Senior Process Development Lead for NPD & Launch

Greencore; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Holidays

Pension contributions (matched)

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore Bow is seeking a driven NPD/PD project professional to lead fast-moving development of new products from concept through launch. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to meet timing, quality and financial targets.

The role covers project management of PD activity, customer insight, concept testing, feasibility and coaching the team to deliver on schedule. A food-related degree is preferred, with experience in food manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering high quality, sustainable, commercial products.
• Ability to lead multiple projects and prioritise own and others' focus.
• Good understanding of food manufacturing principles demonstrated through feasibility of proposals.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities.
• Shows customer service values and is well respected by customers as a food authority.
• Desired: food related degree.

Responsibilities

• Manage all customer and category PD activity to meet the critical path and launch dates.
• Input product knowledge and customer insight to align with requirements and financial targets.
• Introduce, refine and test new product concepts for feasibility, sustainability and targets.
• Lead feasibility meetings and keep site teams informed of updates and actions.
• Lead the PD team through implementation, tracking progress and solving scale-up issues.
• Custodian of product quality and margin targets.
• Build and maintain customer relationships as the dedicated contact.
• Stakeholder management with operational peers to enable collaborative delivery of the NPD agenda.
• Develop team capability through task-focused coaching.

Skills

Product development

Project management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Customer insights

Education

Food-related degree

Job description

Greencore Bow is seeking a driven NPD/PD project professional to lead fast-moving development of new products from concept through launch. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to meet timing, quality and financial targets.

The role covers project management of PD activity, customer insight, concept testing, feasibility and coaching the team to deliver on schedule. A food-related degree is preferred, with experience in food manufacturing.