Senior Project Manager

Baiada is a privately owned Australian Company providing premium quality poultry products throughout Australia. We operate throughout Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia with our Head Office based in Pendle Hill, NSW.  Our brands include Lilydale Free Range and Steggles and we have a proud reputation for upholding traditional family-oriented values. At Baiada Poultry our primary objective is to provide our customers with the highest quality products and excellent service.

We are seeking an experienced and driven Senior NPD Project Manager to join our team on a 12-month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. Based at our Pendle Hill location.

This role manages the project management team, including but not limited to managing all technical and go-to-market aspects of NPD projects across both retail and out of home channels. Commercialise new products in a timely manner, aligning all key stakeholders to deliver against business objectives. Actively input into the NPD product pipeline across all categories, managing the seasonal briefs and supporting the Project Managers in all innovation related discussions across all customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of Project Managers and all functions relating to this team
• Accountable for overseeing project activities to ensure that all projects are delivered on time and to budget
• Stakeholder management across internal departments (marketing, sales, finance, planning and production) ensuring cross-functional team input into all aspects of the NPD projects
• Work with external suppliers during project development briefing, concept and execution stage
• Lead NPD project team meetings, track progress vs timelines ensuring a results-oriented approach to achieve all project milestones
• Support sales, marketing and production teams with project implementation
• Supporting sales and marketing in customer meetings and presentations
• Ensure all new product briefs are scoped and gate ready for monthly approval through the NPD stage gate process
• Lead and/or facilitate the development of a 2+ year strategic innovation pipeline, in conjunction with the brand and customer teams, across branded and private label products
• Represent and/or support the wider team for innovation-related activities
• Attend and conduct a minimum of one store visit per quarter in conjunction with the sales & brand teams
• Assist the company to improve in the areas of Safety, Environmental, Quality and Compliance.
• Report all hazards, accidents and incidents including environmental and CoR matters immediately as per the reporting requirements.

Required Skills:

• Tertiary qualification in a professional field
• People management – effectively lead a team of people and nurture talent
• Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines, be proficient in time management and the ability to prioritise workload
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Effective decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Computer literacy: Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• High level of communication; comfort liaising with senior management
• A minimum of 3-5 years' experience within project management or related discipline with exposure to delivery of complex projects
• Degree in Business or a related discipline
• Experience within the food manufacturing industry

Please note:Due to our strict biosecurity requirements, you must not have anybirds, pigs or poultryat home and be willing to maintain our quarantine policy and procedures.

To be eligible for this role, you must have legal right to work full-time (without restrictions) in Australia at the time of application. As part of the recruitment process and on-going employment, you may be required to undergo background checks to assess your suitability for the position. These checks may include verification of work rights, police check, and medical assessments.

*No agencies please