Senior Product Development Manager

Chaberton Professionals; Roma; In loco; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Product Development Manager in Rome, Italy. The role involves leading an R&D team, managing innovation strategies, and ensuring successful delivery of projects. The ideal candidate should have FMCG experience and strong leadership skills. This position offers opportunities to influence product strategy within the renowned food industry.

Competenze

• Experience leading an R&D team and programme.
• Successful delivery of innovation strategy and growth targets.

Mansioni

• Lead an end-to-end R&D team and programme.
• Manage innovation strategy for core segment products.
• Deliver technical programmes on time and within budget.

Conoscenze

Experience within FMCG in a technical role

People and programme leadership

Descrizione del lavoro

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Chaberton Professionals, a division of Chaberton Partners dedicated to the search and selection of Middle and Top Management profiles, is currently seeking a Senior Product Development Manager for one of the most renowned and well-known brands in the Italian food industry.

Leadership of an End-to-end R&D team & programme for part of a core Segment. Leads a single or multi-site team of developers, accountable for co‑creation of strategy, innovation pipeline & end‑to‑end delivery (concept to production) of the R&D programme and at selected copackers within agreed budget & timescale. Influential business partner with senior colleagues in Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain & Procurement.

Responsibilities

Functional Leadership

• Influence & impact on innovation strategy
• Validated innovation pipeline to deliver growth targets for their MWBs &/or GPs
• Regulatory & policy compliance of portfolio
• Pro‑active in identifying cost saving & simplification opportunities
• Excellent technical execution & knowledge capture
• Impact & influence re supply chain decisions impacting product attributes & claims
• Effective business partnership
• Builds a performance culture
• Develop future leaders and nurture technical talent
• Builds inclusive and diverse teams
• Drives sustainable engagement in teams
• Strong networks and proven leadership outside RDQ

Governance

• Accurate & informative input to gate documents
• Resource deployment based on priorities
• RDQ input to facilitate manufacturing & sourcing decisions
• Be able to prioritise resource vs business needs
• Deep understanding of consumer needs (KCA & KPA translation) & preferences across multiple markets
• Good understanding of relevant supply chains & technologies
• Product & pack strategies for key products in their portfolio to ensure they remain relevant and maintain competitive advantage
• Superior products with strong claims & relevant points of difference

Operational Leadership

• On time, in full execution of the technical programme
• Delivery of programme within budget
• Contingency planning to ensure no gap to plan
• Continuous development of RDQ capability & facilities in line with business needs
• Adoption & sharing of best practice within teams

Qualifications

• Experience within FMCG in a technical role
• People and programme leadership with evidence of successful delivery

Based to 45 km from Rome, Italy.