Programme Manager Growth & Innovation
- Compass Group PLC
- Full Time
- Chertsey
- 0.00 ANNUALLY
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Job Description
Role Purpose: The purpose of the Growth & Innovation team is to support growth in markets through an engaging forum and thought leadership programme, as well as supporting specific innovation projects in markets. The aim is to:-
- facilitate the surfacing and sharing of best practice;
- create strong communities across sectors and disciplines;
- enable co-creation across markets and sectors;
- challenge the Compass business to think about the future and how we need to meet our clients' challenges;
- support the elevation of Compass to Trusted Advisor status with clients;
- and inform consumer proposition development in market and in unit to optimise revenue and experience
- To manage the forum and community programme for specific group of forums and communities, ensuring that:-
- To bring forward thinking from one forum to another, surfacing to chairs and participants appropriate best practice or ideas to cross-pollinate solutions and insight.
- To assist in the forum running and management at the actual forum session
- To deputise for the Business Excellence Directors where necessary.
- To lead on projects, as required.
- To share knowledge across forums, communities and projects to drive out better practices for the Growth & Innovation team as a whole.
- To promote innovation and present new ideas to the Growth and Innovation team and forum chairs
- To remain well informed on market and food trends and to ensure that the better practices offered are current and competitive
- Growth and Innovation portal management - to assist with information capture and upload ensuring content is relevant and up to date
- At least High school graduate
- Project Management certification / Agile leadership
- Strong experience in managing senior stakeholders (ideally across different time zones and markets)
- Compass knowledge and experience in a market or sector
- Event Management or project management experience
- Demonstrable evidence of having implemented best practice or innovation
- High level of verbal and written English
- Excellent organisational skills
- Project management capability
- self-starter, confident
- Enjoys working as part of a team
- Comfortable with dealing with a variety of stakeholders
- Proven track record of managing or working with a diverse team at a senior level