Global Brand R&D Lead - Essentiale (all genders)

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.  

Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.

At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.

B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com.

About the job:

• The Global Brand R&D lead will be accountable for the end-to-end ideation to launch and for ensuring sustainable growth for their brand globally. It is expected that the candidate will be a science partner for their respective brand innovation lead and Innovation Project Management to create a pipeline and portfolio for their respective brand as well as ensure that base business is protected.to They will act as the representative and single point of contact for the science hub for their brand and will ensure that the right science hub expert & resource is engaged as needed to drive brand growth. They will lead the strategic direction of brand innovation and ensure that there is strong technical feasibility to deliver differentiated products to market and ensure that there is clarity on resources in the country/region needed to deliver prioritized opportunities. The job holder will be a strong technical leader with strong business acumen, who has the ability to translate science & technology into relevant consumer unmet needs. It is expected that they influence a broader science hub community to reach go/no go decisions and to accelerate brand led opportunities. 

Main responsibilities:

In this role you will collaborate with Global and Regional Science teams; Technical development teams/New Product Development (NPD) centers; Growth Hub/key countries/Marketing; Portfolio & PM, Packaging Innovation as well as M&S.

In this position you will:

• Be the representative of the brand to represent science hub and act as single point of contact for a strategic overview of what is needed from science hub to be successful.

• Work closely with the Global R&D Brand Head, Brand Innovation lead, and science teams within the Science Hub.

• Align with Brand Innovation lead and Brand Head to make sure that all innovation initiatives are suitable to drive growth and deliver health in the hands of our consumers.

• Influence and advise key stakeholders and the leadership team on industry trends and new opportunities for their brand.

• Build a consolidated view of all projects for their brand, identify cross-fertilization / scale-building opportunities, and prioritizes budget and resources between projects to deliver the ambition (close collaboration with portfolio). Collaborate closely with the countries (Marketing) of their global brand to identify their needs based on clear consumer insights.

• Collaborate closely with other R&D functions (platform R&D, consumer science), science departments (Medical & Regulatory affairs), legal/IP, and marketing of the sub-category & region.

• Evaluate innovations (external or in-house) for their global brand.

• Utilize decision making criteria, recommend innovation investment allocations for the brand and assist in clear communication of decisions across the organization to ensure aligned execution.

• Support and execute regular innovation reviews to pressure test strategic areas of focus in the country/region for the global brand.

About you:

• Experience: FMCH/FMCG is required with proven delivery to brand. Knowledge of pipeline data (financial, timing/milestones, and value propositions) and disease state data, to enable concise executive level communication of critical insights, decision-making aids, and recommendations to senior management. Management of product innovation in OTC or Food Supplements category. Experience in liver health and liver care category is a plus. Ability to partner and influence across a matrix environment with strong communication skills. Ability to apply a variety of analytical techniques to derive insights from a set of objective and subjective data inputs

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