Senior Strategy & Innovation Manager - Retail

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Thank you for your interest in this opportunity! Your application will only be considered complete after completing a digital assessment. At the end of the application, and if you meet the necessary criteria for the role, you will receive a link to access it in your registration email. This step is mandatory, as our recruitment process is based on skills assessment. We are a company of everyone and for everyone. At MC, we put people at the centre: customers, employees and community. We create value together, innovate at every step and lead in a close way, recognising the qualities of each person. Different stories, experiences and ideas unite us in a single purpose: to grow and become the best version of ourselves. Because everything we are, we achieve together. So, join us! Do you want to identify and develop the next business concepts that can transform retail? We are looking for a Senior Strategy & Innovation Manager - Retail to join our Non-Food Commercial Division, in Matosinhos, and we believe we will be #betterwithyou! We are looking for someone with a strong business vision, curiosity about the market and the ability to transform opportunities into concrete value propositions. Someone who likes to understand trends, behaviours and customer needs, identify new growth opportunities, build business concepts and take them from idea to market. Your mission will be to identify, develop, test and scale new business opportunities and new retail concepts, working closely with different areas of the organisation. From identifying the opportunity and building the value proposition, to analysing the business potential and defining the model, through the implementation of pilots and the decision on their evolution and scale. We are counting on you to… - Identify new business opportunities, market trends, customer needs and growth spaces for the Non-Food business; Identify new business opportunities, market trends, customer needs and growth spaces for the Non-Food business; - Explore and develop new concepts, services, value propositions and business models, transforming market insights into concrete opportunities; Explore and develop new concepts, services, value propositions and business models, transforming market insights into concrete opportunities; - Build and challenge the value proposition of new concepts, ensuring their relevance to the customer and differentiation in the market; Build and challenge the value proposition of new concepts, ensuring their relevance to the customer and differentiation in the market; - Assess the attractiveness and viability of opportunities through market analysis, competition, customer insights, benchmarks, data and business indicators; Assess the attractiveness and viability of opportunities through market analysis, competition, customer insights, benchmarks, data and business indicators; - Develop business cases and the respective economic rationale, assessing the size of the opportunity, key value drivers, required investment, risks and growth potential; Develop business cases and the respective economic rationale, assessing the size of the opportunity, key value drivers, required investment, risks and growth potential; - Work closely with areas such as Commercial, Marketing, Customer, Operations, Store Design and Digital, among others, to transform opportunities into concrete solutions; Work closely with areas such as Commercial, Marketing, Customer, Operations, Store Design and Digital, among others, to transform opportunities into concrete solutions; - Define the best way to test new ideas in the market, designing pilots and MVPs that allow the key hypotheses to be validated quickly; Define the best way to test new ideas in the market, designing pilots and MVPs that allow the key hypotheses to be validated quickly; - Monitor the pilots on the ground, analyse results, listen to customers and teams and turn learnings into decisions; Monitor the pilots on the ground, analyse results, listen to customers and teams and turn learnings into decisions; - Recommend, based on data and real learning, whether we should adjust, accelerate, scale or discontinue each initiative; Recommend, based on data and real learning, whether we should adjust, accelerate, scale or discontinue each initiative; - Prepare the concepts with the greatest potential for scale, ensuring the evolution of an initial idea into a sustainable and replicable business model; Prepare the concepts with the greatest potential for scale, ensuring the evolution of an initial idea into a sustainable and replicable business model; - Create bridges between different teams and stakeholders, mobilising the organisation around the identified opportunities; Create bridges between different teams and stakeholders, mobilising the organisation around the identified opportunities; - Promote a culture of curiosity, experimentation, test & learn and business orientation. Promote a culture of curiosity, experimentation, test & learn and business orientation. So, bring with you… - Higher education, preferably in Management, Economics, Engineering or similar fields; Higher education, preferably in Management, Economics, Engineering or similar fields; - Minimum of 5 years of professional experience, ideally in Business Development, Strategy, Innovation, Consulting, Business Transformation or commercial roles with a strong development component; Minimum of 5 years of professional experience, ideally in Business Development, Strategy, Innovation, Consulting, Business Transformation or commercial roles with a strong development component; - Experience in identifying and developing new business opportunities and/or in launching new concepts, products, services or value propositions; Experience in identifying and developing new business opportunities and/or in launching new concepts, products, services or value propositions; - Strong commercial orientation and business vision, with the ability to simultaneously understand the customer's perspective and the economic impact of decisions; Strong commercial orientation and business vision, with the ability to simultaneously understand the customer's perspective and the economic impact of decisions; - Experience in retail, consumer, operations or B2C businesses, which will be particularly valued; Experience in retail, consumer, operations or B2C businesses, which will be particularly valued; - Ability to structure and develop business cases, working with different scenarios, assumptions, KPIs and financial and commercial indicators; Ability to structure and develop business cases, working with different scenarios, assumptions, KPIs and financial and commercial indicators; - Strong analytical skills and ease in interpreting data, trends and market information; Strong analytical skills and ease in interpreting data, trends and market information; - Strategic thinking, combined with a desire to make things happen and test on the ground; Strategic thinking, combined with a desire to make things happen and test on the ground; - Curiosity, creativity and the ability to question the status quo and find new ways to create value; Curiosity, creativity and the ability to question the status quo and find new ways to create value; - Test & learn mindset, feeling comfortable in contexts of uncertainty and with the evolution of an idea through experimentation. Test & learn mindset, feeling comfortable in contexts of uncertainty and with the evolution of an idea through experimentation. What are we looking for, above all? Someone who does not just come to manage an already defined project. We are looking for someone who wants to understand what the next business, concept or value proposition should be, build that opportunity, test whether it works and help us transform it into a new source of growth for MC. If you like combining strategy, customer, business and execution, this challenge may be for you. What we have for you… - Meal Allowance on a Dá Card; Meal Allowance on a Dá Card; - Telecommunications Plan with voice, data and equipment; Telecommunications Plan with voice, data and equipment; - Flex it Up Programme – Extra Days Off, Unpaid Leave and Flexible Working Model; Flex it Up Programme – Extra Days Off, Unpaid Leave and Flexible Working Model; - Health Insurance and Life Insurance, with the possibility of extending Health Insurance to the family unit; Health Insurance and Life Insurance, with the possibility of extending Health Insurance to the family unit; - Flexible Benefits Programme; Flexible Benefits Programme; - School Awards and Merit Scholarships for employees' children, in regular and inclusive education, as well as Holiday Programmes during school breaks; School Awards and Merit Scholarships for employees' children, in regular and inclusive education, as well as Holiday Programmes during school breaks; - Internal Mobility Programmes for talent promotion and development; Internal Mobility Programmes for talent promotion and development; - Somos Sonae Programme, providing psychosocial, financial and legal support to employees; Somos Sonae Programme, providing psychosocial, financial and legal support to employees; - Discounts and Partnerships Programme with more than 300 leading brands; Discounts and Partnerships Programme with more than 300 leading brands; - Collaborative and dynamic working environment. Collaborative and dynamic working environment. Join us and help us build the next businesses and concepts that will transform retail. #betterwithyou BETTERTOGETHER #BETTERWITHYOU MC Sonae D&I Commitment: We work to create a working environment based on the richness of profiles and focused on singularity, ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued for their skills and has confidence in the organisation.