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Innovation Manager Europe

Job description

Nippon
Sanso is one of the leading companies in the industrial and medical gases
business in Europe. Serving over 150,000 customers and 350,000 patients across
14 countries, we offer a comprehensive range of gas-based solutions tailored to
sectors including healthcare, food, electronics, manufacturing, chemicals,
electronics, and energy among many others.
The Innovation
Manager Europe will be based in our headquarters in Madrid, reporting to Innovation Program
Director, and is responsible for strengthening the
European innovation and Development pipeline by identifying, evaluating, and
accelerating new technologies, business models, partnerships, and application
opportunities that create measurable business value. The role acts as a central
connector between European business units, R&D; teams, general innovation and
R&D; functions, customers, universities, research institutes, start-ups,
accelerators, incubators, and external technology ecosystems.
Key responsibilities




• Lead Front End Innovation activities across Europe by collecting, structuring, and evaluating early-stage ideas, unmet customer needs, technology trends, and emerging business opportunities.
• Establish and maintain a structured scouting process for technologies, start-ups, universities, research institutes, industrial partners, and innovation ecosystems relevant to European strategic focus areas.
• Monitor start-up landscapes and emerging ventures in priority domains such as sustainability, industrial transformation, electronics, healthcare, food and beverage, water, aquaculture, automation, digitalization, and advanced manufacturing.
• Build relationships with accelerators, incubators, venture networks, technology hubs, public funding bodies, and innovation platforms to identify collaboration opportunities and strengthen the external innovation pipeline.
• Screen and assess external opportunities using clear criteria

📌 Innovation Manager Europe (España)
🏢 TNSC Euro-Holding, S.L.U
📍 España