Our client, a family owned company, specialises in manufacturing materials for the building facade industry. They specialise in converting, and distributing surface protection films, adhesive tapes, membranes and other associated products to manufacturers, fabricators, installers, and resellers.
The company specialise in suppling product to the construction industry primarily window fabricators, façade manufacturers, modular building manufacturers etc.
This is a key role driving New product development which will facilitate continuing success and growth of the company. As regulations and requirements in the industry keep getting tighter and manufacturers are required to invest in this area to service the industry and encourage the use of superior performing products.
This will be a key role in managing and supporting the end-to-end new product development process Initially, the NPD Manager would be responsible for updating and maintaining the NPD project tracking platform. They would also be responsible for receiving and collating product feedback, new ideas etc. We expect the NPD Coordinator to progress and be able to run their own projects and contribute to the product range. They will work closely with the Technical Director to develop market leading products.
Responsibilities would include:
* Tracking NPD projects and adding updates to the NPD software platform
* Coordinating product testing – ensuring products are sent to the laboratory on time, and getting completion dates for all testing
* Providing a weekly report of activity and tasks completed for Senior management/Shareholder/Consultant review
* Creating project Gantt chart timelines and keeping them updated
* Taking notes from NPD meetings, setting actions and ensuring they’re completed o Receiving feedback from other departments and updating the New Product Ideas list, and the Reward vs Complexity Matrix