Job Ref: 214495601

Date: 2021-08-23 16:27:23

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INTERIM Project  Manager – Category Marketing  / NPD

Contract

Salary    £(Apply online only) per day + Expenses

We have  interim contract requirements for a Project  Managers and PMO style Project Leaders with a day rate of £350 – £450 per day plus expenses if required

This role reports to the Head of Marketing

Minimum length of 3  – 6 months.

In and Outside Scope considered

FMCG manufacturing business
 To  lead a best-in-class programme management process which drives and tracks all NPD / EPD, delivered within scope, time and budget. To lead and managed EPD/NPD Projects  

The client is looking to break through into their next stage of growth through product  innovation pipeline. This role is all about driving that innovation pipeline to take them through that next phase of growth.

Your sole job is to execute all projects and lead team to delivery on time in full

Understanding of production, capability and impact of capability on any innovation.
Create critical paths which identify and sequence the activities needed to successfully complete the projects.
Monitor and track programme status on an ongoing basis
Facilitate information sharing, decision making and useability.
We are searching for a focused and diligent project leader to join our team and take the lead on delivering a comprehensive project management process and plan – crosses NPD , brand , marketing technical , commercial and NPD!
You don’t have to have product knowledge but you have to have a very strong PM skill set
Responsibility for creating trackers, keeping track of actions, confidence to challenge stakeholders at senior level to keep things on track/on time
Looking at dashboard, chasing for updates
Manage cbranded projects and double this in private label
All have to go through product development, line trials, legal tests, all stage and gate process
Implement process, continue to improve it
Fixing plan if we are going to miss it/ highlight way before it happens
Is this you?

Qualified Project leader  / practitioner
PM in marketing and category NPD background
FMCG Background – Food, Pharma etc
NPD/EPD , FMCG Category and Commercial PM skills/experience
Ability to lead teams to achieve product launch objectives
Managed projects through full life cycle in FMCG

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