teams regardless of function operate with a shared innovation for what great innovation looks like.

• Act as consultant to BU Marketers and cross-functional teams providing hands-on strategic guidance and coaching throughout innovation process to ensure rigor in execution and stronger business outcomes.

• Operationalize innovation strategy & foresights ways of working by building practical toolkits templates and governance that connect trends/foresights to innovation briefs learning plans decision points and pipeline choices.

• Enable brand-agnostic trend and foresight integration by translating signals into clear implications and opportunity areas that can be applied across brands categories and channels.

• Support non-adjacent category expansion exploration by helping structure hypotheses learning agendas and early concepting pathways that teams can pressure-test efficiently.

• Partner closely across functions (Insights R&D Supply Chain Regulatory and Finance) to ensure strategies and opportunities are grounded in feasibility and executed with pace surfacing barriers and opportunities that improve decision quality.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience in CPG marketing

• Demonstrated experience supporting (not necessarily owning) innovation strategytranslating ambiguity into clear where to play / how to win / what to build options and decision points.

• Contagious passion for consumer marketing culture new product ideas and trends

• Advanced storytelling skills with the ability to synthesize data/insights into a powerful story for internal or external audiences

• Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and inspire and lead cross-functional teams

• Strong IRI skills

Our Total Rewards philosophy is to provide a meaningful and flexible spectrum of programs that equitably support our diverse workforce and their families and complement Kraft Heinz strategy and values.

New Hire Base Salary Range:

Bonus: This position is eligible for a performance-based bonus as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.

The compensation offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidates geographic region job-related knowledge skills and experience among other factors

Benefits: Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare protection and savingfor the future we offer plans tailored to meet you and your familys needs. Coveragefor benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

Wellbeing: We offer events resources and learning opportunities that inspire aphysical social emotional and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.

Youll be able to participate in a variety of benefits and wellbeing programs that may vary by role country region union status and other employment status factors for example:

• Physical - Medical Prescription Drug Dental Vision Screenings/Assessments

• Social - Paid Time Off Company Holidays Leave of Absence Flexible Work Arrangements Recognition Training

• Emotional Employee Assistance Program Wellbeing Programs Family Support Programs

• Financial 401kLife Accidental Death & Dismemberment Disability

Location(s)

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for protected individuals applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact for assistance.