New Product Development Manager
| Location: | melbourne |
| Salary: | $120,000 - $130,000 + 10.5% Super |
| Job Type: | permanent |
| Contact: | Natalie Rogers |
About the company
Gen U is a creator of innovative brand and products, designed to meet the evolving needs of U that taste or feel great. They inherently know what it means to be a true innovator and how trends become contagious in today’s environment alongside, having established credentials with their brands sitting across multiple categories in Australia’s largest supermarkets.
One of their key strengths is identifying a trend at the right time and bringing innovative products to market at a rapid pace to disrupt tired mass-market categories. With a portfolio of delicious and exciting brands and a strong plan for strategic growth they are seeking a New Product Development Lead to join their growing team.
About the role
Reporting to the CEO, the New Product Development Lead will own the innovation process from ideation to launch, working alongside third party manufacturers and flavour houses and internal R+D teams to bring NPD to life across four key brands within better for you food and beverage space, including COGs, packaging and brand development. You'll also present to retailers and work closely with retailers to ensure products align with their sustainable packaging and sourcing targets.
Key projects in the role will include line extensions and new flavour launches for existing brands as well as the potential launch of a new brand to market and developing product for export markets.
Skills and experience
Gen U is a tight knit, fast paced, collaborative work culture with a focus on fun, flexibility and entrepreneurialism. There is strong leadership at the helm alongside strategic plans in place for super charged growth, with an agile, proactive environment that suits someone who enjoys delivering results rather than just ticking boxes. With a flexible, interactive workplace (and a gym on site), the team at Gen U are a passionate group of foodies dedicated to bringing the tastiest meals, snacks and drinks to Australian consumers.
You will be a naturally entrepreneurial, creative mind and disruptor, who is intuitively led to identify new trends with a passion for innovation and challenging the status quo. You will pride yourself on your relationship building, stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills. You will be adaptable and flexible in your thinking, making you comfortable operating within an agile and fast paced environment, with the ability to build and improve process around you to improve ways of working.
For more information, please contact Natalie Rogers on 03 8613 3577.
Gen U is a creator of innovative brand and products, designed to meet the evolving needs of U that taste or feel great. They inherently know what it means to be a true innovator and how trends become contagious in today’s environment alongside, having established credentials with their brands sitting across multiple categories in Australia’s largest supermarkets.
One of their key strengths is identifying a trend at the right time and bringing innovative products to market at a rapid pace to disrupt tired mass-market categories. With a portfolio of delicious and exciting brands and a strong plan for strategic growth they are seeking a New Product Development Lead to join their growing team.
About the role
Reporting to the CEO, the New Product Development Lead will own the innovation process from ideation to launch, working alongside third party manufacturers and flavour houses and internal R+D teams to bring NPD to life across four key brands within better for you food and beverage space, including COGs, packaging and brand development. You'll also present to retailers and work closely with retailers to ensure products align with their sustainable packaging and sourcing targets.
Key projects in the role will include line extensions and new flavour launches for existing brands as well as the potential launch of a new brand to market and developing product for export markets.
Skills and experience
- Prior end to end new product development experience within FMCG or Consumer Goods space
- Strong project management skills with experience with stage gate
- Experience working with local/third party manufacturing
- Strong communication, influence and presentation skills
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
Gen U is a tight knit, fast paced, collaborative work culture with a focus on fun, flexibility and entrepreneurialism. There is strong leadership at the helm alongside strategic plans in place for super charged growth, with an agile, proactive environment that suits someone who enjoys delivering results rather than just ticking boxes. With a flexible, interactive workplace (and a gym on site), the team at Gen U are a passionate group of foodies dedicated to bringing the tastiest meals, snacks and drinks to Australian consumers.
You will be a naturally entrepreneurial, creative mind and disruptor, who is intuitively led to identify new trends with a passion for innovation and challenging the status quo. You will pride yourself on your relationship building, stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills. You will be adaptable and flexible in your thinking, making you comfortable operating within an agile and fast paced environment, with the ability to build and improve process around you to improve ways of working.
For more information, please contact Natalie Rogers on 03 8613 3577.
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- Contract Type permanent
- Reference BH-24895
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Salary$120,000 - $130,000 + 10.5% Super
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Natalie Rogers
New Product Development Manager
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