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Head of Innovation - Skincare

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
Nottingham
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
22 Jul 2019

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Marketing

Job Details



Head of Innovation - Skin Care
  • Nottingham
  • Flexible working
  • Great package


A leading FMCG business are looking for a Head of Innovation, for a high profile, impactful role.

If you passionate about innovation and have a successful track record of leading complex brand launches / NPD programmes you need to keep reading!

This incredible role will own the delivery of the Skincare product portfolio, with a customer first approach.
You will be accountable for managing a large product portfolio of multiple brands, over full lifecycle (NPD, Innovation delivery, EPD).

A strong technical background will be highly advantageous, preferable from an FMCG or retail environment with a deep knowledge of the skincare or health & beauty markets.

If you are excited about owning NPD launch plans, from end to end product delivery, you don't need to look any further….

Enough about basics, what about you…
  • High energy, confident, adaptable and passion
  • This is an innovative and exciting company who own multiple brands and looking to make big waves you have to be able to reflect the Brands personality.
  • Strong understanding across brand commercial and supply chain
  • A real passion for product delivery!
  • You will be a character who is results driven, a people person and a natural influencer - charismatic maybe…


Key Responsibilities:
  • You will be accountable for the end-to-end product delivery. The face of product delivery, providing input to craft and shape the brief. Ensuring that product is appropriately specified and driving all aspects of technical delivery to meet brand/customer needs, business deliverables (time, cost, quality). You will also ensure legislative compliance and appropriate risk management.
  • Technical leadership of all product delivery activities internally and with the supplier base to ensure that a portfolio of product solutions is in place to meet NPD needs for all brands
  • You will ensure globally applicable processes and procedures are embedded and the team has the skills and knowledge to ensure robust product delivery.
  • Ensures the health & governance of the total project portfolio. Engages the organization and supplier base to deliver all plans globally.
  • Ensures all appropriate product delivery resources are available to support category 3YP and proposes/facilitates project prioritization/phasing to maximize resource efficiencies within the category.




Company

With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.

In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.

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