Insight & Innovation Manager

We are not supporting candidates who require sponsorship for this position.

We utilise our Preferred Agency Supplier Partners as and when we require additional support.

We are committed to improving diversity and equality throughout Weetabix especially within our Recruitment processes.

We are always looking to enhance our current teams with diverse skills, experience, backgrounds and personalities ; so if your skills and experience look a little different and you believe you can add value to the role and/or Weetabix, then we would love you to drop us your CV or apply! No candidate will ever meet 100% of the desired qualifications, skills and/ or experience, but we are ambitious to attract the right talent for how we want our business to grow.

You might not be right for the role, yet but we are always looking for talented people!

Closing date: 20th April 2025

Interview process: Two Stage Interview Process

Working pattern: Hybrid but you will need to flexible depending on team tasks and resources. Weetabix Wednesday is a non-negotiable where we all come into the office for business partnering and meetings.

The recipe!

The purpose of this role is to leverage insights to uncover valuable opportunities, guide strategic decision-making, and formulate effective brand strategies that fuel business growth. Ensuring that Weetabix stays ahead of the curve by consistently introducing product upgrades and innovations that boost profitability and scale.

The role demands determination, resilience, persistence, and a steadfast dedication to overcoming challenges.

• Ensuring we remain fit for the future through scanning, appraising, and anticipating evolving consumer trends
• Continual monitoring of challenger brands that may hold promise for us in proposition and positioning
• Ensuring all innovation is consumer centric, meets the needs of our customers, and delivers for the business.
• Collaboration with cross functional teams including finance, brand, operations, procurement, category, commercial and technical to drive innovation projects through the stage gate.
• Research project lead and responsibility for innovation development - from idea to implementation
  

CDP Delivery (Concept Development Paper)

• Collate all relevant insights and market data into topline consumer opportunity
• Align with category and brand on the triple win opportunity
• Ensure concept has been validated and relative learnings and optimisation captured  (Kantar)
• Liaise with key teams, inc. Tech NPD and collate topline timings, risks & challenges
• Stakeholdering and approval at ISG

PIP (Project Initiation Paper)

• Collate P&L assumptions (volume (IVY), pricing, promo plan, pcos, launch timings etc) and align with relevant teams (category, rev man, tech NPD and Ops finance)
• Develop P&L scenarios with finance
• Detailed timeline & resource requirements scoped (IPM to support)
• Stakeholdering and approval at ISG

FTR (Factory Trial Request)

• Begin commercial meetings and build robust launch plans by account
• Support IPM at ISG for approval

BP (Business Plan)

• Final launch plan thinking inc. learnings from CLT/HUT
• Detailed assumptions by account (ROS/dist/launch date/Promo)
• Final P&L
• Final launch timeline

Non-negotiables:

• How to get to great ideas – knowledge of different approaches to concept development
• Strong influencer – ability to form teams cross functionally
• Effective communicator who can articulate clearly and succinctly at all levels across the business
• Differences between, and when to use, qualitative and quantitative methodologies
• Alignment to Weetabix values
• Are always curious to finding new ways to do business!
• Have the ability to demonstrate how you keep up to date in your field of expertise

Nice to haves:

• P&L management
• Evidence of making actionable recommendations that have delivered results
• Strong commercial awareness & an understanding of levers to drive revenue
• P&L acumen, with ability to challenge and appraise all elements

Competitive salary & Annual Flexible benefits

• Annual bonus
• Excellent Double-matched ER contributed pension scheme up to 12% from us
• Annual Salary review
• Healthcare plan
• Access to 24/7 counselling service (in partnership with Grocery Aid)

To support our employees we also offer:

• Maternity Pay / Paternity leave
• Dependants and Carers Leave
• Additional Time Off for Fertility Treatment
• Neonatal Care Leave
• Flexible Working Policies
• Working Parents Support Group

Check out our website for more information: https://weetabixfoodcompany.co.uk/careers/

Please Note: Our company policy is not to advertise salaries as we want to benchmark all candidates based on skills and experience that need to be evidenced upon application and screening.

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