FMCG Exec
New Product Development Manager
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New Product Development Manager
New Product Development (NPD) Manager – FMCG Brand Growth Opportunity
Join a groundbreaking journey with a globally recognised FMCG brand at a transformative stage—where bold ideas shape the future and high-impact work is at your fingertips.
With a focus on innovation, brand growth, and customer-driven solutions, this role offers the chance to:
- Lead cross-functional teams and amplify the brand’s market influence
- Develop commercial, compliant, and consumer-resonant products from concept to launch
- Combine global strategy with local expertise to drive elite product development across UK and international channels
About the Role
As NPD Manager, you will be the strategic architect and execution lead for the brand’s future product pipeline. Sitting at the core of their UK business, your responsibilities include:
- Ownership of the NPD pipeline: From ideation to customer-facing launch, ensuring every product is innovative, compliant, and aligned with market demands.
- Collaboration across functions: Work closely with global stakeholders, commercial, category, compliance, marketing, sales, and external partners to deliver exceptional results.
- ** перевод trend insights and technical expertise into market-compelling products**. Your decisions shape what consumers love—and what drives revenue growth.
- Autonomy, visibility, and visibility: Attain high-impact influence with flexibility in working locations (hybrid model: circa 3 days per week at HQ).
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Your Success Checklist
To excel in this role, you should:
- Proven track record: Successfully operated in an NPD role within FMCG, delivering high-performing product launches across UK and global markets.
- Curiosity & drive: A mindset obsessed with learning, adapting swiftly and taking calculated risks—you welcome challenges as growth opportunities.
- Market savvy: Deep understanding of UK and international food regulations, compliance, and supply chains.
- Agility & urgency: You know when to act decisively—but also when to evaluate carefully—balancing momentum with precision.
- Innovation mindset: Fearlessly champion new ideas, disrupt traditional methods, and pioneer forward-thinking products.
- Project leadership: Hone your stakeholder management and ability to align diverse teams toward a common goal.
- Business acumen: Proven skills in shaping commercially successful products—where product = profit.
- Professional background: Degree-qualified or equivalent.
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Why This Role Stands Out
- Make a mark from day one: Help define the brand’s next chapter as an NPD leader.
- "Get noticed" culture: A fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment rewards passion, hustle, and creativity.
- Professional growth: Unleash capabilities in leadership, strategy, and commercial execution.
- Impactful rewards package: Base salary up to £60,000 plus benefits.
Apply now. Stand ready to shape a future—but set the pace while doing it!
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