At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS we are inspired by our belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. We are driven by the vision that everyone deserves the coffee they love.

What’s it like to work at JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS?

We are proud of our passionate, driven associates that challenge the status quo and pursue mastery in everything they do. Our goal is simple and ambitious – JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS: A coffee for every cup

Working with us means you’ll be making an impact in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. We work as a team, celebrating success and supporting one another. Our associates work with a diverse group of like-minded people, in an innovative environment committed to doing the right thing – all across the world. What you do here will get noticed.

As the Innovation Delivery Manager (IDM) your primary responsibility will be to successfully lead multidisciplinary project teams for the integrated delivery of the larger Innovation and Renovation projects to market (Value Delivery) and to support the in-market performance of the project in market till project closure (Building success). You will acquire a portfolio of your own projects.

The business categories you will be working with and delivering for are Instants, Roast & Ground, Tea, Single Serve and Professional.

You will act as the project lead and manages multidisciplinary project teams which consist of Marketing, Finance, Operations, Value Stream and Research & Development with 5 or 6 work-stream leads and an average of 15-25 indirect reports. You will report directly to the Innovation Delivery Team Lead of a specific category, without direct reports. Furthermore there is intensive collaboration with other functions, specifically marketing.

Your role starts at Project Start. It is your responsibility to manage the  individual projects achieve the project deliverables on costs, quality and timing by bringing together cross-functional teams & expertise, set clear parameters of project responsibilities and act as the interface between technical & commercial, allowing the different departments to truly appreciate the variation in functional perspectives & value add this brings.

To be successful in this role you will bring 8+ years of experience in innovation management in a multi-functional environment interacting with (or working in) Marketing; R&D Purchasing and/or Operations & Manufacturing.

You will have exceptional skills in both managing people (indirectly) and complex projects, asking the right questions and driving simplicity into the communications. This role includes exposure up to the senior management and CEO, which requires strong stakeholder management. Dealing with ambiguity comes naturally to you.

You will bring technical & commercial thinking and be able to translate the requirements to & between both functional areas. You will have proven business acumen gained through experiential learning. It is critical that you can lead & influence in a project management capacity & bring your commercial & business acumen to the table. This will allow you to understand the competing & complimentary priorities of your Finance, Marketing, and R&D, Operations, Sales colleagues and project stakeholders. We are looking for a hands on-& inspirational leader who inspires great business results.