Job Description

Location:
Zurich, CH
Department: Strategy & BD
Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time
Job Type: Employee
Shift: On site

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that's transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It's our core value and integral to how we do business.


Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win - adapting quickly in an everchanging world - and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.


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About the role

This is a maternity cover position for a duration of 6-9 months. Responsible to drive investments and technical and commercial collaborations with external innovation stakeholders (start-ups, scale-ups, established companies, universities) from identification to completion. Ensure a strong fit for all activities with both external customers, through understanding real needs for innovation and potential engagement models, but also in close collaboration with internal key stakeholders (R&D, procurement, etc.).

Key Job Accountabilities

Create business value along investment areas and deliver financial returnsMaintain high-quality pipeline of potential investment targets with strong strategic innovation component together with financial returns Leading "Amcor Lift-Off" initiative (investments up to EUR500k), including establishment of topics, scouting, establishment of internal collaboration plans (e.g. MoUs with R&D and Commercial), structuring and coordinating investments Driving planning and execution of all remaining investments, including due diligence, establishment of internal collaboration plans (e.g. MoUs with R&D), structuring, coordinating reporting of investments. Coordinate with external service providers for required services (e.g. tools, consultancies etc.) Suggest and drive new formats and ideas for investments and sharing of innovative companies across AmcorInvestment Areas & Sustainability Development: Manage the performance and growth of investments owned by CVOI Maintain a strong understanding of Amcor's strategic priorities and ensure alignment with investment processes and investment areas Be a thought leader and central point of contact for multiple stakeholders (internal and external) for the assessment and monitoring of innovative and potentially disruptive technologies, trends and brands Ensure key innovations / start-ups are shared within the key stakeholders within Amcor (e.g. via Amcor Lift-Off program)


Drive to be the Corporate Venturing partner of choice for packaging customers and stakeholders
Represent CVOI at relevant forums and conferences Network with key customers, suppliers, government / legislative stakeholders to promote corporate venturing activities and ensure an exchange to explore potential for collaboration Prepare internal and external communications (e.g. press releases, blogs, media interviews) Promote CVOI activities, deals and joint collaboration agreements via online communications (e.g. press releases, LinkedIn etc.) Present and promote existing portfolio and potential targets to Amcor Customers, to ensure joint innovation projects / collaborations Identify, by relationship building, areas of further growth and decision making power of the CVOI function to support Value creation Ensure CVOI portfolio presence in Amcor Innovation Centers, during innovation events with Amcor customers (e.g. "Innovation Days") and other opportunities

Qualifications/Requirements

Graduate degree from a business school Fluency in English; any additional language being a plus 8+ years of experience within an in-house corporate development / M&A team, a consulting or accounting firm or in an investment bank Investment and Innovation expertise Strong decision making and leadership skills Technical know-how related to packaging (barriers, production processes etc.) to effectively understand value proposition of investment targets Strong analytical, financial, legal skills supported by excellent communication capabilities Be ambitious, motivated and possess a desire to succeed and outperform Good customer value proposition skills Good relationship manager (make and maintain professional contacts with different people at different levels in and outside the company)




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About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.

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