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Global New Product Development Manager (NPD) - Procurement

Global New Product Development Manager (NPD) - Procurement

  • Location

    Amsterdam

  • Sector:

    Procurement

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    €70000 - €120000 per annum + bonus & package

  • Contact:

    Geoff Hunt

  • Contact email:

    geoff.hunt@1st-executive.com

  • Salary high:

    120000

  • Salary low:

    70000

  • Job ref:

    J690087 - GH_1670416630

  • Published:

    over 1 year ago

  • Expiry date:

    2023-01-06

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

  • Consultant:

    ConsultantDrop

Role: Global New Product Development Manager - Procurement, EMEA and Asia

Location: Amsterdam, Hybrid working

Flexible Working: 2 to 3 days work from home per week

Salary: €ompetitive salary + bonus & package

Are you ambitious and looking to progress your career in New Product Development (NPD)? This is a fantastic role that sits within the procurement function and will allow you to work cross-functionally with innovation teams and R&D globally. You'll drive new product initiatives, manage projects through the stage gate process and undertake procurement/sourcing tasks, before ultimately handing completed projects to category managers.

It's with a truly global manufacturing business with a multi-€bn turnover. Your remit will be global and this role offers excellent progression opportunities.

Experience:

  • To be the Innovation representative for external suppliers and internal stakeholders and build close relationships with Procurement Category Managers and Innovation teams and R&D
  • Drive sourcing processes to get the best value and optimal time-to-market for high potential global innovations/new products.
  • Identify cost-saving opportunities with the focus on TCO and efficiency improvements
  • Make recommendations to the development team when sourcing new products and to creatively think outside the box
  • Ensure that all due diligence is obtained prior to launch throughout the lifecycle.
  • Co-ordinate innovation sessions with procurement and across businesses, looking at ways to achieve first to market status
  • Working with stakeholders, identify and quantify trade-offs between cost, quality, service and develop alternative options.
  • Organise supplier presentations and/ or visits to suppliers covering Innovation agenda

Requirements:

  • Current Right to Work in the Netherlands + Fluent English
  • 4+ years of relevant experience
  • Experience across NPD, procurement and managing projects
  • You have interfaced with mature and early-stage businesses through procurement processes, and understand the different requirements
  • You have taken a leading role in adapting and designing procurement processes for effective onboarding of innovative or early stage businesses and projects
  • Proven capability to identify blockers to effective and time sensitive onboarding
  • Strong experience of managing stakeholders in diverse environment - multiple business units, languages, cultures