Disruptive Innovation Manager

CHEP

  • United Kingdom
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 29 days ago
CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our .Job DescriptionKey Responsibilities May Include:
  • Drive the identification, prototyping, and scaling of breakthrough innovations aligned with business growth scenarios and Brambles’ disruptive innovation strategy.
  • Oversee the end-to-end venture development process, ensuring each initiative progresses through defined gates from concept to post-launch review.
  • Conduct market exploration and opportunity scouting, leveraging networks of startups, academia, and industry partners to identify high-potential ventures.
  • Build and manage partnerships across various models, including incubations, alliances, and venture investments to accelerate innovation and platform development.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to develop robust business cases for new ventures and support their presentation and approval by senior leadership.
  • Define and track KPIs for innovation projects, evaluate outcomes, and refine processes to enhance the effectiveness of the disruptive innovation model.
  • Identify and assess external investment opportunities, applying valuation methods and performance metrics to support strategic decision-making.
  • Promote innovation across the organisation through training, workshops, and knowledge sharing, embedding a mindset of experimentation and learning.
Major/Key Accountabilities
  • Manage partnerships in various forms, including incubations, venture capital investments, alliances.
  • Collaborate closely with the core innovation team for pipeline management to accelerate execution and delivery of new packaging solutions.
  • Oversee a pipeline of high-impact innovation projects from inception to execution according to established process for venture development and governance
  • Business Case Development - Develop relevant business cases for new venture development ideas is coordination with internal teams (strategy, finance, risk assessment) and support presentation and approval by senior management.
  • Performance Monitoring - Establish and monitor key performance indicators for innovation projects and pipeline evolution for disruptive innovation.
  • Culture Building – Actively contribute to foster a culture of innovation through training, workshops, and continuous learning and sharing.
  • Evaluation – Evaluate the execution and results of each disruptive innovation project, capture relevant learning and introduce necessary adjustments to the DI process and model
Key Skills Required
  • Focus on execution through ensuring that disruptive innovation related projects show steady progress as per established process and governance.
  • Three-year experience highly desirable
  • Talent to effectively navigate organizational resistance to new disruptive ideas to promote healthy change often over engrained traditional ideas
  • Positive attitude to actively contribute to foster a culture of innovation across Brambles
  • Talent to navigate in market uncertainty through use scenario planning to accurately foresee how technological progress and market trends will shape the future market and create opportunities for business growth
  • Competence to capture value generate from a professional evaluation of current and future value of new venture opportunities to generate the business cases that will support investment in the new ventures
  • Customer mindset to identify and adopt new solutions and technologies, with a goal to capture value we can share with current and new Customers.
  • Skill to manage the disruptive innovation risk associated with investing in disruptive venture businesses.
  • Willingness to create a healthy atmosphere to learn from failure that drives a wider organizational change in mindset to create a culture of innovation.
  • Ability to work at speed and embrace change. The rapid pace of technological change means that innovation cycles are shorter, requiring quicker adaptation.
  • Visionary attitudes to share the disruptive innovation vision and manage multiple stakeholders across the organization that build support for the transformation of the business
  • Demonstrated leadership skills needed to inspire, lead, make part and guide teams through the uncertainties and challenges of disruptive innovation.
Remote TypeHybrid RemoteSkills to succeed in the roleActive Learning, Adaptability, Collaboration, Curiosity, Digital Literacy, Disruptive Innovations, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Innovation Development, New Business Ventures, Problem Solving, Strategic Thinking, Strategy Development, Taking InitiativeWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.Individuals fraudulently misrepresenting themselves as Brambles or CHEP representatives have scheduled interviews and offered fraudulent employment opportunities with the intent to commit identity theft or solicit money. Brambles and CHEP never conduct interviews via online chat or request money as a term of employment. If you have a question as to the legitimacy of an interview or job offer, please contact us at recruitment@brambles.com.

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