Product Manager - THG Nutrition

THG Nutrition & Wellness: 

THG Nutrition & Wellness is home to some of the best loved and most trusted names in wellbeing and nutrition, including Myprotein, the world's largest online sports nutrition brand, its family of brands, Myvegan, Myvitamins, Command, MP Activewear and MyPRO, plus Exante Diet.  

We want to be the world's most empowering health movement, championing everyone to live healthier, more active lives. Our brands and people exist to break boundaries, to power and empower those who want more. We break conventions, we’re a force for good, and we keep it real. These are the values that drive us through every day. 

Everything we do is done in-house, from manufacturing and new product development to content creation, e-commerce, marketing and logistics. This means we’re perfectly positioned to deliver to our vision and keep our place at the top of a fast-moving, global industry.  

It's an incredibly exciting time to join the team, and we’re always looking for talented people who share our vision and values to drive our Nutrition & Wellness movement forward.  

 

Product Manager (Performance): 

Reporting to the Head of Innovation, The Product Manager for Performance is responsible for driving Myprotein’s core range forward, delivering best in class products through both innovation of new and renovation of existing SKUs.  

Focusing across major product formats such as Protein powders, Pre-Workouts and Amino Acids the role will be expected to work with key stakeholders to craft a range that meets the demands of a customer base that is ever evolving whilst also navigating the regulatory landscape to ensure THG’s product offering is compliant on a global scale. 

 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Managing a team of Product Technologists focusing on Core Sports nutrition (e.g., ready-to-mix powder products aimed at performance/body-composition improvement) 
• Setting-out and delivering Product strategy for the Performance range to meet agreed KPIs. 
• Project Managing from concept to launch, meeting delivery deadlines accurately. 
• Managing high volume of complex projects, prioritizing well and tactically assigning resource. 
• Tracking performance of all managed categories / regions /products and making strategic decisions based on these.
• Leading methodical concept & formulation development, taking into account internal data, nutritional knowledge/evidence-based practice, market research, commercial aspects, technical feasibility and food law compliance. 
• Aligning with the wider territory/marketing/brand teams to collectively drive the innovation across the business.
• Managing suppliers - working to technical, operational and commercial constraints
• Developing talent - supporting other teams to bring products to successful launch, championing professional development and true innovation.
• Keeping up to date with latest technologies, trends and research. 

 

Requirements: 

• Exceptional understanding of the sports nutrition industry and supplement formulation
• Nutrition/Food technology degree or equivalent
• Minimum 3 year experience in Product Development (or equivalent)
• Proven track record of delivering innovative products targeted at specific customer needs.
• Able to demonstrate commercial acumen and launching products to hit specific financial targets. 
• Understanding of Product launch stage/gate process
• Enthusiastic and proactive personality, excellent communication skills, working well as part of a team
• Able to work well under pressure and deliver to strict deadlines
• Problem solving, lateral thinking and creativity