Holland & Barrett
Head of Product Development
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Location: Nuneaton or London – Hybrid
Function: Global Product Development
Contract: Full time, Permanent
About The Role
We're looking for an experienced Head of Product Development to lead the delivery of Holland & Barrett's Own Brand product development pipeline across supplements, food, active nutrition and beauty.
Working closely with the Director of NPD, you'll turn customer needs, science, trends and market insight into differentiated products that strengthen our brand and deliver strong commercial results. You'll lead a high-performing team and work across Product, Science, Product Integrity, Commercial, Sourcing, Marketing and Design to bring innovation to market at pace.
What You'll Be Doing
- Support the Director of NPD in shaping and delivering our global Own Brand product development strategy and 3–5 year innovation pipeline.
- Lead end-to-end NPD delivery, from concept through to launch, ensuring projects meet agreed timelines, budgets, quality standards and commercial targets.
- Translate customer, market and scientific insight into compelling product propositions with clear differentiation and a strong reason to choose H&B.
- Help shape our long-term Own Brand portfolio and range architecture, ensuring products have a clear customer role and strengthen the overall brand.
- Partner with Science and Product Integrity to ensure products are credible, efficacious and developed to the required quality and formulation standards.
- Work cross-functionally with Commercial, Sourcing, Marketing, Design and international teams to align priorities, manage risks and maintain delivery pace.
- Build strong relationships with suppliers, manufacturers and external innovation partners to unlock new ingredients, formats, technologies and manufacturing capabilities.
- Ensure products are developed with global scalability in mind, balancing H&B standards with local customer, regulatory and market requirements.
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Product Development team, creating a culture of accountability, curiosity, pace and creativity.
- Drive continuous improvement across product development processes and ways of working, while keeping close to health and wellness trends, competitors and the wider product landscape.
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What You'll Bring
- Significant experience in retail, FMCG, brand or consumer product development, including Own Brand or product innovation.
- Proven experience leading and developing high-performing Product Development teams.
- Experience leading complex, multi-category NPD programmes from strategy and concept through to launch.
- A strong track record of creating differentiated, commercially successful products driven by clear customer needs.
- Strong commercial acumen, including experience across sales, margin, cost management and investment decisions.
- Strong understanding of product development critical paths, supplier management and manufacturing.
- Experience in a regulated or quality-led environment is highly desirable, particularly across health, wellness, supplements, food, active nutrition or beauty.
- Strong senior stakeholder influencing skills, sound judgement and the ability to bring clarity and pace to complex situations.
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Why Holland & Barrett?
This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of one of the UK's best-known health and wellness brands, with the scale and ambition to make a real difference to our Own Brand portfolio and customer experience.
Holland and Barrett is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diverse perspectives and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. We understand that when our colleagues are listened to, respected and valued for who they are, we build an organisation with belonging at its heart – making health and wellness a way of life for everyone.
Holland & Barrett does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Please do not forward resumes to our job alias, employees, or any other company location. Holland & Barrett is not and will not be responsible for any fees if a candidate submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless otherwise agreed with respect to specific open position(s).
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