- £40,000 - £45,000 DOE
- West London
We are looking for an organised, proactive individual with a love of product to join this leading gift brand as their Product Manager. This exciting role involves managing and organising product design and development from pitch to production, improving margins, and driving cost efficiencies. The successful applicant will work closely with internal teams and international vendors, ensuring projects run smoothly, products are produced accurately, and all are in line with agreed delivery and critical path dates. A background in product or project management for a consumer goods brand and a genuine love of retail and product is essential.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a proactive, can-do approach to join an established and successful brand that works with leading retailers worldwide.
Responsibilities in this Product Manager role will include:
- Manage the production process, linking the NPD team and vendor base to ensure smooth and timely project execution.
- Create and manage the creative life-cycle critical path with key milestones, track progress and ensure all critical path dates are met.
- Work closely with Far East suppliers, establishing costs, lead times, and sampling requirements.
- Provide regular updates to account teams and set clear priorities for all creative departments, troubleshooting conflicts as needed.
- Serve as the central point of contact for all creative and product questions.
- Provide the Product Development team with target prices based on RRP, box sizes, customer, region, etc. Drive cost efficiencies for all product development.
- Approve and coordinate product artwork and specifications.
- Collaborate on new product ideas or re-purpose current products and formats.
- Drive final negotiations with suppliers on overall order values to meet company targets.
- Sign off pre-production and mass samples, ensuring proper function and best pack out for all products.
- Visit factories as required to check pre-production samples, view production, aid with inspections, and assess new factories.
Skills and experience required:
- Solid product management experience working with consumer products, ideally for leading high street retailers, grocery, or FMCG customers.
- Experience working directly with global suppliers, including the Far East.
- Proficiency in managing production critical paths, with the ability to work to tight deadlines in fast-paced environments.
- Excellent negotiation skills, with a commercial and proactive mindset.
- A keen interest in product and retail, with a strong commercial eye.
- Strong skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Strong trend awareness, constantly looking at new development opportunities for both products and ranges.
- Ability to streamline workflows, manage resources efficiently, and drive cost efficiencies.
- Experience using project management tools such as Monday.com and databases like SpecRight benefit
- Proactive and organised with a friendly approach.