Product Development Manager

Rockfield Specialist Recruitment; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Product Development Manager for a fixed-term contract in Basingstoke, UK. The successful candidate will lead a team focused on complex new product development projects at a global FMCG manufacturer. Key responsibilities include providing technical leadership, ensuring consumer-led product solutions, and managing stakeholder relations. Candidates should possess a solid background in food manufacturing and demonstrate strong project management capabilities. This role offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• Background in food manufacturing is essential.
• Line management experience is required.
• Sound technical knowledge of ingredients and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a product development team and complex NPD projects.
• Provide technical leadership and governance.
• Ensure robust product solutions and validate approaches.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and suppliers.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Technical understanding of ingredients

Numeracy for trend analysis

Job description

Product Development Manager, Fixed Term Contract (12 Months)

Competitive salary and excellent benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast growing and evolving global FMCG manufacturer as a product development manager, managing the pipeline of concept-to-launch product development, working at the forefront of food technology and sustainability, developing new products and driving innovation and excellence for a range of market-leading global consumer products.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading a product development team and a portfolio of complex NPD and innovation projects
• Technical leadership, governance and management within the product development team, ensuring product solutions are consumer led and robustly validated
• Project delivery and technical guidance to influence technical feasibility, approach and timeline of projects
• Forging strong and effective relationships with a network of technical and non-technical stakeholders, both internally and with suppliers.

About you

You will have a background in food manufacturing, line management experience and a sound technical understanding of ingredients - experience of powder-manufacturing processes would be highly desirable - new process technologies and hands-on management of multiple projects. You will also have a high level of numeracy in order to interpret trend analysis and consumer insights, with some knowledge of statistical tools for analysing data.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual looking to further their career. If you are interested and have a proven track record of success, we would like to hear from you. Please call Camilla Clark at Rockfield Specialist Recruitment or apply now, with your CV, on-line.

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