Innovation Project Manager
1 week ago
**INNOVATION PROJECT MANAGER FMCG PRODUCTS**
Our Client is presently the largest privately owned wine and spirits merchant in South Africa. A tireless dedication to hard work, honesty and the personal touch has led to long standing and well trusted relationships with some of the most successful spirit brands in the world.
They have an opportunity for an Innovation Project Manager who will manage the operational planning and project management of the innovation pipeline through the process.
To qualify, you will need:
- Relevant Tertiary Qualification
- 5 Years minimum experience within the project management and innovation/NPD development.
- Brand management experience advantageous.
- Excellent planning and project management skills, with experience in online project management tools.
- Strong proven cross-functional leadership.
- Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders across multiple levels within the business to ensure delivery of set outcomes.
- Understanding new product development, and stage-gate process.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to seek feasible solutions to overcome challenges to set outcomes.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Deliver key inputs across innovation process through research, and the development of business cases, product and packaging.
- Drive set outcomes through a cross functional team across supply, production, sales, marketing and operations, ensuring clarity, visibility and ongoing project momentum
- Manage launch tracker reporting driving course-corrective actions across all innovation projects.
- Assist Head of Innovation to maintain budget tracker OTIF.
- Assist Head of Innovation in the formulation of long-term innovation strategy that includes a clear road map to achieve sustainable outcomes.
- Assist the Head of Innovation in the ongoing identification of new opportunities for growth, through research to validate and better understand ways to expand the Portfolio pipeline.
- Assist in the development of new brand innovation brand strategies.
- Manage relationships with internal teams, agencies & suppliers in a manner that builds strong, mutually beneficial, sustainable partnerships.
- Continuously evaluate innovation processes, tools and systems utilised in performing the function to drive greater efficiency, project clarity and deadline management.
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