Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Junior Global Prospective Innovation Officer

Corporate StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAimargues, FranceIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A master's degree in marketing or an engineering degree is required.
Marketing experience is required; experience in innovation management is appreciated.
Three to four years of experience as a key user of functional platforms such as DAM, QuEST, or OneNavision is required.
Knowledge of digital marketing is appreciated.
Good teamwork, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, curiosity, willingness to learn, and the ability to work effectively as a team player are required.

Responsibilities

Translate captured opportunities into clearly framed problems to solve.
Manage opportunity exploration using the Front-End Framework (FEF) to assess and improve the desirability, viability, feasibility, and sustainability of opportunities.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders in research and development, regions, markets, regulatory and legal, finance, supply, and digital functions to assess desirability, viability, and feasibility.
Brief external innovation agencies when studies are outsourced and manage relationships with those agencies.
Follow the budget linked to team activities.
Create robust knowledge management to preserve the prospective team's legacy.
Support the Global Prospective Innovation Strategy Head through the different steps of the prospective cycle.
Support Global Prospective Innovation Leads in delivering innovation projects by taking responsibility for process tasks.
Organize meetings and forums, ensure smooth collaboration, and provide the information and tools needed to move work forward.
Create support materials and presentations for key forums.
Support value proposition definition and testing in collaboration with Global Innovation Development Managers, Insights, Brand Communication and Design teams, and research and development.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in innovation management.
Knowledge of digital marketing.

Job Description:

The purpose of this job is to support the entire global prospective innovation team in the preparation of the Innovation strategy, and in the maturation, test & learn of concepts in order to scan high speed opportunities to either "kill them fast" when they cannot bring portfolio sufficiency or relevancy or make them robust enough, so they are ready to recharge the Innovation pipeline. This job operates under the leadership of the Global Prospective Innovation Strategy Head.

What will be you Key Responsibilities?

Translates opportunities captured into a clear framed problem to solve.
Manages opportunity exploration following the Front-End Framework (FEF) to assess and improves the robustness of their DVFS (desirability, viability, feasibility, sustainability).
Collaborates with different internal stakeholders R&D, regions, markets, Regulatory & Legal, Finance, Supply, digital functions to assess DVFs of opportunities.
Briefs external innovation agencies when studies are externalized.
Manages relationship with external agencies
Follows budget linked with team activities.
Creates robust knowledge management for the prospective team legacy
Supports the Global prospective Innovation strategy head in the different step of the prospective cycle.
Supports the Global prospective Innovation leads in delivering the innovation projects taking responsibility of some tasks of the process.
Organizes meetings/ forums, ensures smooth collaboration and delivers the information & tools needed to move forward
Is Responsible for the creation of support materials/ presentations for key forums.
Supports the value proposition definition & testing in collaboration with Global Innovation Development managers / Insights/ Brand Communication & Design teams / R&D

What are we looking for?

Master’s in marketing or Engineer.
Marketing experience, with innovation management (appreciated)
Digital marketing knowledge (appreciated)
3-4 years of experience as key user of functional platform (DAM, QuEST, OneNavision,…)
Good teamwork skills
Interpersonal skills.
Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
Curiosity, and willingness to grow and learn
Be able to work as an effective team player
High energy, results-oriented

What can you expect from Mars?

Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Debt Financing
Total funding: $27B
Headquarters: McLean, VA
Founded: 1911

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