Front-End Innovation R&D Manager / Sr. Manager

Front-End Innovation R&D Manager / Sr. Manager

Job Type : Full-Time

Location Type : Hybrid

Primary Location : Sandy Springs, Georgia, US

Newell Brands is a leading consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands like Graco, Coleman, Oster, Rubbermaid, Sharpie and Yankee Candle - and 24,000 talented teammates around the world. Our culture is built on values in action : Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, and Leadership. We work together to win, grow, and make a real impactsupported by a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative environment where you can be your best, every day.

The Front-End Innovation (FEI) R&D Manager / Sr. Manager is responsible to envision and deliver winning and invention-complete product experiences, claims and supporting demos. They work as an integral part of the Newell FEI POD team to create transformational and expansive new products that serve as part of an optimized portfolio of projects designed to generate sustainable new value creation for Newell. They must be outstanding collaborators and integrators across functions, levels, and work processes.

They are natural connectors both inside Newell and with 3rd party experts, who are able to seek and bring expertise into the project to solve key challenges and design bigger and more robust solutions. They build the capability of the organization through best-in-class work processes and developing people's expertise.

They are responsible for developing and designing intuitively better solutions that create clear value for all stakeholders (consumers, retailers and Newell). They must be desirable by enough consumers to meet the business model, feasible with a clear Segment strategy leveraging in-house and / or 3rd party supply bases and viable in terms of the holistic financial model.

Essential Functions & Duties

Strategic Thinking

• Contributing into a Category innovation strategy and to lead a team to translate that strategy into actions and plans that create strategic competitive advantage.
• Defining opportunities to transform projects from one-off "products" to platforms with sustaining innovation that creates a bigger idea with sustained A&P support to drive habit formation
• Collaborating with Legal and Regulatory to ensure compliance and Freedom to Practices as well as to create opportunities for the creation of competitive Moats using a combination of techniques (patent, trademark, trade secret, supplier relationships, etc).

Products Research Expertise and Decision-Making

Agile Product Prototyping

R&D Product, Process, Package and Design Integration

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications :

Work Environment

Collaborative, small, dedicated innovation team comprised of multi-functional experts. Co-located with POD members in Atlanta.

Newell Brands (NASDAQ : NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer's, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE / M / F / Vet / Disabled are encouraged to apply.