NPD Manager
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- Wales,Caerphilly
- full-time
- £40,000 - £45,000 per annum
Job Description:
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)
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)
Job number 1691891
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