Commercial Excellence Manager

About Inari...

Inari is the SEEDesign™ company. We embrace the diversity and complexity of nature in every aspect of our business to drive innovation – to push the boundaries of what is possible. Through our unrivaled technology platform, Inari uses predictive design and advanced multiplex gene editing to develop step-change products. We are taking a nature positive approach to unlock the full potential of seed that will transform the food system. The results will lead to more productive acres delivering value creation for farmers and a more sustainable future for our planet.

Our success is dependent on great minds, collaborating to generate bright ideas and deliver exceptional outcomes.

We have over 300 employees, with research sites in Cambridge, MA (USA) and Ghent (Belgium), as well as a product development site in West Lafayette, IN (USA). We’ve deliberately built a team that brings diversity of thought to all aspects of our business, to generate new ideas, approaches, and ways of operating. And we've intentionally combined experience with potential, bringing agriculture industry experts with the desire to innovate together with bright minds from academia, human therapeutics, software, and consulting. If you want to be part of a diverse and inclusive team developing unique solutions to feed the world while protecting our planet’s natural resources, we’d love to hear from you!

The Commercial Excellence Manager will be responsible for overseeing and driving the implementation of commercial strategies and initiatives.  This role bridges the gap between strategic planning and operational execution, ensuring that commercial projects and initiatives are effectively executed to meet business objectives.  This role supports the Chief Commercial Officer as required and cross departmental collaborations.  This role can be based in West Lafayette, IN; Cambridge, MA or remote. 

 

As a Commercial Excellence Manager, you will be responsible for: 

• Project Management: (1) Planning: Develop comprehensive project plans, including timelines, milestones, resource allocation, and budgeting for commercial initiatives. (2) Execution: Consult with commercial project teams to achieve project objectives, ensuring tasks are completed on time and within budget and with proper governance and approvals. Ensure processes and governance are implemented to assure compliance to Inari policies. 

• Risk Management: Work with commercial leadership and collaborate with Corporate Enterprise Risk Management to identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to address them.  Track mitigation projects to manage risk to agreed outcomes. 

• Implementation Leadership: (1) Strategy Execution: Translate commercial strategies into actionable implementation plans. (2) Process Optimization: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of commercial functions.  

• Change Management: Lead commercial change management efforts to ensure successful adoption of new initiatives and processes within the organization. 

• Milestone and Commercial Objectives: Facilitate the development of commercial milestones.  Track and report milestone status, progress, and any issues to senior management and stakeholders.  Support the implementation of mitigation plans if projects are off-track. 

• Planning and Financial Management:  Support the development of annual commercial budgets with corporate financial planning partner.  Monitor commercial expenses and ensure they stay within the allocated budget. Develop project plan and administer to support development of commercial strategies.  Provide expert advice and insights based on seed industry knowledge and best practices. 

• Commercial Administration: Maintain up-to-date action item documentation, including plans, meeting minutes, and deliverables for the Commercial Leadership Team. 

• Stakeholder Management for Commercial:  Work closely with internal commercial stakeholders, including sales, marketing, and operations teams, to ensure alignment and successful implementation of commercial initiatives.  Work across Inari functions to ensure support and alignment of other functions to support the delivery of corporate commercial objectives, including legal, product development, data science, IT, people team, regulatory and more. 

• Support Continuous Improvement: Implement feedback loops and process improvement to improve organizational efficiency. Collect and act on