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New Product Development Manager

  • Location: St Albans

Posted about 3 years ago

  • Contact: Sophie Brocklebank-Fowler
  • Contact Email: SophieBrocklebank-Fowler@betterplaced.com
  • Contact Phone: 0203 178 4681
  • Expiry Date: 20 February 2021
  • Referral: Yes - £200 for a successful referral
  • Job Ref: SBF/8473

 Fab opportunity to join a health and beauty business and help them develop new products! They are looking for FMCG experience, health and beauty experience would be a preference. They are a small team so being pro-active, hands-on and positive is super important for the right culture fit!

 

Job purpose & Main duties:

- Project manage own product ranges.

- Help implement NPD & product change initiatives (new product launches, product improvements, product value engineering etc.)

- Participate in brainstorming for new products/brands with other Team Members

- Prepare detailed product briefs for vendors ensuring they have all the necessary information to provide accurate quotations in a timely manner

 - Obtain and negotiate cost prices and MOQ's with vendors collating quotations into summary comparison sheets for easy review and tracking

- Create and maintain critical paths for each of your project and liase with the relevant departments on these

 - Day to day account management with suppliers building strong relationships to ensure speed to market of projects

 - Visit far east suppliers and attending trade shows to source product, manage projects etc

- Work closely with Sales & Supply Chain to ensure projects are delivered on time and in line with customer expectations

- Assist with product approvals through licensor systems if/when necessary.

- Prepare brand presentation and any other marketing material/copy such as mood boards, brochures, leaflets etc.

- Help briefing or making mock-ups / sales samples etc.

- Arrange and distribute Pre-production, production and sales samples.

- Proof read and approve artwork

- Maintain regular store audit reports by carrying out market reviews and monitoring competitor activity.

General

- Manage product library & product photography.

- Manage fragrance/Formulation libraries as well as fragrance pyramids.

- Update range sheets

- Update price lists

- Other ad-hoc duties as required to ensure smooth running of PD such as despatching samples etc.