Project Commercialization Manager GBR

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Location:

Bournemouth, GB

Date:
Feb 23, 2026

You probably know us best through our beloved brands,
Deliciously Ella for our range of plant-based food products, our Deliciously Ella app and our delicious recipes,
Organix for our tasty toddler snacking foods and Goodies for fun and tasty pre-schooler snacks. This is a unique opportunity to make a visible impact in a market-leading company that prioritises sustainability, integrity, and natural goodness.

We’re proud to be a certified B Corp, using business as a force for good — for people, communities, and the planet. You’ll find our offices in sunny Bournemouth, and the heart of London with a Deliciously Ella factory in Milton Keynes, where our passionate teams make this delicious magic happen. We’ve been named a Great Place to Work, and we’re seriously proud of the positive culture and business we’ve built together.

We are looking for a Project Commercialisation Manager (Marketing) to drive all Hero UK&I (both Early Life and Wholesome Goodness projects across our 3 brands, Deliciously Ella, Organix and Goodies), based innovation / renovation / delist projects to launch – liaising with key stakeholders (Category PCM team, Supply chain, Procurement, Quality, Factory (if applicable) Sales and Marketing) through the stage gate process, in particular at commercialization i.e. from readiness to launch.

UK Local Review – leadership and coordination:
Pro-actively driving the topline view of the annual/rolling inno and reno pipeline, to ensure we are meeting business strategy and targets. Identification of risks, challenges and planning to mitigate these.

Ensuring all stakeholders are engaged & projects meet relevant targets and timings. Drive all innovation / renovation / delists to meet the annual / rolling innovation / pipeline strategy and targets. Drives artwork process on all packaging materials.

Internal:

• Marketing Team (Design: Packaging)
• PD Team (UK & Europe);
  Factory Team (DE)
• Quality / Finance
• Group Category Teams / Procurement / Finance

External

• Supply Partners

• Own the total programme view of all Hero UK & I based innovation / renovation / delists / packaging projects – facilitating local monthly reviews, managing the innovation database (IMT) and providing accurate reporting at a programme level to deliver against the strategic objectives (as defined by Marketing Director / MD / SD / FD / Category team)
• Liaise with Hero Category Project Managers to ensure projects are managed through Global Stage Gate process i.e. Local Review consolidation pre monthly Stage Gate and feedback to local team.

• Drive the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of projects across all UK food / packaging projects – including Transform (major innovation), Tweak (renovation e.g. flavour changes) and Twist (renovation – small pack changes) projects
• Working with Marketing teams to ensure the innovation pipeline is sufficient to deliver the commercial targets of the business, driving prioritization of projects and the appropriate resource management (UK).
• Partner with Category PCMs (once projects have passed through Consumer Potential Gate) / and or Project Leaders to align on the Critical Time Path (CTP) and tracking projects through the Hero Stage Gate Process; to feedback and align inputs in the following meeting forums: UK Local Review, Commercial planning working session, Portfolio Alignment meeting.
• Disciplined project management approach to maximise efficiency and effectiveness of commercialization (from readiness to post-launch in stage gate process), working closely with cross-functional teams.

• Help refine and introduce new ways of working that make our projects flow more efficiently and bring teams together.
• Identify, quantify, and elevate areas of risk on the project to the business whilst mitigating risk where possible e.g. MOQ management (particularly at launch).
• Providing progress reviews, early identification of problems and solutions. Working closely with Supply Chain to mitigate any issues…