Product Development Manager – Cape Town

Job Purpose:

This role will focus on managing the overall delivery of Textiles products.  This aligns with our strategy to build capacity in the organisation to deliver on our Value based household mandate through products which drive value.

Requirements:

Tertiary in Business Management.

5 – 10 experience in product development.

Project management qualification.

Proven experience in delivery of large/strategic projects.

Strong experience presenting to executive.

Textiles operation is advantageous.

Key Responsibilities:

Product development scheduling; Produce and maintain a master product schedule plan for all products in development.

Manage product timelines; Oversee the development of a textile’s products within the organisation, monitoring and reporting on projects progress, ensuring that they stay on schedule and new products are delivered on time. Produce detailed project plants which track textiles products from conception to product review. Weekly and monthly product status reports for relevant stakeholders.

Co-ordinate core product team activities; Oversee all aspects of execution of the development process while troubleshooting and finding solutions to problems which may delay product delivery. Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span across multiple lines of business. Manage and deliver the project using the appropriate project management methodology.

Manage outputs; Manage the channels of engagement and communication between internal stakeholders involved in development and implementation of textiles products.