Company:
Clariant SE
City:
München
Original Title:
Innovation Master (m/f/d) Black Belt
Salary:
76.016 € - 107.546 €
Profession:
Idea- und Innovations-Manager/in
Innovation Master (m/f/d) Black Belt
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Clariant is a focused and innovative specialty chemical company based near Basel in Switzerland. Last year the company recorded CHF 6.6 billion in sales harnessing the talents of its 18 000 employees across 53 countries. Clariant’s portfolio is optimized for future growth, with a focus in four business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysts, Natural Resources, and Plastics & Coatings. We believe that our growth is all about our customers and their success. Investment in innovation capabilities and developing inspiring environments for courageous and determined minds are therefore key to reaching our goal. Join us and help create sustainable value through chemistry for customers all over the globe.
To support our Business Unit Group Technology & Innovation in Munich, Germany, we are hiring an Innovation Master (m/f/d) Black Belt.
Tasks:
- Consult with various business units to drive performance, shape innovation strategies and build capabilities to help them achieve their profitable growth targets
- Identify opportunities to strengthen business units’ innovation portfolios and help fill their pipeline with exciting new and sustainable solutions. Coach ideation teams to deliver compelling pitches to senior management to obtain funding
- Drive activities to help improve the organization’s ability to capture ideas within the company and translate those into new, highly-profitable solutions
- Coach project leaders to explore new markets and capture deep insights into unmet needs. Bring innovative ideas to market with strong and validated value propositions, and maximize the business potential of each idea
- Provide training to others in the organization to share cutting-edge innovation methodologies and nurture the innovation culture and ecosystem within Clariant
- Find creative ways to help business units measure the level of innovation of their business offerings and identify ways to improve their innovation performance
Requirements:
- Scientific Bachelor or Master Degree
- Prior experience in driving innovative business opportunities from Idea to Commercialization
- Prior work experience in startups, incubators, or entrepreneurial divisions of large corporations, in innovation management, new business development, or business strategy, with significant experience leading teams and customer engagements
- Great communication and inspirational leadership skills, and the ability to connect with people across the organization, different hierarchies, geographies, and cultures
- Proven thought leader with intellectual curiosity and superior ability to use reason, logic and creativity to solve ambiguous problems
- Experience in managing complex projects, generating work plans and managing uncertainties in projects involving new markets and new technologies.
- Ability to travel as needed to support different locations (travel ranging from 10-50% depending on your personal preferences, desired location and selected business unit)
- Strong presentation skills and ability to drive consensus and decision making in meetings with senior executives
- Strong English language skills. Ability with German, Spanish or Portuguese would be a plus
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Benefits:
- The opportunity to leverage your strengths to help transform a large organization and drive innovation performance
- Great visibility across the company and the opportunity to learn about a wide range of different industries
- The chance to work in a high performance, highly-collaborative team to help deliver innovative solutions that have a positive impact on people’s lives and the environment.
- Training as needed to help prepare you for your next career move within Clariant
- Attractive remuneration and great employee benefits
- A challenging and fun work environment that will make you eager to start every new day!
Salary Expectation:
Lohnniveau für die Stelle Innovation Master (m/f/d) Black Belt wird erwartet:76.016 € - 107.546 € pro Jahr