Innovation Manager Role

3 days ago


Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland Oras Group Full time

Job Summary

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We are seeking a highly skilled Product Innovation Specialist to join our team at Oras Group. The successful candidate will have a strong background in product innovation and experience working in cross-functional teams.

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The Product Innovation Specialist will be responsible for developing and implementing an innovation strategy that integrates consumer and customer insights, market intelligence, and business objectives.

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This role will involve building understanding of customer and consumer expectations and ensuring that new product innovations meet future market needs and sustainability targets.

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The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of driving innovation projects from concept to commercialization, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with high quality and UX standards.

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Key Responsibilities

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  • Develop and implement an innovation strategy that integrates consumer and customer insights, market intelligence, and business objectives.
  • Ensure innovation roadmap with its products, solutions, technologies and business models support the implementation of the company's strategy.
  • Build understanding on customer and consumer expectations and ensure that new product innovations meet future market needs and sustainability targets.
  • Drive innovation projects and develop Oras Group innovation processes.
  • Support the organization with training and internal competence building on innovation and design thinking.
  • Engage and facilitate cross-functional teams in generating, evaluating and prioritizing innovative ideas for products, services, and business models.
  • Identify and cultivate strategic partnerships and cooperations with external partners, startups, research institutions, and industry experts to access new technologies, insights, capabilities and business models.
  • With engineering, look for emerging technologies, innovations, best practices relevant to the sanitary industry.
  • Drive innovation projects from concept to commercialization. Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with high quality and UX standards.
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Requirements

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  • Innovation Competence (knowledge of Design Thinking, Agile and Lean Innovation).
  • Familiarity with UX/UI, sustainability, IoT and smart technologies.
  • Proven experience leading and working in cross-functional teams and managing innovation projects.
  • 5+ years in product innovation, ideally in manufacturing or consumer goods industries.
  • Strong customer insight and commercialization experience for market-driven innovations.
  • Bachelor's/Master's (e.g. Industrial Design, Engineering, Business or Innovation).
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What We Offer

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Oras Group offers an exciting opportunity for you to make a real difference in the development of our innovation strategy.

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You will have the chance to influence and bring your ideas to life, working in a dynamic and innovative environment.

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In addition to a competitive salary and benefits package, we offer a range of perks including diverse training possibilities, extensive occupational health care, leisure benefits, and free choice phone benefit.



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