NPD Project Manager

About the Company

Join an established Australian FMCG business with a diverse portfolio across food, beverage and consumer nutrition. With a significant pipeline of innovation and a strong focus on improving how new products are brought to market, the business is investing in its commercialisation capability to support continued growth.

The culture is collaborative, fast-paced and down-to-earth, with strong connectivity across marketing, innovation, technical and operations teams.

About the Role

This is a newly created NPD Project Manager position sitting within the marketing function and acting as the critical link between NPD and operations. You will take ownership of multiple NPD projects, driving them through the Stage Gate process from concept through to successful commercialisation.

Working across a busy and varied innovation pipeline, you will:

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of multiple NPD and commercialisation projects
• Own project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies and critical paths
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across marketing, NPD, technical, operations and commercial teams
• Proactively identify risks and roadblocks, driving actions to keep projects on track
• Facilitate technical and commercial conversations, ensuring clear ownership and communication across teams
• Support and enhance existing Stage Gate processes and project management frameworks
• Improve project visibility and ways of working through tools such as monday.com
• Balance multiple priorities within a fast-moving and complex FMCG environment

About You

You will bring 5+ years' project management experience, ideally within FMCG, food or beverage, along with a strong understanding of NPD and commercialisation. You don't need to be a technical specialist, but you will be naturally curious, comfortable working with technical stakeholders and confident asking the right questions to move projects forward.

You'll be organised, proactive and solutions-focused, with the relationship-building skills to bring different functions together and create momentum.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a business with a substantial active NPD pipeline where commercialisation is genuinely critical to the broader growth strategy. You'll have visibility across the full product development lifecycle and the opportunity to influence how projects and processes are managed across the organisation.

How to Apply

To apply, click the APPLY NOW button to submit your CV for review. For more information get in touch with Hannah Cummins at HannahC@SDE.com.au. If this role doesn’t sound quite right, but you’re interested in exploring new opportunities, sign up to our job alerts via the Six Degrees website or connect with us on LinkedIn.

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