An exciting opportunity exists to join the workshop which is focused on driving a culture of innovation within a leading supply chain managment company working with the world’s most successful retailers and brands.
The role focuses on driving innovation and open collaboration through ‘The Kitchen’. The Kitchen is an online platform that enables crowdsourcing across global networks and allows thousands of potential innovators to easily share and collaborate in response to challenges put forward by the business.
As part of the workshop, the project assistant will help to follow broader innovation trends globally, engage external stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem and support other initiatives that drive innovation internally. This role offers plenty of potential for growth as the culture of innovation spreads throughout the company and externally.
Responsibilities
- Launch, coordinate and administer challenges and other forms of open innovation on The Kitchen platform including offline engagement activities, prototyping processes and ideation sessions.
- Communicate our innovative intent through internal and external platforms.
- Engage internal stakeholders and champion The Kitchen as a means to drive a culture of innovation at the company.
- Maintain awareness of the innovation ecosystem and develop connections with external groups working on innovation, including start-ups.
Requirements:
- an entrepreneurial attitude, flexibility and a strategic mind-set;
- fluency in English with strong verbal and written communication skills including digital media;
- passionate about nurturing innovators and seeing ideas come to life; and
- competencies in data management and analytics.
- 0-2 years experience. Fresh graduates welcome.