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Innovation Manager
Fashion For Good Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jan 17, 2020
Experienced (8+ years)
Position:  Innovation Manager   Company:  Fashion for Good   Location:  Amsterdam, The Netherlands  Start date:   as soon as possible  Employment type:  Full time  POSITION SUMMARY & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES   Since its launch in 2017, Fashion for Good has established itself as the global go-to platform for sustainable fashion innovation. As we are entering our next phase of growth, we seek a leader who will be in charge of the Fashion for Good Innovation Platform offerings  in areas of raw materials, wet processing and circular business models. You will be responsible for scouting, assessing and supporting sustainable technological innovations that will have an impact at scale in the global apparel and footwear supply chain. You will also be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with brands, retailers and manufacturers in order to drive pilots and implementation at scale. Furthermore, you will be Fashion for Good’s lead on impact measurement and reporting. The Innovation Manager will lead part of the Fashion for Good innovation team and report directly to the Managing Director.  In particular, the Innovation Manager is responsible for the following areas:   Team leadership and milestone management Innovation platform    Lead a team of Innovation analysts and guide them in their research, scouting and screening activities   Develop annual timeline and milestones, prepare partner decision-making meetings (e.g. Innovation Committee, Scaling workshop) and drive innovation-related elements of Fashion for Good gatherings and events  Drive strategic planning and program evolution of the Fashion for Good Innovation Platform  Research and landscaping   Lead research and build networks with experts, as well as undertake activities that build and disseminate Fashion for Good knowledge of key innovation areas – such as convenings or roundtables. Act as Fashion for Good’s subject matter expert for selected innovation areas, and maintain the dialogue with the relevant experts in Fashion for Good’s brand, retailing and manufacturing partners  Assess and document existing, more mature solutions, gaps and best practices implemented  Scouting and screening   Lead scouting, screening and perform in-depth due diligence (together with technical experts) on innovators (start-ups) for Fashion for Good’s Accelerator and Scaling programmes  Monitor and attend topic related events   Establish and manage relationships with key technology and research institutions around the world (e.g. academia, multi-stakeholder organisations, governments, incubators) to support innovation and best-practice scouting efforts  Pilot planning, roadmap to scale   Drive pilot implementation projects  Develop and execute roadmaps to scale up innovations, including unlocking access to capital, providing relevant expertise and linking to market(s) through partnerships with Fashion for Good’s brand, retailing and manufacturing partners   Thought-leadership and impact measurement   Build Fashion for Good’s presence as a thought leader in the area of sustainable innovation in raw materials, wet processing and circular business models through events and publication contributions  Further build and execute on Fashion for Good’s impact reporting strategy   Conduct ongoing impact measurement and collation tasks relating to the sustainability and social impact of innovators in Fashion for Good’s programme  The Innovation Manager plays a bridging function between innovators, Fashion for Good’s partners (brands, retailers and manufacturers), investors/financiers, and NGOs.   QUALIFICATIONS   The ideal candidate has a relevant track record and combines strong interpersonal skills with the self-starting, pro-active attitude required for our start-up environment. The following qualifications are essential:  Demonstrated  team leader sh ip,  project management,  analytical  and research  skills    Capacity to adapt to different work environments, easily navigating  different cultures and organisation  settings  Capacity to navigate, work together with and mobilise large, global corporate organisations   Strong relationship management skills    Excellent  written  and  verbal communication  as well as presentation  skills   Creative thinking with the ability for sound judgement  and  accountability   Pro-activeness,  enthusiasm,  can-do attitude , comfort in dealing with uncertainty  The following experience is a plus: relevant work experience (approx. 5 – 7 years) in e.g. management consulting, sustainability, the apparel or footwear industry – preferably with a supply chain connection, an entrepreneurial / start-up setting.   EDUCATION Academic degree preferably within business, economics, material science, (textile) engineering.   LANGUAGES    Proficiency in  English  is a requirement.   COMPANY BACKGROUND & CULTURE   Launched in March 2017, Fashion for Good  aims to reimagine how fashion is designed, made, worn and reused. This open and inclusive initiative – with its first physical hub in Amsterdam and a global ambition brings together brands, retailers, producers, innovators and funders.   Fashion for Good is changing the apparel industry through innovation and collaboration. Its Innovation Platform scouts, nurtures and funds early-stage ideas and it scales proven technologies and business models for wider adoption by the industry. Its Good Fashion Fund catalyses access to finance and its open-source Good Fashion Guide shares knowledge to help the apparel industry transform. As a convenor for change, Fashion for Good enables conversation and collaboration, bringing together co-locators at its first hub in Amsterdam, as well as visitors to the Fashion for Good Experience to learn more about Good Fashion.  Fashion for Good was launched with C&A Foundation as a founding partner. Its programmes are supported by corporate partners adidas, C&A, Bestseller, Chanel, Galeries Lafayette, Kering, Target, Otto Group, PVH, Stella McCartney and Zalando, with estimated combined retail sales of over €130 billion.  Additionally, Fashion for Good partners with organisations including the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative, Impact Hub Amsterdam, McDonough Innovation, Plug and Play, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, The Boston Consulting Group and the ZDHC Foundation. 
