Benefits & Perks
Summary
The UK's No.1 vitamin company producing nutritional healthcare products.\nOversee the end-to-end product development lifecycle, coordinating research, production, and launch for new products.
What You'll Need
- Experience in project management or managing Product Development programs
- Extensive experience within the business or relevant industry
- Degree in bioscience or similar technical/scientific background
Job Description
"Job title: Product Development Manager / Senior Product Development Manager
Location: North West London, NW2 7HF
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per annum
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm + 1 hour lunch break
Hybrid: 3 days in office, 2 days working from home.
Our business...
At Vitabiotics, you'll find a diverse bunch of talented folk who come from a wide range of backgrounds and possess an extensive array of experience. What brings us all together is a culture that thrives on innovation, mutual respect, team work and a sense of commitment. Vitabiotics is truly a great place to work!
Vitabiotics has pioneered advances in nutritional healthcare products for over 50 years and the range includes many of Britain's leading supplement brands such as Perfectil, Pregnacare, Wellman, Wellwoman and Menopace.
As the UK's No.1 vitamin company, exporting to 100 countries, Vitabiotics is widely acknowledged as leaders in innovation and in 2018 became the first vitamin company to twice receive the Queen's Award for Innovation, awarded for its ground breaking clinical research.
As part of our commitment to innovation and development, we are looking for a Product Development Manager to join our forward-thinking team. This role's main purposes will include researching, developing and liaising with internal and external teams to coordinate and deliver new Vitabiotics products and product upgrades for the market. To streamline and improve the efficiency of Vitabiotics entire product development process, acting as a hub for a range of departments including QC, Marketing and Design to feed into the NPD process.
Responsibilities Will Include...
Oversee the development, production and on time delivery of new products, ensuring liaison across all relevant departmentsAssist in specification and research of new products, existing product upgrades and ingredients in line with changing market and consumer requirements. Monitor and project manage suppliers working with the technical and supply teams to ensure launch and go to market deadlines are metAssist with research on new market opportunity and competitor benchmarking for new product development or upgradesWork with Vitabiotics's leading licence partners on range extension and product updatesWork with design and production teams on product sustainability / environmental packaging projectsProduce new product collateral, manage information and technical data sheets, and scientific product dossiersAssist with any specific product requirements for new ecomm markets Liaise with National Account, Marketing and Export Department on launch, availability and suitability of products
Requirements
Experience in project management or managing Product Development programsExtensive years experience within business/relevant industryPreviously collated information from external suppliers and internal departments to ensure company processes are efficientHighly organised and pays close attention to detailGraduated ideally in bioscience or similar technical or scientific background
Benefits
24 days annual leave plus bank holidaysBirthday offBupa dental coverPrivate medical insurance. 50% staff discount on all Vitabiotics productsStaff skills trainingHealth and wellbeing programmePension contributionsSick pay supportFree onsite parkingEnhanced maternity or paternity leaveCompany eventsFresh fruit and snacks2 Charity days a yearFree EV charging station."