New Product Introduction Manager

Baltic Recruitment Services Ltd; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer is seeking an experienced New Product Introduction Manager in Gateshead. This role requires significant manufacturing and project management experience to lead product launches and manage cross-functional teams. The salary ranges from £55,000 to £59,000 per annum with comprehensive benefits including a salary sacrifice pension scheme and generous leave policies.

Benefits

25 days annual holiday

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Generous sick pay scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Sports & Social Club

Qualifications

• Significant experience in manufacturing, product development, or engineering environments.
• Demonstrable experience in a project or program management role.
• Proven track record of delivering New Product Introductions from concept to production.
• Experience working with design engineering, quality, procurement, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead new product launch processes and project activities.
• Develop launch plans and document product launch actions.
• Provide leadership for manufacturing projects and product introductions.
• Liaise with customers and assess manufacturing capacity.
• Schedule project meetings and ensure adherence to timelines.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional team leadership

Manufacturing experience

Product development

Engineering drawing reading

Job description

Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with Express Engineering, a leading Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer based in the North East, to support with their search for an experienced New Product Introduction Manager.

Key Duties:

• Leading and coordination of new product launch processes and project activities and ensuring planned activities are executed at the right time, achieving quality, performance and cost objectives.
• Development of Launch Plans and maintaining phase and concurrent activities, documenting and reporting product launch plan actions and status.
• Providing leadership for highly complex manufacturing projects and new product introductions. Providing full project management, internal direction, guidance and expertise to project team members.
• Being the recognised customer facing project lead, liaising with the customer's senior strategic sourcing team as well as individual buyers.
• Assessment and recommendations for the manufacturing capacity and capability required to meet projected demand. Planning, procuring and establishing the necessary facilities and/ or resources required to consistently deliver product from the launch date.
• Assessing the supply chain capacity and capability required to meet overall project schedule, in adherence to business and customer requirements.
• Scheduling and facilitating project meetings, tracking the project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines and creating visibility of project delays and associated recovery actions.
• Visualising and communicating the scope of the project with regular presentations of project status to the senior leadership team.
• Involvement and support of tendering and commercial activity for new product at pre-award stage.

Key Requirements:

• Have significant experience in manufacturing, product development, or engineering environments.
• Have demonstrable experience in a project or program management role, preferably leading cross-functional teams.
• Have a proven track record of successfully delivering New Product Introductions from concept through to volume production.
• Be experienced in working closely with design engineering, quality, procurement, and operations.
• Preferably be from a precision CNC and welding background, with the ability to read engineering drawings.

The Package:

• £55,000 - £59,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Monday-Thursday 7:30AM-4:30PM, Friday 7:30AM-1:30PM.
• 25 days annual holiday in addition to statutory bank holidays.
• Holiday Buy and Sell scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme.
• Generous contractual sick pay scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Sports & Social Club