NPI Manager

Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire

Salary: Circa £50k plus £7k company car allowance

A large manufacturing company are now looking for an NPI Manager to join their team.

Overview

• Responsible for a variety of dissimilar activities within a department.
• Adaptive thinking requiring some creative improvement and developing of techniques and methods.
• Sets operational objectives and targets for self and others. Refers to a higher level of authority judgements and decisions on matters that fall outside of agreed objectives or own functional authority.
• Has line managerial responsibility for monitoring, developing and reporting on the performance of others.
• Decisions, advice and actions extend to a wider group of teams within the same service area or department.
• Development and implementation of strategic product development plans to achieve the company’s mission statement and business goals.
• The efficient and effective cross- functional project management of the NPD process from design through to launch, in accordance to agreed business plans.
• Effective delivery of the NPD/NPI business plan to agreed timescales and budget The development of an improved planning process leading to:
• Reduced time to market for new product I product amends
• Improved cross- functional collaboration and understanding RFT new product introduction
• Project planning and management.
• Efficient management of the department resource and staff. Achieves budget and implements development planning process.
• Forges a strong relationship with the marketing and communication department to jointly develop and launch new opportunities in product and design.
• Develop close relationships with engineering, purchasing, and installation departments to ensure that new product is designed for manufacture, ease and speed of installation, and can be competitively sourced.
• Development of coding principles and methods in line with our right first time policy.
• Sourcing of new components, suppliers, and methods, development of material specifications and master sample maintenance.
• Providing explanations on complex matters and influencing others by persuasion
• Communication may be infrequent with external contacts but will be essential to the successful performance of the post holder’s work
• Development of relevant KPI that enable all areas of the business to easily assess the department's performance. Reports monthly to joint MD on aspects of progress
• Compliance with the companies ISO 9000 -2000 certification. Actively promotes and uses the CI aspects of the standard.
• Actively promotes and improves health and safety within the department
• Produces and controls all documentation for the product directory I fitting manuals
• Oversee ‘specials’ creation

NPI Manager - job requirements:

The ideal candidate must come from the manufacturing industry as a NPI Manager. You will also have the following skills, qualifications and experience:

• Ideally hold an engineering qualification such as HNC, HND or BEng
• Product Design
• Project Management
• People Management and Development
• 3D CAD Skills
• High level IT Skills
• Budget Management
• Process Improvement
• Production Engineering
• Excellent Materials Knowledge

For more information please call Paul Gorton on 0161 976 3540.

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