Senior Product Development Manager

ROLE PURPOSE: Leadership of an End-to-end R&D team & programme for part of a core Segment. Leads a single or multi-site team of developers, accountable for co-creation of strategy, innovation pipeline & end-to-end delivery (concept to production) of the R&D programme (NPD, EPD, F4G, ...), in Nomad factories and at selected copackers within agreed budget & timescale. Influential business partner with senior colleagues in Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain & Procurement.

BUSINESS IMPACT: Accountable for shaping & leading the strategy development within their MWBs & for driving the end-to-end R&D work programme to ensure delivery of a validated pipeline that delivers the MWB growth & renovation targets. Accountable for growing & maintaining their existing portfolio ensuring efficient R&D implementation of product & process changes impacting multiple MWBs &/or Growth Platforms (in-house & copack) including compliance with Nomad policies & procedures. Promotes consumer-led design & design for manufacture to ensure products are efficiently commercialised, meet consumer needs & are superior to the competition. Identifies & implements opportunities for savings, simplification & quality improvement. Accountable for safe & hygienic ways of working within their factory-based teams.

Responsibilities

Functional Leadership

Influence & impact on innovation strategy

Validated innovation pipeline to deliver growth targets for their MWBs &/or GPs

Regulatory & policy compliance of portfolio

Pro-active in identifying cost saving & simplification opportunities

Excellent technical execution & knowledge capture

Impact & influence re supply chain decisions impacting product attributes & claims

Effective business partnership

Continuous improvement

People Leadership

Builds a performance culture

Develop future leaders and nurture technical talent

Maintain & develop relevant expertise

Builds inclusive and diverse teams

Drives sustainable engagement in teams

Strong networks and proven leadership outside RDQ

Governance

Accurate & informative input to gate documents

Resource deployment based on priorities

RDQ input to facilitate manufacturing & sourcing decisions

Be able to prioritise resource vs business needs

Design Leadership

Deep understanding of consumer needs (KCA & KPA translation) & preferences across multiple markets

Good understanding of relevant supply chains & technologies

Product & pack strategies for key products in their portfolio to ensure they remain relevant and maintain competitive advantage

Superior products with strong claims & relevant points of difference

Operational Leadership

On time, in full execution of the technical programme

Delivery of programme within budget

Contingency planning to ensure no gap to plan

Continuous development of RDQ capability & facilities in line with business needs

Adoption & sharing of best practice within teams

Qualifications

Technical qualifications degree level, or equivalent

Experience within FMCG in a technical role

People and programme leadership with evidence of successful delivery

Regular Full-Time