Senior Product Development Manager

2 weeks ago

Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa Danone Full time
About the job

Execute the NPD and Product Reformulation agenda, ensuring speed of execution, along with superior design quality and cost, to bring strong value to the business, from brief to final consumer-preferred design, for best-in-class finished products.

About you

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

GENERAL

  • Ensure timeous and consistent NPD execution through collaboration with crossfunctional teams
  • Develop a strong innovation mindset, that fiercely drives design superiority
  • Develop a culture of curiosity and proactive anticipation of novel trends for the benefit of Danone

CBU NPD PIPELINE EXECUTION

  • Ensure that key pipeline priorities are delivered on time in the right quality in design and cost.
  • Own the superiority in design from the quality of raw materials to finished Product, compliant with regulation, customer and consumer expectations, at every step of the product life cycle
  • Delivering, in line with consumer expectations (driving product attribute definition vs consumers expectations), timing and costs, a portfolio of projects for which s/he is responsible
  • Delivering firsttimeright on shelf products thanks to a robust technical risk assessment approach and strong collaboration with Supply Chain and Quality departments, as well as own technical knowhow
  • Own and drive technical feasibility studies in the case of potential breakthrough innovation projects
  • Project management and leading through all phases from SELECT to CLOSURE
  • Timeline creation with IRO
  • Quality and Food Safety risk assessments with Quality
  • Product design:
  • Product attributes with Marketing and UX (Sensory)
  • Collaborate with Zone UX teams to ensure all NPD is consumer centric
  • Recipe and prototype development with team and zone technical support teams
  • Process requirements with Industrial and zone technical support teams
  • Product upscaling and industrial implementation
  • Specification management: No Spec
  • No Product, No Spec
  • No Buy
  • Secure the timely sourcing of the right raw materials in close partnership with Cycles & Procurement
  • Utilize and manage suppliers for prototype development, new raw material and technology identification and trial stock supply to ensure timely delivery of NPD
  • Collaborate with approved comanufacturers to deliver the right quality NPD as per defined timelines
  • Identify and develop new comanufacturers to enable both simplified and diversified product manufacturing possibilities
  • Ensure clarity of development briefs to facilitate clear and punctual execution thereof
  • Timeously plan and execute NPD trials in line with agreed project timelines, in collaboration with the Industrial teams
  • Understand the product Profit & Loss statement and dynamics to be able to influence it from a product perspective
  • Conduct competitor benchmarks on existing KVIs before and after development of new products, ensuring that our designs are superior in cost and quality
  • Maintain continuous collaboration with AMEA Zone centers of excellence and other global Danone networks to ensure optimal utilization of knowledge in the superior delivery of NPD

PRODUCTVITY AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY

  • Drive continuous reformulation initiatives for DSA
  • Collaborate with crossfunctional teams (D2D) to better anticipate, prioritize and solve key material supply challenges to ensure business continuity
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT

  • Provide support to collaborative functions, during the development process and in general problemsolving, especially:
  • Industrial
  • Quality
  • Represent R&I in relevant project forums, securing alignment and prioritization

PEOPLE

  • KPI definition and crossfunctional alignment
  • Identify, define and align NPD success factors and KPIs with own team as well as crossfunctional teams
  • Define success factors with suppliers in order measure actual performance during the delivery of new products
  • Coach and guide subordinates
  • Allocate resources to get the work done in a timeous, signed off process
  • Foster an environment for people to grow and thrive, ensuring people development is top of mind.
  • Review and maintain communication structures and procedures to ensure people are informed and equipped to contribute to R&I.

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROCEDURES

  • Weekly PTM (Project Team Meeting): R&I representation along with R&I Technologists
  • Monthly PST (Pre-LIM): Project presentation
  • Monthly LIM (Local Innovation Meeting): Project presentation with Head of NPD
  • Specification management (Raw Materials and Final Products)
  • Trial management, tracking and reporting
  • Continuous improvements of R&I processes and documents
  • Ensure compliance with existing food regulations and internal nutrition standards.
  • Budget: trial cost planning and tracking

KEY REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB

Qualification(s):

  • BSc Food Science Degree or National Diploma in Food Science or Technology or higher qualification

Experience and Skills:

  • Minimum 10 years' experience within food ma

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