New Product Innovation Lead

2 days ago


Caerphilly, United Kingdom Gap Personnel - Cardiff Full time
Job Title: New Product Innovation Lead

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced New Product Innovation Lead to join our team at Gap Personnel in Cardiff. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for driving innovation and developing new products that meet customer needs.

Your Key Responsibilities:

  • Aid defining the range strategy to ensure we strengthen the value proposition.
  • Develop and implement a strategic approach to product innovation, focusing on identifying new opportunities and developing innovative products.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to develop and launch new products, ensuring they meet customer needs and are commercially viable.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify market trends and customer needs, informing product development decisions.
  • Manage the product development process, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery of new products.
  • Present new product ideas for assessment along with feasibility costings.
  • Direct briefing and liaison with overseas factories. Teams calls and in-person if deemed appropriate.
  • Ensure all new products meet quality, technical, and production requirements.
  • Drafting and signing off specifications in line with the new products being developed.
  • Work with the Purchasing team to firm up costings and liaison with factories.
  • Brainstorm new ideas to meet customer requirements.
  • Study customer requirements to develop new ideas.
  • Competitive set and benchmarking analysis with presentations to the internal team with proposals.
  • Sampling requirements with factories to meet concepts briefed.
  • Undertake trials and assist customers in achieving successful technical performance.
  • Ensure all products are fully compliant and legal including FSC, EUTR, etc.
  • Sign off samples requirements and hand over to the Quality team to ensure compliance to specifications.
  • Manage sample requirement to meet photography, development sign-off, internal launch, and play a hand in first-off gold seal sign-off.
  • Work with the Quality Manager and undertake risk analysis with FMEA and other such tools.
  • Determine which product features should be highlighted, ensuring that product features in scope are ready for development and carrying out acceptance tests on developed features.

Requirements:

  • Creative thinking skills.
  • Project management skills.
  • Facilitation skills.
  • Research skills.
  • Product knowledge.
  • Great communicator for all levels, across cultures, and can sell the product vision and benefits.
  • Negotiations, influencing, and persuasion skills.
  • Commercial skills (costing and numerate).

About You:

You will have experience in product development, preferably in a leadership role, and a proven track record of delivering successful product launches. You will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Salary: £40k-£45k DOE.

About Us

We are Gap Personnel, a leading recruitment agency based in Cardiff. We specialize in providing high-quality temporary and permanent staffing solutions to businesses across various industries.

Our Values:

  • Customer satisfaction.
  • Quality service.
  • Professionalism.

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