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Associate Manager Innovation

Tyson Foods
Springdale, USA
Full-time
Manager
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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REQUIREMENTS:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree required. MBA or BBA preferred. Formal certification in Project Management (from PMI or equivalent Project Management Association) plus.
  • Experience: 2 plus years’ relevant experience. Marketing, Sales or product development experience preferred.
  • Communication Skills: Strong communication and presentation skills are required
  • Special Skills: Demonstrated strong analytical and strategic thinking skills are required. Strong collaborator with a demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams proven ability to effectively manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment is required. Results-oriented mindset with a focus on execution excellence and ownership. Ability to identify opportunities, solve complex problems, and drive initiatives from ideation through commercialization. Customer-focused mindset with an understanding of retail and consumer trends within the protein category.
  • Position Specific Requirements:
  • Applicants should either upload a resume to their application on Workday OR make sure their Career Profile in Workday is up to date and complete.
  • Local candidates will be given priority. No relocation assistance provided.
  • Must reside in the United States to be considered.
  • Sponsorship is not available for this position
  • Internal Management & Management Support Applicants:
  • Automatic notification to your current manager will be initiated upon selection for interview. This applies to all candidates who are level 79 or above.
  • All professional team members are expected to demonstrate responsible use of approved AI tools, including safeguarding sensitive information, adhering to company policies, and validating AI-generated outputs. Individual Contributors should demonstrate the ability to integrate AI into daily work, improve efficiency through AI-enabled solutions, evaluate outputs critically, and apply professional judgment when using AI. People Leaders should demonstrate the ability to drive responsible AI adoption, enable effective use of approved solutions, identify opportunities to improve team performance through AI, and ensure accountability for the quality and accuracy of AI-supported outcomes.
  • Relocation Assistance Eligible:
  • No
  • Referral Payout Eligible:
  • For Professional Management levels, internal applicants should either upload a resume to their application OR complete their application fully showing current and past work experience in the sections provided.
  • The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
  • We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.
  • Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
  • CCPA Notice. If you are a California resident, and would like to learn more about what categories of personal information we collect when you apply for this job, and how we may use that information, please read our CCPA Job Applicant Notice at Collection, click here.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree required. MBA or BBA preferred. Formal certification in Project Management (from PMI or equivalent Project Management Association) plus.
  • Experience: 2 plus years’ relevant experience. Marketing, Sales or product development experience preferred.
  • 2 plus years’ relevant experience. Marketing, Sales or product development experience preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Support manager to develop innovation pipeline and innovation strategies for assigned brand categories, channels, and customers, reflecting overall corporate and business unit goals.
  • Build, lead, and influence strong cross-functional partnerships across R&D, Packaging, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Finance, Marketing, Insights, Engineering, Regulatory, and Procurement to successfully bring innovation initiatives to market.
  • Analyze consumer operator and market data and trends to identify insights and translate into innovation initiatives to drive results.
  • Manage strategic customer and category-specific initiatives with a focus on agility, speed-to-market, and execution excellence.
  • Lead innovation and renovation projects across retail poultry categories, ensuring alignment with customer needs, business objectives, and operational capabilities.
  • Lead and participate in development and execution of product and packaging innovation projects including concept development, feasibility, validation, product and packaging, R&D business proposal and approval, project execution, operator distributor sell in and tracking of in-market performance.
  • Manage innovation process into launch phase including forecasting with sales channel team, attending initial production coordination of test markets and final coordination of product launch including inventory builds and initial shipments.
  • Work in our innovation project management packaging and specification systems to advance projects with the cross functional team.
  • Work collaboratively with insights R&D Channel Marketing and the BU to identify new ideas, build research and development plans, screen ideas and food and optimize our innovation offerings to meet consumer operator needs and have a clear POD vs. our competitors.
  • Work hand-in-hand with the sales and channel marketing organization to understand and integrate operator and or distributor strategies into innovation pipeline.
  • Proactively work with these partners on innovation forecast accuracy maximization of opportunities and development of plans to deliver against JBP objectives
  • Lead innovation private label projects (renovation/innovation projects as well as the need arises) from customer spec through commercialization, helping shape the long range and annual plans for assigned categories in support of corporate and business unit goals.
  • Exercise fundamental, sound project management techniques and workflow process when executing assigned projects.
  • Build project plans which clearly outline objectives, timing, and risks.
  • Multi-tasking several projects at once and being able to prioritize and execute in a fast paced environment.
  • Communicate and align key resources at all levels of the organization on assigned projects.
  • Act as a best-in-class project management example for the organization and subject matter expert.
  • Act as a mentor to other parts of the organization who need project management help or information.
  • Report out key project management updates to various functions and levels.

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