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Innovation Director Preservation

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Gorinchem, Nederland Corbion Voltijd

Innovation Director Preservation - Food & Non-food

Job Category: Research and Development Work Location: Hybrid Office Location:

Gorinchem, NL

Job Type: Full Time Job ID: 4707

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

Purpose / Mission of the job : Key responsible to design the Preservation platform vision and strategy in alignment with the overall IC strategy, and drive its execution. Guarantee the right balance of the pipeline within own platform and among all platforms (short, long term and resources allocation and distribution as per assigned KPI's). Liaise/aligns with key stakeholders (Business, Marketing, Ops) to keep building and maintaining a robust and meaningful pipeline. Manage the support provided by the IC to internal and external customers with related resources allocation.

Result Areas: 6-8 most important areas of accountability with a focus on the results that are expected from the job

Capabilities: high level of knowledge in field of expertise and high level of business acumen. High level of interaction with other departments and BU's, able to convince/persuade BU and IC to develop and execute a plan. Responsible for delivery through projects, within budget and scope of strategy. Capable to work and lead in a matrix organization.

1. Design and drive the platform strategy in collaboration with the business, marketing, and/or other stakeholders as needed for the assigned platform, while harmonizing the work among platforms.
2. Translates the Innovation Center strategy into the platform roadmap and execute plans on time, within budget and against the quality levels agreed upon with key stakeholders.
3. Manage the platform and give clear direction to programs/projects leads and provide the right and balanced allocation of internal and external resources. Ensures the right balance of own portfolio and the broader Innovation pipeline together with other platform directors and people managers. Challenges the validation of the projects within the platform of responsibility, in terms of cost/benefit balance, strategic fit, market attractiveness, portfolio balance, in order to facilitate the council decisions.
4. Ensure an inclusive and engaging work environment.
5. Safeguards the health of the pipeline for the platform of responsibility, and guarantees its success and evolutions according to the assigned KPI's, knowing key target is to maximize profitability of existing solutions and launch of new ones, as well as sharing own solutions and assessing other platforms ones.
6. Build trusted relationships internally, report portfolio progress against budget, resources, deliverables and timelines. Coordinate and facilitate meetings to discuss and resolve issues, bottleneck, take decisions.
7. Translate new solutions and improvements of existing ones in line with Corbion's markets and segments of presence into project opportunities.
8. Plan the overall budget of the platform in order to deliver growth and business success in line with the Platform Strategy, Roadmap and KPI's, in full alignment with the wider Innovation Center Strategy

Dimensions: Quantitative data illustrating financial aspects/scope of the job

Skills / Knowledge and experience:

• MSc in microbiology or similar educations, any extra study is a plus; MBA preferred.
• Capable to translate market and business insights into profitable business opportunities.
• 15+ years of experience in business-driven innovation, 5+ in strategic roles.
• Ability to closely partner with marketing, business and other stakeholders, building strong and trusted relationships
• Drive for success, with strong analytical and decision making skills

About Corbion 

Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid and its derivatives, and a leading supplier of emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals, vitamins, and algae ingredients. We use our unique expertise in fermentation and other processes to deliver sustainable solutions for the preservation of food and food production, health, and our planet. For over 100 years, we have been uncompromising in our commitment to safety, quality, innovation and performance. Drawing on our deep application and product knowledge, we work side-by-side with customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Our solutions help differentiate products in markets such as food, home & personal care, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2023, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,443.8 million and had a workforce of 2,727 FTE. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com

Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.


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