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SalaryThe purpose of this role is to lead the development and delivery of the global new product projects to support the 3-year NPD plans for Holland & Barrett's own brand product range in line with the business and category strategy. This role sits within the Global Product function and works hand in hand with our technical and commercial functions.
Holland & Barrett is undergoing large scale transformation across all functions of the business. Own label development is a key element to this. The vision for the business is to become the trusted partner for over 100 million people globally, to achieve their personal health and wellness goals, adding quality years to life.
The Role:
Key Responsibilities:
- You will be responsible for working with your Head of Product to support and drive the product own label strategy through translating consumer, trend and market insight into product innovation strategies and rolling 3- 5 year NPD plans
- You will be responsible for delivering the financial targets for the NPD pipeline and achieving the target customer metrics (adoption & retention) for all of your projects.
- You will work across multiple projects to work alongside your commercial counter parts to step change H&B's own label product offer.
- You will ensure all product development delivers Holland & Barrett's brand purpose and promise.
- You will be responsible for working with our internal design studio, and where necessary, external agencies, to deliver best in class packaging designs which work within our company brand visual identity.
- You will work with your Head of product to develop compelling product propositions based on strong consumer insight, competitor and market knowledge that will drive long term value.
- You will work within our route to market process to deliver each development from initial concept to finished product delivery, optimising all aspects of the customer proposition from product format to claims. This may include sourcing of new suppliers and onboarding.
- You will ensure all new products are delivered on time and within agreed budgets.
- You will partner with internal marketing teams to maximise support for all launches.
- You will support the store education team through providing product detail to support the training of our store colleagues.
- You will be expected to be a product expert, keeping up to date with the latest global trends and understanding the supply base and manufacturing processes for all products.
Location:
This will be a hybrid role with a base location at either our London or Nuneaton hub. The role will be required to travel frequently to our other hubs in Nuneaton, London and Burton. There may also be occasional travel outside of the UK as we're a global, digitally enabled business and we expect our colleagues to be self-driven and to determine the most appropriate place to work each day to meet the requirements of the role, achieve their best performance and optimum output.
The Person:
Key Requirements:
People Skills
- Passionate about putting the customer at the heart of what we do and exceeding their expectations.
- A passion for product, brand and retail.
- Strong communication & influencing skills.
- An innovation mindset - championing new ideas and opportunities.
- A strong team mindset and ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
- Results driven with strong attention to detail and a focus on quality.
Technical Skills
- Significant relevant retail/FMCG brand/product development experience ideally within VHMS and Beauty.
- An inquisitive mindset: comfortable with change and learning new skills and processes.
- Experience in leading NPD projects from concept to launch which have delivered step changing commercial results.
- Track record of developing compelling, strong selling products.
What we offer:
Our Benefits for this role include, but not limited to:
- H&B Employee Discount - 25%
- Bonus
- Pension company contribution
- 33 Days Holiday per year (Inclusive of bank holidays)
- Private Medical Care
- Exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers
- Electric Car Scheme
We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B.
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