Project Coordinator - Commercial Pipeline & Innovation

Grouper Technology; Aylesford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Cash Plan

Subsidised gym membership

Discretionary bonus

Flexible pay with Aslan

Job summary

Prinova in Aylesford, Kent is seeking a Project Coordinator to manage the Commercial Pipeline & Innovation. The role coordinates opportunities across Commercial, Product Development and other functions, providing governance, reporting and analysis to support decision-making.

You will also support Innovation and New Product Development activities, with a focus on data integrity, gate progression and timely reporting to leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG, ingredients, food manufacturing or related industries.
• Experience managing data and reporting within business systems.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Power BI skills; Salesforce experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Input, manage and maintain manufacturing opportunities in Salesforce across Premixes, Flavoured Blends, and Contract Manufacturing.
• Monitor opportunities through defined gate stages and ensure necessary actions and information are completed.
• Produce monthly pipeline reports and maintain dashboards; analyze pipeline performance.
• Act as a key contact between Commercial teams, Product Development and Innovation Project Lead; coordinate stakeholders.
• Support improvements to opportunity management processes and reporting; provide cover for key activities.

Skills

Power BI

Advanced Excel

Salesforce

Project management

Data analysis

Stakeholder coordination

Tools

Salesforce

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Project Coordinator - Commercial Pipeline & Innovation

8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday

Full-time, Permanent

Aylesford, Kent

Unlock your potential with Prinova

We are Prinova, a leading global supplier of ingredients and premix manufacturing solutions and trusted by the world’s best-known food, beverage, and nutrition brands.

Part of the NAGASE Group, our expertise lies in Ingredient Distribution, Manufacturing Solutions, and Customized Services. Our global network of colleagues, located in offices and manufacturing facilities around the world, deliver sustainable value-added solutions to our customers. We are recognized for our deep expertise, commitment to excellence, and bold innovation which have earned us a strong reputation as a trusted industry leader.

Wherever your career is headed, you’ll find direction, opportunity, and belonging with us.

What does a Project Coordinator - Commercial Pipeline & Innovation mean at Prinova?

As our Project Coorsinator for Commerical Pipeline & Innovation, you will be responasible coordinating and maintaining the commercial opportunity pipeline, ensuring opportunities are accurately recorded, effectively progressed through defined gate processes, and reported in a timely and consistent manner.

You will act as a central point of coordination between Commercial, Product Development and other business functions, maintaining visibility of opportunities, supporting governance processes, and providing reporting and analysis to support decision-making.

You will also have the opportunity to support Innovation and New Product Development activities.

What's in it for you?

• Personal growth including training and development opportunities
• Health Cash Plan
• Subsidised gym membership
• Discretionary bonus
• Access to flexible pay with Aslan

What to expect?

Salesforce Opportunity Management

• Input, manage and maintain all manufacturing opportunities within Salesforce across Premixes, Flavoured Blends, and Contract Manufacturing
• Ensure all opportunities are entered accurately and contain complete information.
• Liaise with Commercial Leads to obtain, validate and update opportunity information.
• Maintain data integrity, consistency and quality across the opportunity pipeline.
• Conduct regular reviews to ensure records remain current and accurate.

Opportunity & Gate Process Coordination

• Monitor opportunities through defined gate stages.
• Ensure actions, approvals and required information are completed at each stage.
• Identify and highlight overdue actions, missing information and potential risks.
• Follow up with relevant stakeholders to maintain opportunity progression.
• Escalate bottlenecks and delays to Commercial Leads and the Innovation Project Lead where appropriate.
• Maintain gate records and supporting documentation

Reporting & Analysis

• 
  Produce monthly pipeline reports for SLT, Regional Managers and Commercial stakeholders.
• Maintain reporting dashboards and pipeline summaries.
• Analyse pipeline performance by customer, opportunity stage, value/ volume and launch date.
• Identify trends, risks, gaps and opportunities within the commercial pipeline.
• Support the development and enhancement of Power BI reporting tools.
• Support the tracking and reporting of Product Development and formulation resource utilisation by customer and opportunity.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Act as a key point of contact between Commercial teams, Product Development, the Innovation Project Lead, and external partners where required.
• Facilitate communication across departments involved in opportunity progression.
• Ensure stakeholders remain informed of project status, actions and dependencies.
• Support cross-functional collaboration and issue resolution.

Continuous Improvement & Team Support

• • Support improvements to opportunity management processes and reporting.
  • Assist in the development of pipeline governance tools and dashboards.
  • Provide cover for key opportunity management and reporting activities when required.
  • Support wider Innovation and business improvement initiatives.

Does this sound like you?

• Experience within FMCG, ingredients, food manuafcturing or related industries
• Experience managing data and reporting within business systems
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong organisational and coordination skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Previous experience with Salesforce (desirable)
• Power BI experience (desirable)
• Project Management experience or qualifications (desirable)

If you have any further questions please email us for an informal chat: [e-mail]