About this role
Specialist in Agri & Food Recruitment Innovation Director Take the lead in international innovation at Kekkilä-BVB and shape the substrate solutions professional horticulture will rely on tomorrow.
- Executive
- WO
- 40 uur
- De Lier
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As Innovation Director at Kekkilä-BVB, you set the strategic direction for innovation in an international organisation that is very much on the move. You turn market developments, customer needs and new technologies into products and solutions that succeed commercially. You lead the innovation organisation and report directly to the Group CEO. Horticulture is changing fast. Global demand for substrates is rising, environmental requirements are tightening, and the shift towards alternative, circular raw materials calls for a different way of innovating. That is why Kekkilä-BVB is moving its focus from raw-material research to market-driven innovation, with customer value and commercial applicability at the core.
In this strategic leadership role, you own: Innovation strategy: You build and deliver an innovation and product development strategy with a three- to five-year horizon, aligned with the international business strategy. Product and market development: You spot new market opportunities and turn them into innovative substrate solutions, product concepts and circular raw materials for greenhouse horticulture, soft fruit, vegetable and mushroom cultivation, among others. Innovation portfolio: You set priorities, steer innovation projects and put a structured Idea-to-Market process in place, so that promising innovations actually reach the market.
Leadership and change: You lead the innovation organisation, including the research laboratories in De Lier and Venlo, and guide the shift towards a more commercial, market-focused innovation culture. Collaboration and partnerships: You connect R&D, product management, sales and external partners. You build relationships with knowled...