This role will manage the strategic innovation pipeline development for the Coppertone Sun Care business in the U.S inclusive of claims, portfolio renovation, value engineering, sustainability and new items. This role reports to the Senior Brand Manager, Innovation.

Responsibilites
In this role, the candidate will:
• Partner with Senior Brand Manager to lead development and execution of 3-5+ year consumer centric innovation strategy and pipeline in partnership with consumer insights, global, and R&D.
• Lead short term innovation initiatives through stage gate process from concept development & validation to business case through launch, including stages such as financial commitment & FFPR
• Collaborate closely with the Commercial Marketing team to manage volumes, timing, and costs associated with new product innovations
• Represent innovation projects (in sales meetings, governance meetings, brand leadership meetings) gaining alignment and approval of recommendations
• Collaborate with cross functional team (R&D, Market Research, Category Management, Project Management, Trade strategy, etc.) to bring projects from business case ideation through development to preparation for launch
• Support US value engineering & sustainability initiatives on new and existing products from ideation through execution
• Work with relevant R&D teams packaging, clinical, technical and development
• Continuously monitor and share consumer needs/trends, as well as monitor personal care categories to adapt and improve our innovation pipeline
• Support development of the brand's annual marketing plans to achieve top line sales, profit and spending objectives
• Liaise with Brand Budget Owner and accountability for Innovation POs and budget management