Relationships Lead
Cracked It London
Jan 13, 2020
Early Career (0-3 years)
Cracked It is the Evening Standard’s Social Enterprise of the Year.  We combine business and tech to support young ex-offenders away from crime and towards employment. Our mission is radical: to train some of the most vulnerable young Londoners to staff our roving smartphone repair shops within the biggest corporates in town - including the US Embassy, Barclays global headquarters and River Island. The Evening Standard has listed us as one of “London’s best iPhone fixers”, and our work has been featured in The Guardian, BBC, Forbes, Daily Mail, VICE, Time Out and more.   We’re on the hunt for a Relationships Lead – Cracked It’s resident partnerships and customer service supremo. You’ll have a big hand in looking after our partnerships with the big workplaces that host our clinics, and will lead the customer charm offensive at our clinics themselves . No repair experience required! You’ll make our small team wonder how we ever managed without you.   Your main responsibilities Co-ordinate our flagship repair clinics : You’ll be arranging our pop-up repair clinics at corporate workplaces we’ve got partnerships with. These include the US Embassy, Ministry of Justice and River Island. Think event-organising - but with a twist. Look after our corporate partners : You’ll help to keep the corporates that host our repair clinics engaged with our award-winning work. You will be their go-to person when they need support from us. You’ll do the professional equivalent of making sure our corporate partners’ wine glasses are always topped up.  Charm the pants off our customers at our repair clinics …Not literally. But you’ll be our charmer-in-chief at our repair clinics, guiding our customers through them with efficiency, warmth and delight. You’ll be a shining example of customer service to our ex-offender trainees. You won’t need to repair - our Master Technician and young techs have that covered. Manage customer queries from Cracked It HQ : In addition to front-of-housing our repair clinics, you’ll pour your heart into making sure our customers get jargon-free repair support from our tech specialists.  Test out some bold marketing tactics : You’ll let your imagination run wild to try out new promo stunts, making our repair service irresistible to those clumsy/unlucky potential customers who need their broken tech fixed.   What we’re after You’re a people-lover : You’re a natural when it comes to reading people, understanding what makes them tick, and responding accordingly. You’ve worked or volunteered in a people-facing role before. You’re a full-time solution-finder : You can re-purpose old knowledge to fix new problems. Your blood boils when your great ideas have to get rubber-stamped by five departments before they’re put into action (none of that at Cracked It). You don’t cover up your mistakes. Instead, you help yourself and others to learn from them. You can spin a lot of plates at once : You’re so organised that you can manage simultaneous demands from our customers and partners without losing your cool, losing sight of your goals, nor losing your magic touch. Any event-organising experience you have would be great evidence of this. You feel confident rubbing shoulders with the big dogs : As a small start-up, we punch above our weight by partnering with multinational corporates. You’ll be able to speak their language - and may even have experience working with (or in) corporates before. You care enough to get stuck right in : You’re invested in our social mission to support ex-offenders. You’re not precious about rolling up your sleeves to get the job done, whatever it might be. You’re hot on deadlines : You hate lateness. So do we.   Extras Your birthday off! You’ll get an extra day off on your birthday. Enjoy! Special event invites : Join us at networking events to create opps for your development. Have a real say : Your voice will have a big bearing on the direction we grow in. Change lives : Make a difference to young people’s lives simply by doing what you do best.    Complete our online form to apply: crackedit.org/jobs  Application deadline : Applicants will be considered until Monday 27th January 2020 at 12 noon (midday). Assessment day : Either Monday 3rd February 2020 or Tuesday 4th February 2020 Start date : Monday 9th March 2020 (with the potential for sooner)   Appointment is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and two references.