Innovation Manager for Carlsberg Breweries Group Development
Innovation Manager for Carlsberg Breweries Group Development
CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S
A Dynamic Brewer with Excellent Taste Buds and an Innovative Mindset to support New Product Development of Highly Profiled Carlsberg Brands
The Carlsberg Group Liquid Innovation team, part of Carlsberg Group Development, is looking for a new highly motivated Innovation Manager with strong technical skills within beer and beverages.
The Innovation Manager:
- Reporting directly to head of liquid innovation and based in Copenhagen the manager will be part of the liquid innovation team working closely together with the rest of the R&D department, the International brands teams and Carlsberg subsidiaries/joint ventures worldwide
- Will be responsible for the scientific background, design, development, testing of new beer and malt based products focused on the international brands; Carlsberg, Tuborg, Somersby, but also local brands and particularly craft beer category.
- Will execute research on new raw materials and processes. Planning and supervising Laboratory scale trial, summarize, and communicate the results.
- Will work on significant cross-functional and cross-national innovation projects based on strong collaboration within the Carlsberg Corporate headquarter functions, Technical Centre, Carlsberg Research Centre, Carlsberg subsidiaries and suppliers.
- Will actively contribute to the global technical innovation network (CONNEXIO).
Primary areas of responsibilities:
- Initiate, drive, manage and coordinate R&D projects within beer/malt based beverages, in cooperation with the Group Innovation department or local marketing/innovation departments
- Based on innovation briefs, develop recipes for test brewing and validation
- Hand-over of final recipes to Group Implementation & optimisation team
- Identify new consumer and technology trends/opportunities, through visits to fairs, exhibitions, suppliers and monitoring of beverage industry activities
- Act as cross-functional team resource in group development projects
- Drive and coordinate Connexio initiatives
- Participate/drive idea generation and concept development
Experience:
- Diploma as Brewmaster combined with a Master or PhD of Science degree
- Minimum 4 - 6 years research/technical working experience
- Strong technical skills and several years of experience from a similar position, preferably in an international company
- Strong track record in beer production, including dedication to quality
- Experience in sensory
- Project management
- Good commercial experience (business degree an asset)
- Strong team player with cross cultural integration skills
Candidate Characteristics:
- Positive, constructive and improvement-oriented
- Creative with analytical skills
- Able to solve complex tasks in a creative, organised and systematic way.
- High work capacity and personal drive resulting in high quality output, with a "get the job done" attitude
- Good business understanding
- Proactive and able to anticipate stakeholders' needs and provide effective responses/solutions within a short time frame
- Adaptable to changing work conditions, and to working with team members of diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Master English at a high level, both verbally and written.
- Good IT skills and is an experienced user of the Microsoft Office programmes. Finally, you are willing to travel 25-45 days on a yearly basis.
If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Marine André, Senior liquid innovation and sensory manager: marine.andre@carlsberg.com
Application deadline: 30 April 2016. Interviews is held on an ongoing basis. It is the intention to fill this extremely interesting position soon as possible.
Department : Group Commercial, Development
Home page: http://www.carlsberggroup.com
The Carlsberg Group is one of the leading brewery groups in the world, with a large portfolio of beer and other beverage brands. Our flagship brand – Carlsberg – is one of the best-known beer brands in the world and the Baltika, Carlsberg and Tuborg brands are among the eight biggest brands in Europe. More than 46,000 people work for the Carlsberg Group, and our products are sold in more than 150 markets. In 2014, the Carlsberg Group sold 122 million hectolitres of beer, which is about 37 billion bottles of beer.
