New Product Innovation Lead
2 days ago
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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