Boyne Valley Group, a leader in the FMCG sector for over 60 years, is seeking an experienced NPD Co-Ordinator to join our Household team. The company has a portfolio of market leading brands including McDonnells, Brillo, Chivers, Kinetica, Erin soup, Don Carlos, Homecook, Lakeshore and Killeen. The business has a significant workforce across multiple functions including operations, commercial, finance and marketing with a team that aspires to our values of Trust, Respect, Inspire, Innovate, Achieve and Wellbeing.
Overview
This role will sit within the Household Commercial function to support the end-to-end delivery of NPD Household projects across the business by managing the project list, coordinating timelines and supporting cross-functional inputs ensuring projects move smoothly and efficiently from concept to launch to meet agreed business target launch dates.
Role Deliverables
- NPD pipeline co-ordination: Working closely with commercial and marketing teams to build out the NPD pipeline; ensuring alignment on prioritisation with key stakeholders in the business.
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Project co-ordination: Build and maintain NPD critical path, actions log, organise project meetings, circulate agendas, capture minutes, and drive follow-ups to closure.
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Stage-gate governance: Coordinate project briefs and business case inputs (brief completeness, feasibility inputs, costings, timelines, risks) and ensure required approvals received prior to proceeding to next stage.
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Cross-functional alignment: Act as day-to-day point of contact and support to ensure project delivery and timelines achieved across Marketing/Commercial, Packaging, Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, QA/Technical and Finance
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Specifications & master data: Set-up of item codes and ensure all necessary information is received from suppliers.
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Artwork & packaging workflow: Working with Marketing and QA/technical teams to coordinate packaging briefs, artwork rounds, and approvals.
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Samples & trials: Organise samples for internal/customer review; support factory trials, capture outcomes and ensure learnings are reflected in final specs/SOPs.
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Launch support planning: Supporting the National Accounts and Field Sales teams to ensure they have all the necessary tools (co-ordinate range review dates, forecasting, retailer sell-in decks, samples, POS availability etc.)
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Continuous improvement: Improve templates, trackers and ways of working
Experience & Qualifications:
- 24 years experience coordinating projects in FMCG, manufacturing, retail, or a similar fast-paced environment (NPD/Innovation experience preferred).
- Proven ability to build and manage project plans/critical paths, action logs, and stage-gate deliverables to meet target launch dates.
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Strong stakeholder management skills
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Comfortable coordinating product specifications and master data (e.g., item set-up, pack formats, supplier details) with excellent attention to detail.
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Highly organised with strong prioritisation and time management skills; able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
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Clear, confident communicator with experience preparing meeting agendas, capturing minutes, and driving follow-ups to closure.
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Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (especially Excel); experience with project trackers/tools is an advantage.
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Flexible and proactive, with a continuous improvement mindset and willingness to support on-site trials/samples as required.
