Project Manager - Westlake at Cape Herb & Spice

Key Functional Areas:

Project management – product development:

• Responsibility for consolidation of product portfolio to meet customer needs (bringing it all together)
• Drive and plan with internal departments to create trend forward/relevant gifting & special buy products that tap into innovation of flavour, packaging and design.
• Assist with design to create innovative and practical packaging concepts and eye-catching designConcepts & Presentations.
• Responsibility for launch CPA from initiation to landing in customer warehouse
• Project manage and drive teams to execute all relevant stages of the product development process within given deadlines to ensure product is launched on time and meets customer/export requirements
• Oversee timeline of sustainable sourcing of new product, raw materials, packaging and kitchenware from compliant suppliers with the product developer / technical. Assist with sourcing as needed.
• Problem solving to overcome development issues and meet customer requirements & deadlines.
• Ensure thorough communication related to new products between internal customer focused and operational departments on all new projects to ensure effective launches
• Monitoring & evaluating project performance

Commercial interface:

• Identify gaps and opportunities in current and new markets
• Cost gifting & special buy products and deliver a commercially viable and competitive offering. Review standard range costing annually.
• Creation of pitch presentations & concepts on PowerPoint
• Involvement in value engineering to create competitive products
• Ensure sales team are equipped with full product knowledge to drive growth

Education & Required Knowledge:

• Either an equivalent of the below degree and 2 - 5 years’ related experience will be recognized:
• Food Technology or Cons. Science
• Bsc Food Science
• Business Science
• Advantageous experience in:
• Project Management
• Product Development
• Commercial exposure
• Computer Literacy (Microsoft office)
• Excel Fluency – Intermediate level
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English