Job Description
Role Title: Head of NPD
Salary: Competitive
Location: Estate Road Grimsby
Hilton Seafoods is looking for a Head of NPD to effectively steer the site development team to deliver focused products which meet agreed critical paths, for all chosen retail partners. To ensure alignment to the strategic direction by driving pace, change and world class working practices, which ensure Hilton are the development partner of choice. To contribute to central Hilton teams work streams as and when required. To oversee the effective use of KPI's to monitor each team member.
As a Head of NPD some of the responsibilities will be:
1. Liaison with Insight Manager, Creative chef and relevant commercial manager to establish the product portfolio for each development season.
2. The Senior contact for customer product developers - whilst not necessarily attending reviews/ submissions, be known to offer insight and a holistic approach to dealing with all matters.
3. NPD lead for quarterly review meetings with retail partners.
4. Communicate NPD Briefs from customers to wider business, set up and manage projects from ATP document onto Feasibility documents.
5. To provide timely information to the Product Development and Innovation Director (PDID), for retailer meetings and presentations.
6. Provide i...