NPD Administrator

New Product Development Administrator

Health & Beauty

Greater Manchester

Salary dependent upon experience

**Would suit an NPD Admin, Product Admin, Buying Admin or similar**

Our client, a supplier of FMCG products to a global customer base now has an excellent opportunity for a Product Administrator to join their friendly NPD team in Bury.

Job Specification:

• Setting up new items on SAP and making necessary updates to product information during the NPD process
• Setting up spec sheets and PA forms
• Managing red / green and gold seal samples, ensuring samples are organised and tidy.
• Overseeing green and gold seal approvals. Coordinating with the wider teams to ensure checks are complete on time, liaising with suppliers to solve sampling or production related queries
• Assisting Product Developers in ad hoc tasks such as requesting component cutters, creating red seal approval forms, market research, PA updates.
• Supporting in conducting comp shops and store visits / benchmark purchasing
• Completing detailed artwork checks prior to final NPD sign off.
• Working with the operations department to ensure project sign offs align with shipment dates, making necessary updates to the critical path.
• Managing sales sample requests; pulling or requesting additional NPD samples to support sales meetings.
• Supporting packing stock and props for events and exhibitions.

The successful candidate will be an experienced administrator - ideally with experience of working in a NPD or Buying environment, candidates with experience in Health & Beauty or similar will be of particular interest!

Skills Required:

• Possesses an understanding and passion for the beauty industry.
• Highly organised
• Confident to liaise with wider departments daily (marketing, technical, design, sales)
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once working to tight deadlines, strong time management skills
• Strong attention to detail.
• Independent and proactive.
• Enthusiastic and energetic.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organiser and great project management skills
• Positive, friendly and ideally creative
• Strong written & verbal communication and networking skills

Apply online or for further information contact one of our specialist consultants quoting reference: NJR14970