Senior Product Manager – 6970

London
£negotiable
Permanent
Ref: 6970

The Company

This food brand is on a mission to transform consumers lives with delicious and nutritious food without any compromise on taste or convenience. As a challenger brand they have already made waves in the industry with their innovation along with their stance on quality and sustainability. They are entering an exciting growth phase and are looking for an ambitious Senior NPD Manager to deliver their product strategy.

The role is based at their London HQ (2 to 3 days) with travel to UK manufacturing partners and a start date of late June / early July.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Brand, you will lead the product function with autonomy and accountability, owning the end-to-end product pipeline and delivering NPD and EPD initiatives that drive business growth and strengthen brand positioning.

You will proactively own and manage critical paths and the wider product portfolio, driving cross-functional engagement throughout the process. You’ll deliver the Product Vision and Strategy to ensure that products are not only successful but fully align with the brands’ commitment to taste, health, and sustainability.

Developing and fostering exceptional relationships with manufacturing partners UK is pivotal to the success of delivering the NPD & EPD strategy. Within this role you will act as the strategic link between internal stakeholders and co-manufacturing partners, leading the development, scale-up and launch of products to meet the commercial, brand, and quality objectives.

The Person

To make an impact in this role you’ll be highly skilled at creating and launching outstanding products within Food to Go categories. Being creative, organised, and logical, you will bring clarity to the food function, using previous food manufacturing experience to confidently find solutions and develop ideas which support the brand expansion across new product sectors.

As a real foodie you will be innovative in your approach to NPD whilst also being process driven and commercially aware, to drive long and short-term projects with a clear brand and consumer agenda. You enjoy working at pace and thrive in a cross-functional capacity where you are highly adept at influencing to achieve results.

You will have excellent communication skills and can inspire those around you to achieve unrivalled success in a very competitive marketplace. Naturally, you’ll be at ease demonstrating how your experience and personal attributes have netted significant results throughout your career and now make you a shining prospect for this ambitious food brand.

If you’re ready to go on an exciting new venture with a people and product focussed business, then please apply or call Dhrutee on 0345 2600 737 or 07700 137 110 for more information.

Ref: 6970

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Also, please note that we are only able to accept and respond to applications from candidates with eligibility to work in the UK and those who hold valid work visas.

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Blue Spark have been a completely different experience. Dhrutee genuinely cares, investing the time and energy to get to know the sorts of role I was searching for and importantly the reasons why. She has an enviable network across the industry and deep intuition about people which means the fit was perfect. I couldn't recommend Blue Spark highly enough and look forward to partnering for years to come. Thankyou!

Working with Blue Spark was a game changer for our team, their expertise and dedication finding the right talent transformed our team. Blue spark delivers excellence in recruitment, they swiftly found us the right candidate with a perfect fit for our team.

Working with Dhrutee is a pleasure, her industry knowledge is second to none, she always has her finger on the pulse and will offer advice when asked. I have always found Dhrutee to be professional, passionate and discrete she genuinely cares about both her candidate and her client. I would strongly recommend speaking to Dhrutee whether you are looking for your next opportunity or looking to add talent to your team.

The Blue Spark team offered a fantastic experience by guiding me through my work options based on my background which they had deep expertise in. They were kind and friendly over the phone, and listened well to my requests to ultimately help me understand what sort of roles I should be aiming for. They followed up the conversation with an email with all the points we discussed together over the phone and guidance for my next steps. This approach helped bring clarity and confidence to my decisions going forward.

Blue Spark are brilliant! They listen well to what’s needed and use their great insights into people and businesses to really match the right people to the right roles. I have worked with Dhrutee who is always friendly, has great strengths in filtering to the heart of what’s wanted (skills & character) and always gives “spot on” recommendations that make sense. I would highly recommend if you are either recruiting for NPD / Innovation roles or looking for a new role as a candidate; especially if you prefer an easy journey that feels positive throughout with no time wasted at any point.

Dhrutee and the team at Blue Spark are wonderful, they always make sure candidates are kept in the loop and provide feedback at all stages of the interview process, with complete honesty and transparency. They are truly one of the best recruitment agencies I have come across in my years of experience.

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