Innovation Director
- Field
- Management
- Salary
- Salary undisclosed
- Location
- Netherlands
- Employment
- Permanent
- Headhunter
- SIRE Life Sciences
More € 100K+ jobs
The organisation
Our client is a professional FMCG and Food organization, based in Netherlands. It is a leader in the industry, despite the fact that the company has been active for only 4 years.
The organisation is currently experiencing rapid growth, which is why this position has become available. By continuing to innovate and always aim to be the best, it has obtained its current market position.
The position
In this role you are a manager; an innovator; an influencer; and always on the look-out for new techniques and ideas. Innovation can be interpreted and implemented in different ways: either you innovate in packaging or in processes or you come up with an innovation project regarding sustainability.
Once you have a potential innovation in mind, you need to translate it into projects and later on communicate it with your team or one of the other specialist within the company.
In the end, the more and the bigger the innovations are, the faster the company can grow.
Tasks & responsibilities
- Manage the research portfolio and their activities
- Managing relationships with key stakeholders, suppliers and clients
- Independently conceive, plan and conduct research which has influence on our R&D
- Search and translate innovation opportunities in order to start various platforms
- Improve technology in supply chain and sustainability performance
- Expand our current R&D team
Candidate profile
- Master or PhD in Food, Bio-tech or Chemicals
- 10+ years of experience in the industry
- Fluent in English, knowledge of Dutch, German, Italian or French is beneficial
- Project/Program management experience
- Strong influencer, motivator and communicator
- Entrepreneurial and innovative mindset
- Resultant
- Quick on your feet
Interested?
You can apply to this position by using the link below.