Global Head of NPD Project Management
2 weeks ago
We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Project Director to lead our New Product Development (NPD) project management team. As the Global Head of NPD Project Management, you will be responsible for delivering a complex portfolio of projects for global launch, ensuring that all products are launched on time and meet financial and quality targets.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the Project Management team to successfully deliver a complex portfolio of projects for global launch, ensuring that all products are launched on time and meet financial and quality targets.
- Scope includes end-to-end project management for the full NPD/Innovation Pipeline and a broader range of EPD and regulatory compliance projects.
- Build and strengthen end-to-end Project Management capability, managing and coaching a team of 2 direct reports and ensuring that all project management processes and ways-of-working are effective, efficient and fit-for-purpose.
- Own and Lead the Stage Gate Process, ensuring the process itself is optimised to deliver the business needs and leading effective monthly meetings with senior stakeholders to ensure projects progress through the funnel.
- Partner with key multi-functional team members to ensure Stage Gate documentation is completed and shared in full ahead of meetings to ensure effective meetings.
- Own Innovation Portfolio KPI Dashboards, trackers and risk registers, ensuring any risks are appropriately escalated to leadership and under-pinned by mitigation plans.
- Lead and own the end-to-end project timelines, collaborating with key functions including Innovation Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Regulatory and Quality to ensure projects move at pace according to these timelines.
- Lead weekly multi-functional NPD meetings to ensure multi-functional alignment on priorities and next steps and collaborating to drive on-time delivery of actions.
- Use strong supply chain, product development and manufacturing knowledge to identify opportunities to optimise the overall project delivery and to identify and facilitate solutions to any identified risks and challenges.
- Ensure market requirements, regulatory complexities and nuances are built into all plans and timelines.
- Ensure all Change Controls are raised accurately and managed to completion.
- Minimum 8 years in a project management leadership role managing and delivering a complex portfolio of NPD projects.
- Experience in FMCG, Food Supplements or a regulated product category. Must have experience delivering physical products (i.e. not just services, software...).
- Experience of leading project management teams and building end-to-end project management capability.
- Experience of leading Stage Gate processes and creating/owning Innovation Portfolio KPI dashboards.
- Experience in managing multi-market/regional/global projects.
- A strong understanding of what it takes to create and launch new products including understanding operations and supply chain and the inter-connectivity of all different functions.
- An agile and flexible mindset and approach – focused on finding solutions to challenges.
- Ability to create clear plans from ambiguity and manage uncertainty.
- A track-record of delivering complex projects through collaborative teamwork.
- Strong communication skills – ability to communicate effectively across levels and functions.
- A proactive approach and excellent attention to detail.
- Good knowledge of MS project and Excel.
- Experience of managing projects with both internal and 3rd party supply chains preferred.
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