About the job
The Process and Innovation Officer plays a pivotal role in spearheading the identification and execution of innovative initiatives that enhance employee engagement, foster ideation, and implement improvement projects aimed at aligning with the organization’s business and operational strategies. A core aspect of this position involves the creation of business process engagement programs and capability-building initiatives designed to drive Process Excellence.
By establishing and consistently executing robust processes that yield desired outcomes, this role cultivates a culture of continuous improvement. Additionally, it leads collaborative efforts across various business units, countries, and plant organizations to implement localized innovation and process engagement initiatives that align with the organization’s key strategies and objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
Innovation Engagement
- Identify and roll out innovation engagement initiatives and activities across Aboitiz Foods sites.
- Support and collaborate with Business Unit and Plant heads in their localized innovation engagement efforts.
- Monitor and assess innovation engagement performance monthly and assist Business Units or plants in necessary improvements.
- Oversee the Innovation Rewards budget, ensuring execution aligns with budgetary constraints.
- Benchmark and replicate successful innovation engagement initiatives across Aboitiz Foods.
Innovation Ideas and Projects
- Ensure that ideated projects at the sites are recorded in AHAgile or equivalent monitoring files.
- Verify and calculate savings from projects at the sites.
- Provide support for innovation projects to ensure successful outcomes.
- Lead benchmarking and replication of successful ideas to maximize benefits.
- Conduct explorations or research on external innovation essential for business and operational improvement.
- Lead the requirements set forth by the Board related to innovation implementation.
- Develop presentations for management reporting and discussions regarding innovation performance.
- Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for innovation performance monthly and drive improvements for those not meeting targets.
Conduit to Great Transformation Team
- Drive engagement and execution of innovation experiments.
- Maintain alignment with the Great Transformation Team to ensure consistency in innovation strategies and initiatives.
- Implement the Innovation Maturity Culture Roadmap and enhance efforts to achieve objectives.
- Lead the execution of Great Transformation initiatives for Aboitiz Foods.
Process Engagement and Improvement towards Process Excellence
- Develop and implement process engagement programs that...

