Director, Insights & Innovation
Current• Selected to build and lead a new team focused solely on innovation and consumer insights overseeing all new product development work• Successfully developed and launched the company’s first non-alcoholic products including Trail Pass NA beer and Hop Splash sparkling hop water• Delivered over $11MM in growth already in 2024 with success of new items including line extensions, variety packs, and new-to-portfolio brands• Developed a three-dimensional segmentation including consumer types, need states, and desired product attributes to identify growth opportunities• Designed a new innovation database tracker and project criticality matrix to help optimize NPD success rate and establish clear, quantifiable priorities • Implemented a new process for test markets including two successful innovation launches in 2024 that will be moving into national distribution