The Senior Director Innovations holds full accountability for the end-to-end innovation and product commercialisation portfolio across the allocated markets.
Managing the full innovation portfolio from a commercialisation and project management perspective across the allocated territories.
Clear escalation, communication, and prioritization of KO Gate/Slims decisions.
Define priorities, sequencing and resource allocation across projects.
Establish and govern stage-gate discipline and risk escalation routines.
Provide executive transparency to OU LT and Bottler leadership.
Ensure alignment between innovation strategy and supply chain capabilities.
Act as the central counterpart to the Bottler Lead Commercialisation.
Ensure integrated milestone planning across all projects.
Personally lead selected high-visibility, complex or strategically critical commercialisation initiatives.
Drive feasibility, trials, validation and launch readiness for these key projects.
Requirements
10+ years in Technical, Supply Chain or Innovation leadership roles.