NPD & Product Compliance Manager

Knaphill, Surrey
Workshop Recruitment

Our client based in the Woking area is looking to add to their team and recruit an NPD & Product Compliance Manager. As a business they pride themselves on the quality of the products they produce as well as the quality of the service they offer to their customers, with many of their team having worked with them for over 20 years.

Role Overview

The New Product Development & Compliance Manager role encompasses a number of key responsibilities:

• Day-to-day management of the new product development team
• Project management of the portfolio of new product development projects
• Ensuring product compliance with electrical safety standards for both new & existing products.

The New Product Development & Compliance Manager will be responsible for project managing the portfolio of new product development projects, including ensuring that each product is taken through a structure product development lifecycle with appropriate approvals from initial idea formulation through prototyping, production trials and proper production hand-over.

Management of the new product development team ensuring that NPD projects are appropriately resourced, balancing workload across the team, ensuring a variety of work for each team member and mentoring the team through the stages of the product development lifecycle.

Responsible for compliance of our existing portfolio of products, ensuring that revisions to product standards are assessed for impact and appropriate re-testing & re-certification is planned and managed within the requisite timelines.

Duties and responsibilities

• Ensure that new products are developed with the rigour and quality required to be best in the market, consistent with the 120 year reputation for high quality products;
• Ensure that new product development projects follow a structured development lifecycle with appropriate stages, checkpoints, production engineering and handover to production.
• Ensure that appropriate testing & certification to British and European technical & safety standards is integral to new product development;
• Ensure ongoing compliance of all products with British and European technical & safety standards, including staying up to date with changes, assessing the impact on Wandsworth Group products and ensuring timely re-testing & re-certification as necessary.
• Be the point expert for any product technical issues & queries, which could range from technical questions from product developers, analysing reported faults with products, and dealing with installers & contractors on queries or issues relating to installation.

Qualifications

Electrical & mechanical engineering & product design knowledge supported by appropriate qualifications (ONC, City & Guilds, NVQ)

Experience

Appropriate expertise & experience in the following areas:

• British & EU standards relevant to manufacture of low voltage electrical accessories
• IEC Electrical Regulations and Compliance Experience
• Hands on working with and or testing of LV products
• Electrical Installation Experience including 16th or 17th British Standard BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations. IET Wiring Regulations.
• Electrical accessory and lighting controls experience; prior experience of design & manufacturing of electrical accessories and lighting & other controls (e.g. thermostatic), incorporating pre-programmed & programmable PCBs.

What they offer

• Competitive Salary
• Free Parking
• Social Events
• Cycle to work scheme
• 34 Days holiday, including bank holidays
• Pension
• Employee Assistance Program
• Private Medical Option