Strategy & Innovation Manager (Sector Focus: - Berchem, België - EY

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Berchem, België

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Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

EY Consulting is a fast-moving, high-growth area within EY, and this with a huge potential for you. It offers variety, challenge, responsibility and the opportunity to realize your leadership potential.

Our competency teams are focused on helping our clients to improve their business performance and operational efficiency, whilst managing risk.

We help clients by delivering assessment, transformation and assurance solutions in specialty areas, like finance, supply chain, strategic choices, risk management, cyber security and technology.

The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.

The Opportunity:
Your Next Adventure Awaits?

EY VODW (Belgium) is the EY Design & Innovation studio representing the customer-centric innovation practice. We are dedicated to delivering customer-focused solutions. Our focus is on helping large companies understand their customers better and in turn design, build and launch new innovative products, services, experiences and business models. We support our clients from innovation strategy to working MVP and scaling new solutions in the market.

We are part of a global EY Design & Engineering Collective. With our connected agencies we shape the worldwide EY Design and Engineering collective.

Our network holds 1700+ professionals across 20+ countries in the fields of customer focused business strategies, customer experience, digital product and service innovation, and delivery.

EY VODW is looking for a
Strategy & Innovation Manager to reinvent Business & Innovation strategies for top Belgian & International clients, as well as managing innovation programs from business opportunities towards new products, services or business models as a lean start-up.

To take the next step in growing EY VODW we're looking for a game changing Strategy & Innovation manager.

Your Key Responsibilities

Conducting research and analysis to identify industry trends, competitive landscape, technology scan, unmet consumer needs and translate the multidisciplinary research into business opportunities.
Developing successful innovation strategies, as well as identify, conceptualize and create new productmarket combinations, as well as the innovation framework, governance & setup that is required to get this to a success.
Broader view on innovation: Identifying the best corporate venturing structures (CVC, M&A, Partnerships, Licensing, Venture builder,...) for the defined innovation ambitions.
Translating these opportunities into significant potential business value and results (first viability studies, market seizing (CAGR), NPV calculations, new revenue streams, etc.).
Envisioning how certain industries will look within 510years, being a strategic visionair that can think beyond now and knows foresighting/forecasting of industry/market trends.
Integrate user studies, research into product requirements and facilitating of consumer & expert validations and interviews.
Establish shared vision across the company by building consensus on innovation by facilitating workshops with Sr. Management.
Collaborating with crossfunctional teams, including business development, marketing, other service lines and operations, to implement strategic plans.
Developing and delivering compelling presentations to clients and stakeholders to communicate longterm strategies/ambitions, findings, recommendations, and project status.
Lead a project team in a structured, organized but agile way. You guide them through the different phases of innovative product or service developments (discovering, ideation, prototyping, testing & development), as making sure project timings and budgets are met.
Contribute to business development by preparing client meetings and project proposals and by participating in client discussions.

Your Profile

At least 57 years of professional experience in business, strategy or innovation (consulting or corporates or entrepreneurship).
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information and develop insights, as very strong conceptual skill to envision new products & services for the future.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate findings and recommendations to clients and stakeholders.
Experience with managing complex business projects, such as corporate transformation projects or value creation projects or corporate venturing projects (M&A, CVC, open innovation, Incubator entity...)
Specific experience is one or more of these fields: market analysis, foresight, product & service innovation and business models/viability studies.
As way of working, you know how to execute design sprints, ideation workshops, concept creation with the use of design thinking as a philosophy.
Strong people and leadership skills (incl. crossfunctional collaboration, team management and people development & coaching)

What's In It For You
- **EY Family** - you become part of the E