New Product Manager

Advertised by Ten Recruit Limited

Location
Chard, Somerset
Salary
£70,000 - £80,000 a year Upon application
Job type
Permanent
Sector
Manufacturing/Surveying
Posted
8 October 2026
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Job description

Fantastic Opportunity for a Project Manager (Hybrid working) to join a growing business based in North Devon.

As Project Manager, you will lead projects from customer enquiry or contract award through to production handover. Working across business operations, you will ensure projects are delivered on time, to specification, within budget, and in line with customer, quality, and business requirements. You'll coordinate cross-functional teams and apply a structured, gated project management approach to deliver successful outcomes

Areas of Focus

  • NPI and development projects from launch to production handover.
  • Managing the critical path to ensure key deliverables, reviews, risks, and approvals are completed at each stage.
  • Create, manage, and maintain project plans 
  • Liaison with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
  • Manage project risks, issues, actions, changes, timing, cost, and quality performance.
  • Ensure customer requirements, drawings, specifications, and quality standards are understood and correctly flowed down.
  • Support APQP, PPAP, FAIR, FMEA, control plans, process validation, and other project quality requirements where applicable.
  • Lead project meetings
  • Support handover into production
  • Continuous improvement 

What you will bring

  • Experience as a Project Manager within a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience within a regulated manufacturing sector.
  • Knowledge of NPI processes.
  • Familiarity with quality management standards.
  • Competent user of Microsoft Project.
  • Ability to read and understand engineering drawings, technical specifications, and manufacturing requirements.
  • Strong organisation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Effective time management
  • Commercial accumen

In return you will receive a competitive salary, hybrid working, opportunity to work on diverse projects, work for a business with a strong reputation in a collaborative environment.

We want to hear from you if you have significant experience working as a Project Manager and can demonstrate many of the requirements outlined above.

Reference 225409859

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