Innovation & NPD Manager
- Employer
- Advocate Group
- Location
- Wirral
- Salary
- £55000 - £65000 per annum
- Closing date
- 26 Apr 2018
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Marketing
Job Details
Location: North West
Sector/Industry: FMCG
Job reference: VAC-24042
Are you looking to be part of a global leading FMCG business? Somewhere you can lead change and innovate with full support of the Board and Directors? Somewhere where you can achieve real success, make an impact and develop your career? If that interests you, please read on!
The company:
Based in the North West, my Branded FMCG client is well known in their field and experiencing a period of change, with innovation and NPD at the forefront of their strategy. They have created the new role for an Innovation and NPD Manager to really advance the business goals by leading the exploration of a long term innovation pipeline.
The role:
- To develop selected projects to an agreed stage to reinvigorate product ranges and pursue growth opportunities across FMCG categories
- Lead the NPD system management and Project Management team driving improvements
- Develop a Project Plan with defined milestones and report progress
- Define and shape projects to an agreed stage backed by clear rationale
- Identify and rationalise innovation opportunities over a 2-5 year horizon
- Ideation, development, testing and review of innovation concepts
- Conceptualise opportunities aligned with identified themes and need states
- Coordination across multidisciplinary teams and communication with stakeholders at all levels
- Management of projects with key agencies and suppliers
- Staff management of 4 direct reports
The successful candidate:
- Have demonstrable experience within a NPD/innovation environment, having successfully brought innovation from concept to market
- Experience of managing a team
- Demonstrable experience of Project management and managing a NPD process
- Be brand and design literate & possess a real passion for creativity and innovation
- Have experience of agency selection, briefing and management
- Be someone who has strong gravitas, confidence and commercially astute
To apply directly please send a copy of your CV to kathryn.p.a4lkbc5j7q6n@advocate-group.aptrack.co.uk or alternatively please apply via the link below.
Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 3 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.
Please note The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency & business.
Company
We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.
As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function.
Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists.
Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.
What Do We Offer?
- 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.
That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.
- 96% employee retention.
Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.
- 92% right-first-time shortlists.
Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.
- 28 days average time to hire.
From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.
Our Recruitment Solutions:
Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping
Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:
📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Website
- http://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0333 772 7200
- Location
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The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB
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