We have an exciting opportunity to join the Pilgrims Europe Product & Innovation Team with a vacancy we now have for an “NPD Projects & Systems Manager” that will sit within the NPD Governance & Systems Team.
Reporting into the Head of NPD Governance & working alongside an additional NPD Projects & P74 Systems Manager this is a unique and exciting role that will offer the opportunity to help shape and drive our roadmap for delivering alignment, consistency & one way of working for the P&I team as well as the wider business. Whilst this role sits within the governance team, the role will be required to interact with the wider P&I team as well as multiple stakeholders outside of the P&I function on a daily basis, therefore giving a fantastic opportunity for growth & breadth within role & the chance to be part of challenging what & how we do things to drive positive change!
Key areas of responsibility include (but not limited to):
- Key player in the NPD Governance team to deliver a “one way of working approach” for Pilgrims Europe through a robust Stage & Gate process. This will require collaboration & influencing skills across multiple stakeholders on a daily basis.
- Management & ownership of P74, supporting the smooth running of software across all sites & identifying opportunities for consistency & alignment.
- Be the point of contact for P74 & build relationships to support a collaborative way of working to manage & implement system changes we require as well as BAU maintenance
- Ownership of multiple data sources to facilitate monthly reporting for the functional KPI reporting metrics & financial performance – feeding into 1 monthly dashboard for Exec reporting
- Project management & headline reporting of all new product launches, providing regular updates to P&I leadership team.
- Ownership of a quarterly communication tool for all new launch's across the P&I Teams (Launch Pad)
- Tracking and facilitation of industry product award submissions across the group function, feeding into internal communications team.
- Owning all documents relating to ways of working, ensuring all versions are controlled and issued effectively across total function.
- Ensure that systems & ways of working adhere to relevant legislation i.e. health, allergens, salt targets and meets customer brand standards as required.
- Ensuring compliance across our ways of working are aligned to Sustainability targets, responsible sourcing policies & code of practice.
- Support to align ways of working across private label & brand, ensuring brand standards are adhered to.
- Working closely with central procurement, support on leading out cost out initiatives across group, reporting on projects & savings.
- Support proactive management of SKU & recipe rationalisation, helping to identify and track CI & cost saving initiatives.
This role could be suitable for someone with a food manufacturing/development background that have an interest and a degree of knowledge for the development process & what is involved through each of the stages from concept through to launch with a passion for driving consistency & alignment across multiple sites and multiple categories. A great opportunity for anyone that wants to drive positive change.
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