We are market leaders across a number of categories \u2013 but all positions are under pressure, requiring strong commercial leadership in order to not only retain our market share but grow it.<\/p>\n
This requires, therefore, a seasoned commercial leader, able to deal with the differing complexities of the challenges being faced, leading \u201ccreate\u201d on global brands and leading the innovation agenda on new brands for Diageo in Africa.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Innovation Commercialisation Executive<\/strong><\/p>\n PURPOSE<\/strong> QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED<\/strong><\/p>\n Ability to work with ambiguity<\/strong>\u00a0and at pace with multiple projects.<\/p>\n Polished and engaging presentation and selling skills<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 You must have sufficient gravitas to present to and influence key customers at a senior level internally and externally.<\/p>\n Execution Excellence:<\/strong>\u00a0You must be able to manage execution of plans brilliantly through other people and teams, demonstrate smart KPI setting, clear measurement controls along with execution insight and course correction.<\/p>\n Influencing Skills \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0You must be able to build great relationships and collaboration across the business hierarchy and within channels to be able to move with pace.<\/p>\n Resilience & Emotional Energy \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>You need to be able to motivate and energise yourself in the face of challenges and adversity to find ways forward\n<\/div>\n SCOPE OF ROLE<\/strong> Our customers and the trade are inspired by our innovation agenda\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 the pipeline is rooted in our customer, consumer and market insight.<\/p>\n Best in class launches and Nurture plans<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 our execution is the envy of our peers \u2013 we are called out as best in class. You will work with a cross-functional team of brand, activation and front line sales personnel to lead excellent launch, nurture and exit plans, and identify and lead interventions when needed and ensure we deliver our AOP and beyond.<\/p>\n TOP FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Internal and external collaboration \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>You can lead a cross-functional team internally, delegate effectively and influence across levels to make things happen<\/p>\n Creative Problem solving \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>You can find solutions for business challenges and ensure internal barriers do not get in the way of external success.<\/p>\n Commercial Expertise –\u00a0<\/strong>You have a deep understanding of customer needs, and can use this insight to develop your projects.<\/p>\n Creative thinking<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 With a finger on the pulse, you consistently challenge the status quo with new innovative RTCs, selling stories and incentive plans etc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are market leaders across a number of categories \u2013 but all positions are under pressure, requiring strong commercial leadership in order to not only retain our market share but…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-7wo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nReporting into the Innovation Commercial Manager, this role is accountable for translating Diageo’s innovation pipeline into a commercial reality and launching to perfection.<\/p>\n
\nInnovation is critical part of our P&L and growing<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013Without it we will not succeed. As such there is full internal commitment and intensity to deliver and accelerate the innovation momentum. You will lead the commercialisation of Innovation projects, delivering required project expectations and value gains as per strategic plan as defined in the project\u2019s objectives\/KPI\u2019s e.g. Volume, %GM, NSV and CAAP<\/p>\n