Project Leader- Product Development

Hybrid Role with 3 days onsite in Cheltenham

Salary up to £52k (subject to skills & experience), plus a fantastic benefits package including cycle to work, EV leasing, staff discounts and company bonuses.

Designing award winning products for our market leading brands - Mira Showers, Rada Controls and Recoup - is our lifeblood. We focus on investment, investing in the best technology and resources available and investing in each and every individual. Put simply, it's who we are. Whether you arrive at our factories in Cheltenham or Hull, have a visit from a Service Engineer or pick up the phone to our Customer Service team, you'll instantly see that, no matter our department or location, we all share the same values at Kohler Mira.

From day one you are part of the Kohler Mira community - a collaborative, forward focused team with a shared pride in our work and commitment to delight our customers and inspire our people. To set the trajectory of Mira's future success, we are looking for a Project Leader who can collaborate and innovate to facilitate speed to market. More details below!

We're looking for more than just a strong project manager - we need a Project Leader to join our industry leading New Product Development (NPD) team. You'll lead a cross functional team to deliver exciting new products to the UK showers market. From project kick off through to closure, you'll take ownership of delivery - whether that's managing several smaller projects or steering complex, large scale initiatives.

Success means meeting time, cost, and quality targets, working collaboratively with your team to define and achieve these goals.

• Be accountable for the end to end delivery of NPD Projects (from concept through to production). As part of the NPD team, your key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• Along with the support of the programme team, be accountable for translating project requirements into tangible deliverables.
• Successfully own, lead and deliver entire projects in terms of quality, time, and cost.
• Manage cross functional teams to ensure their alignment & commitment to delivering to agreed timelines & objectives.
• Ensure the team is fully engaged, motivated & meeting their required milestones & deliverables as outlined in the Mira business process.
• Facilitate regular cross functional meetings, workshops & ad hoc reviews, to ensure regular alignment & manage any project conflict.
• Ensure all issues & risks are identified, tracked, owned & mitigated, escalating where required.
• Introduce changes, driving local improvement and best practice.
• Lead by example in using fact based decision making, achieving timely consensus within the team, and avoiding over analysis.
• Manage project revenue & capital budgets.
• Prepare all documentation for phase gate reviews.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to be assertive but sensitive.
• Build strong, influential working relationships, inspiring trust amongst colleagues.
• Be a positive & resilient leader, especially during challenging times, to stay focused on resolution.
• Are happy to challenge project teams to achieve innovative solutions & take moderate risk.
• Are comfortable with change, identifying & implementing improvements within the team or whilst considering the impact on the wider business.
• Embrace ambiguity when Kohler organisational structures or processes are different, unclear, or conflicting.
• Address issues and concerns in a professional manner, creating an environment of openness and honesty.

As the ideal candidate you will have the following education & experience:

• Apprenticeship or higher education (e.g., HND, degree, masters).
• A minimum of 2 years' experience of managing NPD projects within a technical/engineering discipline.
• A good understanding of cost build up & managing project budgets.
• MS Project & MS Office suite.

Nice to have but not necessary:

• Experience with in a product development related discipline (engineering, product design, or manufacturing).
• Prince 2 or equivalent.
• Good understanding of master data & product BOM structure.

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