New Product Development Manager

Magic SpoonNew York, NY

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Overview

Schedule

Full-time

Career level

Director

Remote

Hybrid remote

Benefits

Career Development

Job Description

Magic Spoon reimagines your childhood breakfasts favorites with more protein, less sugar, and more fun. Since launching in 2019, we've brought our unbelievably tasty cereal to over one million customers online and over 20,000 stores nationwide. With our recently launched Protein Pastries, alongside our Cereal, Protein Treats and Protein Granola, we're continuing to find new ways to make mornings magical - all made possible by our incredible team.

The New Product Development Manager (NPD Manager) will lead and manage all aspects of the technical pipeline from concept through commercialization, ensuring proper execution. This role will report into our Senior Director, Product and will oversee the work and development of two Food Scientists.

This is a full time, in-person/hybrid role (Tue/Wed/Thu in office) based in Hudson Sq, NYC.

Responsibilities:

Support innovation and renovation pipeline by overseeing scientist's lab work, scale up trials, factory 1st productions, and post launch updates
Stay abreast of competitive product landscape, review gaps in market, and stay on top of customer insights and trends
Hold regular meetings with cross functional groups to evaluate new products
Evaluate ideas for new innovation using industry knowledge, external partners, rapid prototyping, etc.
Manage team of food scientist's workload and professional development
Review of weekly benchtop priorities, analyzing/optimizing resource planning doc, and growth plans
Collaborates cross functionally to ensure alignment of product development goals
Create in-budget and in-specification products that meet consumer expectations
Work internally and externally to develop and execute against product testing plans
Lead sensory tests for product improvements and lead regular technical calls with vendors
Ensure proper oversight of nutrition fact panel generation and ingredient declarations for all new and updated products
Travel to factories to support start up of new products and equipment as needed
Problem solve and offer solutions to technical and business issues as they arise based on knowledge of manufacturing and formulation
Support operations team in cost savings and efficiency measures from scoping to first production
Lower cost ingredient swap outs, spec reviews/comparisons, etc
Identify and action opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies within the product department
Complete and update SOPs, review timelines and task durations, onboard new tools as needed

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