The manager of the Innovation Center is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction operations and revenue driven through the Innovation Center. This role involves fostering a culture of innovation showcasing SEEs portfolio of offerings collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and ensuring the successful execution of customer engagements. The manager will lead efforts to host customer visits trainings and other events to highlight SEEs full breath of product offerings.
Qualifications :
Requirements
- Develop and implement the vision mission and strategic plan for the Innovation Center.
- Identify and prioritize key areas for value cocreation aligned with our distribution and enduser partners.
- Establish and maintain a means to capture full revenue realized by the Innovation Centers activities.
- Work closely with internal departments including R&D marketing product development and operations to ensure alignment and integration of innovation efforts.
- Partner with UPS to highlight our partnership and drive additional revenue to both organizations.
- Manage the Innovation Centers budget ensuring efficient allocation of resources to support innovation projects.
- Oversee the acquisition and maintenance of tools technologies and facilities necessary for innovation activities.
- Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success and impact of the Innovation Centers activities.
- Prepare and present regular reports to senior leadership on the progress achievements and challenges of the Innovation Center.
- Stay informed about emerging trends technologies and best practices in innovation management and related fields.
- Apply insights from industry trends and research to inform and guide the Innovation Centers strategy and initiatives.
Education
- Bachelors degree with a concentration in Marketing/Communications is preferred.
Experience
- 3 years of proven ability to manage customer relationships and accounts; experience dealing with large companies at the senior/executive level preferred.
- 3 years of consultative selling of services and solutions.
Skills
- Strong business acumen organization written and verbal communication skills.
- Dynamic personality and comfortable communicating complex ideas to both technical and nontechnical individuals and groups.
- Comfortable working with equipment platforms and agile under pressure.
- Flexible innovative and comfortable in setting own priorities and working independently.
- Experience with MS Office Suite Google iOS devices and apps.
Additional Information :
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race age color religion sex national origin disability or protected veteran status.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime