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New Product Development Manager
📍 Location: Niagara Region, ON (On-Site) – Relocation Assistance Available!
🏭 Industry: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce
💰 Salary: $100K - $110K 15% Bonus & Incentives
About the Role:
Our client, a leading consumer goods company based in Niagara Falls, ON, is seeking a New Product Development (NPD) Manager to join their dynamic and innovative team! Reporting to the Research & Development Manager, you will lead the NPD team, managing the entire product development lifecycle from concept to market launch. This role requires a strategic leader with a strong background in product development, vendor management, and cross-functional collaboration to drive process efficiencies and business growth.
If you have a passion for innovation, strong leadership skills, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity for you!
Key Responsibilities:
🔹 Leadership & Team Development
Qualifications & Skills:
✅ Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field.
✅ Experience:
Why Join?
🚀 Work with a highly talented, collaborative team in a growing company.
🌍 Global exposure—opportunities to travel and work with international partners.
💡 Lead end-to-end product innovation and bring new ideas to life.
📈 Competitive salary performance-based bonus & incentives.
📦 Relocation assistance available for the right candidate!
If you are a visionary leader with a passion for product development, apply today and be part of a company that’s shaping the future of consumer goods!
📍 Location: Niagara Region, ON (On-Site) – Relocation Assistance Available!
🏭 Industry: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce
💰 Salary: $100K - $110K 15% Bonus & Incentives
About the Role:
Our client, a leading consumer goods company based in Niagara Falls, ON, is seeking a New Product Development (NPD) Manager to join their dynamic and innovative team! Reporting to the Research & Development Manager, you will lead the NPD team, managing the entire product development lifecycle from concept to market launch. This role requires a strategic leader with a strong background in product development, vendor management, and cross-functional collaboration to drive process efficiencies and business growth.
If you have a passion for innovation, strong leadership skills, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity for you!
🔹 Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop the NPD team, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.
- Provide strategic direction and drive team performance through clear goal-setting and KPIs.
- Collaborate cross-functionally as the key R&D stakeholder in the product launch process.
- Identify skills gaps within the team and implement professional development plans.
- Conduct regular one-on-one coaching sessions and annual performance reviews.
- Optimize team efficiency by improving processes and leveraging automation tools.
- Oversee the entire NPD lifecycle using a Stage-Gate approach—from ideation to post-launch evaluation.
- Manage multiple NPD projects simultaneously, ensuring milestones and critical deadlines are met.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to communicate updates and address project roadblocks.
- Adapt to evolving business needs, making quick, data-driven decisions to maintain project momentum.
- Identify, onboard, and manage key business partners, including contract manufacturers, component suppliers, and engineering consultants.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with vendors to ensure on-time delivery and quality compliance.
- Continuously assess vendor performance and negotiate cost-effective solutions.
- Travel internationally to meet with vendors, suppliers, and attend trade shows.
- Enhance project tracking and reporting through improved automation and system optimization.
- Drive process improvement initiatives to streamline operations and increase efficiency.
✅ Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field.
✅ Experience:
- 7-10 years in product development within consumer goods (mandatory); electronics experience is a plus.
- 5-7 years leading teams, conducting performance reviews, and mentoring product development professionals.
- Proven success managing multiple NPD projects using a structured project management approach (e.g., Stage-Gate).
✅ Technical Expertise: - Experience working with OEM/ODM manufacturers and factories is highly desirable.
- Strong negotiation, leadership, and critical thinking skills.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Proficiency in project management software (e.g., ClickUp).
✅ Additional Requirements: - Willingness to travel internationally to business partners (U.S., Canada, Asia, Europe) 2-4 times per year.
- Previous e-commerce experience is an asset.
🚀 Work with a highly talented, collaborative team in a growing company.
🌍 Global exposure—opportunities to travel and work with international partners.
💡 Lead end-to-end product innovation and bring new ideas to life.
📈 Competitive salary performance-based bonus & incentives.
📦 Relocation assistance available for the right candidate!
If you are a visionary leader with a passion for product development, apply today and be part of a company that’s shaping the future of consumer goods!
Job # 16611272
Salary : $100,000 - $110,000
