Project Coordinator - Commercial Pipeline & Innovation

Project Coordinator - Commercial Pipeline & Innovation
Full-Time, Permanent
Hybrid Working - Aylesford, Kent (2-3 Office Days per Week)
Monday to Friday - 8:30am to 5:00pm
Unlock your potential with Prinova
We are Prinova, a leading global supplier of ingredients and premix manufacturing solutions and trusted by the world’s best-known food, beverage, and nutrition brands.
Part of the NAGASE Group, our expertise lies in Ingredient Distribution, Manufacturing Solutions, and Customized Services. Our global network of colleagues, located in offices and manufacturing facilities around the world, deliver sustainable value-added solutions to our customers. We are recognized for our deep expertise, commitment to excellence, and bold innovation which have earned us a strong reputation as a trusted industry leader.
Wherever your career is headed, you’ll find direction, opportunity, and belonging with us.
What does a Project Coordinator - Commercial Pipeline & Innovation mean at Prinova?
As our Project Coorsinator for Commerical Pipeline & Innovation, you will be responasible coordinating and maintaining the commercial opportunity pipeline, ensuring opportunities are accurately recorded, effectively progressed through defined gate processes, and reported in a timely and consistent manner.
You will act as a central point of coordination between Commercial, Product Development and other business functions, maintaining visibility of opportunities, supporting governance processes, and providing reporting and analysis to support decision-making.
You will also have the opportunity to support Innovation and New Product Development activities.
What’s in it for you?
Personal growth including training and development opportunities
Health Cash Plan
Subsidised gym membership
Discretionary bonus
Access to flexible pay with Aslan
What to expect?
Salesforce Opportunity Management
Input, manage and maintain all manufacturing opportunities within Salesforce across Premixes, Flavoured Blends, and Contract Manufacturing
Ensure all opportunities are entered accurately and contain complete information.
Liaise with Commercial Leads to obtain, validate and update opportunity information.
Maintain data integrity, consistency and quality across the opportunity pipeline.
Conduct regular reviews to ensure records remain current and accurate.
Opportunity & Gate Process Coordination
Monitor opportunities through defined gate stages.
Ensure actions, approvals and required information are completed at each stage.
Identify and highlight overdue actions, missing information and potential risks.
Follow up with relevant stakeholders to maintain opportunity progression.
Escalate bottlenecks and delays to Commercial Leads and the Innovation Project Lead where appropriate.
Maintain gate records and supporting documentation
Reporting & Analysis
Produce monthly pipeline reports for SLT, Regional Managers and Commercial stakeholders.
Maintain reporting dashboards and pipeline summaries.
Analyse pipeline performance by customer, opportunity stage, value/ volume and launch date.
Identify trends, risks, gaps and opportunities within the commercial pipeline.
Support the development and enhancement of Power BI reporting tools.
Support the tracking and reporting of Product Development and formulation resource utilisation by customer and opportunity.
Stakeholder Coordination
Act as a key point of contact between Commercial teams, Product Development, the Innovation Project Lead, and external partners where required.
Facilitate communication across departments involved in opportunity progression.
Ensure stakeholders remain informed of project status, actions and dependencies.
Support cross-functional collaboration and issue resolution.
Continuous Improvement & Team Support
Support improvements to opportunity management processes and reporting.
Assist in the development of pipeline governance tools and dashboards.
Provide cover for key opportunity management and reporting activities when required.
Support wider Innovation and business improvement initiatives.
Does this sound like you?
Experience within FMCG, ingredients, food manufacturing or related industries
Experience managing data and reporting within business systems
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
Strong organisational and coordination skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
Previous experience with Salesforce (desirable)
Power BI experience (desirable)
Project Management experience or qualifications (desirable)
Interested? We would love to hear from you!
Submit your CV by clicking apply.
If you have any further questions please email us for an informal chat: harley.turner@prinovasolutions.com

Employment type
Full-Time

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