SIBUR is searching for Head of strategic innovation.
Key accountabilities for this role are as follows:
- Shape the innovation strategy for new business opportunities, ensure development of long term innovation portfolio in close collaboration internally and externally; be a leader and thought partner to business and top management for new growth businesses
- Build and manage an innovation ecosystem as well as a network and relations with external innovation partners, in particular top-to-top relationships with key technical decision makers at customers and value chain partners
- Be at the forefront of innovation, shaping existing market opportunities into client-oriented concepts and assure successful execution and implementation
- Actively shape, grow and enrich current innovation portfolio for new business areas, according to the innovation strategy
- Work in collaboration with other functions to configure and lead cross functional teams to execute innovation growth strategy
- Strengthen and build the team of cross-functional Future Platforms and Corporate Research Unit (~20 FTEs) to drive innovation and growth, create and shape an innovative, collaborative and inspiring working culture, leveraging company resources and executing the projects/programs to drive new units/businesses
- Shape company’s strategic response to the climate change in collaboration with ESG function
Functional Experience:
- Successful experience in executing and implementing client-oriented innovative products in a field of fierce competition as a leader of a business/business unit/start-up, leading 20+ people on a way from ideation to sales
- Strong sense of corporate strategy and portfolio enrichment yet a hands-on approach to any projects
- Successful experience of establishing multiple simultaneous partnerships and working with external innovation partners, “Open Innovation”-model preferred
- 10+ years resulting in Management and/or Innovation leadership within major chemistry-oriented industrial companies, international preferred
- Multiple experience in material production industries such as Packaging, Automotive, Specialty, Construction etc. (at least at one of them)
- Innovation experience in areas such as circular solutions / plastic recycling, special polymers, methane chemistry, hydrogen, CO2 and biodegradable materials is preferred
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