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Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with Express Engineering, a leading Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer based in the North East, to support with their search for an experienced New Product Introduction Manager.

Key Duties:

• Leading and coordination of new product launch processes and project activities and ensuring planned activities are executed at the right time, achieving quality, performance and cost objectives.
• Development of Launch Plans and maintaining phase and concurrent activities, documenting and reporting product launch plan actions and status.
• Providing leadership for highly complex manufacturing projects and new product introductions. Providing full project management, internal direction, guidance and expertise to project team members.
• Being the recognised customer facing project lead, liaising with the customer’s senior strategic sourcing team as well as individual buyers.
• Assessment and recommendations for the manufacturing capacity and capability required to meet projected demand. Planning, procuring and establishing the necessary facilities and/ or resources required to consistently deliver product from the launch date.
• Assessing the supply chain capacity and capability required to meet overall project schedule, in adherence to business and customer requirements.
• Scheduling and facilitating project meetings, tracking the project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines and creating visibility of project delays and associated recovery actions.
• Visualising and communicating the scope of the project with regular presentations of project status to the senior leadership team.
• Involvement and support of tendering and commercial activity for new product at pre-award stage.

Key Requirements:

• Have significant experience in manufacturing, product development, or engineering environments.
• Have demonstrable experience in a project or program management role, preferably leading cross-functional teams.
• Have a proven track record of successfully delivering New Product Introductions from concept through to volume production.
• Be experienced in working closely with design engineering, quality, procurement, and operations.
• Preferably be from a precision CNC and welding background, with the ability to read engineering drawings.

The Package:

• £55,000 – £59,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Monday-Thursday 7:30AM-4:30PM, Friday 7:30AM-1:30PM.
• 25 days annual holiday in addition to statutory bank holidays.
• Holiday Buy and Sell scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme.
• Generous contractual sick pay scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Sports & Social Club.

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