Concept Owner – Innovation

Concept Owner

Contract: 12 Months 

Location: Cork 

Join Musgrave – A Legacy of Innovation, Community, and Excellence

Musgrave is one of Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses, with a rich 150-year legacy in food and brand innovation. We're proud to serve communities across Ireland and Spain, feeding one in three people every day through 18 iconic brands like SuperValu, Centra, Mace, Frank and Honest, and Musgrave MarketPlace. By supporting thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses, we make a positive impact on the communities they serve. We're committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland, and we're looking for dynamic, forward-thinking individuals to join us on this journey.

As we continue our journey toward becoming Ireland’s most trusted and sustainable business, we have an exciting opportunity for a successful candidate to join our Insight and Innovation Team as a Concept Owner. 

The purpose of this role is to deliver the Musgrave strategy through leading a pipeline of world class innovations which will deliver new growth and new revenue for Musgrave in areas such as Health & Wellness, New Channels & Missions.

Using the Musgrave Innovation Framework, the Concept Owner will lead one or more innovation initiatives at any point in time. The role will work with business units and teams across Musgrave including International and with third party providers and potential Musgrave acquisitions. The role will be supported by a team of innovation leads, who will support on the digital, product, marketing and commercial aspects of each initiative.

What you'll be doing: 

Area of Responsibility:   Innovation portfolio and pipeline of innovation 

•Be a key contributor to the creation of Musgrave’s Innovation portfolio and pipeline of innovation initiatives by ensuring alignment with our long-term Musgrave Strategy

•Collaborate with the Insights & Analytics teams to analyse data and relevant insights to identify and unlock opportunities and initially refine & benchmark agreed innovation initiatives

•Size the potential opportunity of innovation initiatives, assessing the customer desirability of these and analyzing the feasibility of Musgrave implementing the initiatives

•Lead the development of customer proposition – based on the needs / pain-points identified succinctly describe the offer & benefits for the customers

•Lead the development of business models – how will this concept create value for Musgrave, and/or its partners, customers, suppliers

•To develop the commercial targets for “Proof of Concept” and phases of roll-out, including the initial P&L & business case to justify scale-up and to prepare successfully tested initiatives for handover, scaling and rollout.

•To lead the development of innovation initiatives to enable prototyping, initial testing and their validation with customers.

Area of Responsibility:  Commercial Delivery and Stakeholder Management

•Commercial responsibility for delivering agreed P&L and commercial KPI’s for all initiatives.

•To engage and influence senior stakeholders and cross-divisional colleagues on the strategy, vision and opportunity of relevant innovation initiatives.

•To partner and collaborate with teams across Musgrave to develop and drive innovation and to work with Musgrave retailer partners and independent customers to develop and test innovations.

Area of Responsibility:  Creating the Best Team

 
  • Manage the team to ensure that they have the skill sets, resources and support needed to deliver in their role and achieve objectives, and that they operate in a manner consistent with the ethos and values of the organisation.
  • Ensure people develop as both team assets and Musgrave employees (ensuring people can come and go from and to other departments (moving to this team should enhance career planning).
  • Make the team one of the most wanted places to work within the Musgrave Group

What we are looking for: 

  • Hold a relevant 3rd level degree – Commercial or Marketing preferably.

  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a commercial role

  • Strategic thinking, project management & planning skills

  • Proven track record of working cross-functionally and ability to manage and influence at all levels of the organisation.

  • Strong attention to detail, influencing, facilitation and collaboration skills.

  • Entrepreneurial and innovative work within a larger organization

  • High levels of commercial acumen, excellent customer relationship and negotiation skills.

Desirable

  • Qualification in Innovation/Innovation Strategy

  • Design thinking trained

  • A track record in innovation and/or creative marketing and brand development, experience in working in a “start-up” environment is desirable.

  • Proven ability to deliver to growth target, on time & on budget

  • People development and mentoring skills

Why Musgrave: 
Career Development: With a commitment to your personal and professional growth, Musgrave offers numerous opportunities for advancement and learning.
Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a passionate team, where your contributions will make a significant impact 
Innovation Focus: Be part of a company that values forward-thinking solutions 
Community Focus: Be part of a company that truly values its communities and strives to make a positive impact.
Be Part of a Legacy: Join a company with a long-standing commitment to community and innovation.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and be part of a forward-thinking company that values your expertise and vision.

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer.  We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.

Musgrave operate a Work Smart hybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely.

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