Senior Manager, New Product Development (Dr. Dennis Gross)

Job Summary:

Responsible for leading the launch activities for a category within a brand by developing and executing launch projects to deliver all programs OTIF. Collaborates with all cross-functional team members to ensure that all necessary learning, qualification, and execution activities of new products are completed in support of a successful launch. A Senior Manager is expected to manage a portfolio of projects, which may vary between new product launches & supply chain design changes depending on the business needs. This job will be supporting the brand: Dr. Dennis Gross. 

 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead product required changes from project brief generation (Gate 0) to ATS (Available to Ship) ensuring timing, quantity, cost and KPI targets are achieved.
• Develop and maintain project timelines (MS Project required) following a Stage Gate approach.
• Lead all project meetings and coordinate the seamless integration between Marketing, PD, R&D, Packaging and all Operational functions involved in developing product related projects.
• Facilitate the costing process at different stages of the project throughout the launch cycle.
• Consistently challenge and reduce development lead-times by ensuring. appropriate balanced risks are built into the original time plans, while ensuring all COGs, quality and service requirements are achieved/exceeded.
• Elevate risks and bottlenecks encountered during the development process with the respective mitigation plans.                                                                                           

 

Working Relationships/Key Stakeholders:

• Brand: Marketing, Product Development, Finance & Sales
• Operations: Packaging Engineering, NPC (New Product Commercialization), S&OP, Quality, Production/Fillers (Internal & External), Procurement & Finance
• R&D: Formulation and Regulatory

 

Qualifications & Competencies:

• Work well with cross-functional teams and take a leadership role within the team.
• Effective interpersonal skills are a must.
• MS Project knowledge and experience required.
• Minimum of 6 years project management experience in CPG industry or Beauty
• Understanding of new product development processes & stage gate approach.
• Exposure to production environment & interaction of packaging, process, manufacturing.
• Able to quickly analyze data and information from different places and put it together into a project plan or timeline.

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