NPD Manager – Caerphilly
Salary:£40k-£45k DOE
Job Type:Permanent, Full-time
Working hours: Monday – Friday - 07:30 till 16:30,
We are seeking an experienced NPD Manager to join a large successful company based near Caerphilly.
Key Responsibilities:
* To aid defining the range strategy to ensure we strengthen the value proposition.
* To manage the whole product development lifecycle from brief to successful launch.
* Range planning process including upkeep with range amendments, deletions, and product introductions.
* Running the weekly NPD meeting to progress report range development and critical path decision making.
* Critical path timeline management to success launch.
* Successful on time development of new products, accessories and point-of-sale materials and displays.
* Present new product ideas for assessment along with feasibility costings.
* Direct briefing and liaison with overseas factories. Teams calls and in person if deemed appropriate.
* Ensuring all new products meet quality, technical, and production requirements.
* Drafting and signing off specifications in line with the new products being developed.
* Working with the Purchasing team to firm up costings and liaison with factories.
* Brainstorming new ideas to meet customer requirements.
* Studying customer requirement to develop new ideas.
* Competitive set and benchmarking analysis with presentations to the internal team with proposals.
* Sampling requirements with factories to meet concepts briefed.
* Undertake trials and assist customers in achieving successful technical performance.
* Ensuring all products are fully compliant and legal including FSC, EUTR etc.
* Signing off samples requirements and handing over to the Quality team to ensure compliance to specifications.
* Manage sample requirement to meet photography, development sign off, internal launch and play a hand in first-off gold seal sign off.
* Work with the Quality Manger and undertake risk analysis with FMEA and other such tools.
* As the product owner, determining which product features should be highlighted, ensuring that product features in scope are ready for development and carrying out acceptance tests on developed features.
Requirements:
* Creative thinking skills
* Project management skills
* Facilitation skills
* Research skills.
* Product knowledge
* Great communicator for all levels, across cultures and can sell the product vision and benefits
* Negotiations, influencing and persuasion skills
* Commercial skills (costing and numerate)
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