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Why Flowers?
Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) is one of the largest producers of packaged bakery foods in the United States with 2022 sales of $4.8 billion. Among the company's top brands are Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, and Tastykake. Learn more at www.flowersfoods.com.
Our team is the essential ingredient to success. We embrace diversity and foster an environment that reflects our values of Honesty & Integrity, Respect & Inclusion, Sustainability, Passion, and Humility.
Full-time employees are offered:
- Comprehensive health and medical benefits
- 401(k) Retirement savings plan
- Professional growth and leadership training
- Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave
Benefits may vary depending on your work location and your participation in a collective bargaining unit.
The Innovation Manager at Flowers leads a cross-functional team that has end-to-end ownership over advancing innovation in products and processes. Position is critical to the successful growth of the business and will drive innovation that will have a profound impact on the future direction of Flowers Foods. The Innovation Manager will drive the innovation stage gate process by leading the cross-functional Innovation team and presenting to the Innovation Leadership Council at each of the gates. Position will collaborate with the Innovation Director, Business Unit Partners, Supply Chain Partners, Procurement Partners, and all members of the cross-functional team on executing innovation projects from concept to launch. The Innovation Manager has the opportunity to significantly impact the innovation strategy and execution that aligns to Flowers Foods' overall vision. It is imperative that Innovation Managers at Flowers be creative, strategic thinkers that will disrupt the bread and snacking industry through innovation.
- Ability to guide Innovation Leadership Council through each gate review and aligns on approval to move onto next stage
- Understands company business model, customers' needs, marketing, and product positioning
- Executes the annual business plan in partnership with cross-functional colleagues to deliver successful innovation projects that adheres to approved annual budget
- Tactically builds reporting functionality to track against an annual business plan
- Ensures all new products are following current food regulations
- Participates in strategy sessions with Brand Team and Cross-Functional Team members
- Maintains positive working relationships with cross-functional partners. Solves any challenges
- Collaboratively develops business cases for all proposed innovation items
- Confidently leads unbiased product review/cuttings for assigned projects.
Primary project contact for innovation projects and leverages PLM to drive new idea submissions to cross-functional partners
*7+ years of innovation, marketing, brand management, and/or R&D experience. |
*Cross-functional experience spanning marketing, commercialization, sales, and supply chain. |
*Experience with new product development and brining ideas/products to market |
*Project management experience preferred |
Bachelor's degree minimum; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
We offer a competitive salary and an excellent total rewards package. Please reply by 6/14/2024. Resumes are active for 30 days. Interested job seekers who successfully complete the series of pre-screening questions and who appear to possess the basic qualifications for this position may be contacted for a telephone interview.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability
If you need assistance with submitting your resume due to a medical condition or disability, please send an e-mail to Tomica Detrese Reynolds at Tomica.Reynolds@flocorp.com or .
Flowers Bakeries is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEO/AA/VETS/Disabled)