NPD Co-Ordinator - Household

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.

• 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.
• Project co-ordination: Build and maintain NPD critical path, actions log, organise project meetings, circulate agendas, capture minutes, and drive follow-ups to closure.
• 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.
• 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
• Specifications & master data : Set-up of item codes and ensure all necessary information is received from suppliers.
• Artwork & packaging workflow: Working with Marketing and QA/technical teams to coordinate packaging briefs, artwork rounds, and approvals.
• Samples & trials: Organise samples for internal/customer review; support factory trials, capture outcomes and ensure learnings are reflected in final specs/SOPs.
• 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.)
• Continuous improvement: Improve templates, trackers and ways of working

Experience & Qualifications

• 2-4 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.
• Comfortable coordinating product specifications and master data (e.g., item set up, pack formats, supplier details) with excellent attention to detail.
• Highly organised with strong prioritisation and time management skills; able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Clear, confident communicator with experience preparing meeting agendas, capturing minutes, and driving follow ups to closure.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (especially Excel); experience with project trackers/tools is an advantage.
• Flexible and proactive, with a continuous improvement mindset and willingness to support on site trials/samples as required.