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Come work on one of the worlds most iconic brands and join our transformation journey at KFC Canada. Founded by a real man, with a real recipe that continues to be prepared and served today claiming the title of the worlds (and Canadas) best tasting fried chicken. As the Snr Manager of Innovation and Strategy, you will be the driver of the creative, strategic and commercialization direction of our Finger Lickin Good menu, innovation and experience pipeline. You will be a key enabler of supporting KFCs modernization journey across our food and experience and champion the how we do business as a force for good with our Food, Planet & People. food strategy and future trends, conceptualization, and innovation. The world of QSR is incredibly competitive and is moving faster than ever before, the Snr Innovation & Strategy Manager must thrive on pace and challenge with a solutions mindset and have the capability to deliver on strategy and manage their team as well as a complex set of stakeholders through ambiguity and transformation. Love Food and most importantly chicken? Love innovation? Then this is your chance to unleash your inner Colonel and help us build the exciting next chapter of the brand. Lead strategic thinking and ideation to evolve the KFC Canada experience and menu strategy over the short, medium and long-term. Act as the guardian of our brands food philosophy. Following in the Colonels footsteps as architect of our menu vision, defining the principles and plans that will guide food product development. Get to grips with what gets our customers tastebuds tingling - validating and testing our product innovation pipeline to ensure it meets their tastes, preferences, and expectations. You will be the guru within the team on customer testing of food concepts and products. Balance high-level strategic thinking with a creative hands-on approach. Develop presentations and documents that bring our vision and innovation pipeline to life in dynamic and compelling ways. Oversee the creations from start to finish... as products move from concepts to being designed by the FIT (R&D) team and ultimately launched, you will work closely with your colleagues to ensure strategic foundations remain sound and the launch is a success. Key Qualities & Qualifications: Post secondary degree, with 7+ years experience with demonstrated strategic chops, E2E innovation development and insights to action capabilities. A strong track record of brand development and food innovation in the restaurant, food manufacturing/FMCG or food retail sector. Experience thinking about complex business growth challenges through a customer and brand lens. So basically love a good chat. Above all, you will have a huge passion for food and trends. This role requires domestic and/or international travel 15% of the time food. A mild inclination towards fried chicken might help. Someone who is fascinated and excited about building modern brands, in particular with food brands. You are intellectually curious and creative you eat, therefore you are. Youre ambitious and want to grow your career in food brand management. You dont want it to stop just there though - weve got a culture of building great international leaders. We will focus on your personal development as much as your professional development to ensure you can bring your best self to work. Brands, is the world''s most popular chicken chain and every day, we serve more than 12 million customers in more than 45,000 restaurants around the world. Our commitment to great food and service is the same commitment Colonel Harland Sanders had when he founded the concept more than 55 years ago, and that''s why KFC remains the worldwide leader in the category.