Product and Packaging Developement Manager

Your challenge:

Famous for our black & white cow packaging you have a great act to follow as our Product & Packaging Development Manager. A key member of our Commercial Team you will be responsible for driving forward opportunities in new product and packaging for both our existing and new product range. Your challenge will be to manage the on-time delivery of new product and packaging projects, working with multidiscipline teams to ensure project plans and critical paths are documented and accurate.

You will:

• Project manage products through the NPD process, working closely with different  departments, third party suppliers and individuals internally and externally to deliver  products that meet key commercial, quality and production parameters
• Assume responsibility for customer product and packaging development  opportunities, take opportunities to customers identified through category insight  and manage product & packaging development briefs issued by customers
• Work with the Category and Marketing Teams to develop opportunities within the  flavoured milk category and develop opportunities in packaging and product  development within our Extended Shelf Life milk range – branded and own label

Key skills & experience:

We’re looking for a keenly commercial individual with the ability to ‘think outside the box’ and come up with creative and business viable solutions to product and packaging challenges. Ideally you will have experience in a similar role or in an operational marketing role, but more importantly you must be:

• Degree level educated with strong project management and communication skills
• Able to manage a wide portfolio of projects with a range of different priorities and  deadlines
• Able to work just as well in a team as under your own initiative
  
Who could refuse a chance to help continuously improve packaging and presentation of our delicious products? Certainly not you, if you’re the kind of Product & Packaging Development Manager we’re looking for.

If you would like to apply for the role send you CV to liz.neilson@muller-wiseman.co.uk

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