NPD Developer (Flowers)

NPD Developer – Flowers

MM Flowers | Germany
Full Time | 40 hours per week
Reporting to: Group Product & Marketing Director

About MM Flowers

MM Flowers is a leading supplier of fresh cut flowers and bouquets to major retailers across the UK and Europe. We combine creativity, consumer insight, innovation and operational expertise to develop beautiful products that meet the needs of our customers and consumers.

As we continue to grow our European operations, we're looking for an experienced NPD Developer with a strong background in flowers and floral design to join our team in Germany.

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about flowers, trends and creating commercially successful products for the retail market?

As our NPD Developer, you'll take ownership of the development of new and existing flower products, managing projects from the initial idea and design through to customer approval and successful launch.

Working closely with our Commercial, Procurement, Operations, Technical, Supply Chain and Insight teams, you'll combine floral creativity with commercial thinking and consumer insight to develop products that excite our customers and drive category growth.

This is a hands-on role, so we're looking for someone who understands flowers, knows how to create commercially viable bouquet designs and has the hand-tie skills and technical flower knowledge to turn an idea into a finished product.

What You'll Be Doing

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing NPD and EPD projects from concept through to first production and launch.
• Designing and developing commercially viable bouquets and flower products for the retail market.
• Using your knowledge of flower varieties, seasonality, colours and trends to create innovative new concepts.
• Creating and presenting new product concepts to customers alongside the Commercial team.
• Using consumer, customer and market insight to influence product development and identify new opportunities.
• Developing NPD and EPD plans that support customer, category and business strategies.
• Taking an active role in customer range reviews and presentations.
• Building strong relationships with customers and becoming a trusted product development partner.
• Managing project timelines and critical paths to ensure launches are delivered successfully.
• Coordinating samples, presentations and customer documentation accurately and on time.
• Working collaboratively with Commercial, Operations, Procurement, Technical and Supply Chain teams.
• Partnering with Procurement to identify new flower varieties, product opportunities and potential cost savings.
• Benchmarking existing and new products to maintain quality throughout the supply chain.
• Monitoring the retail market and competitor activity, including contributing to competitor shop reviews.
• Helping to drive the trend agenda and product house style across the business.
• Supporting and developing colleagues within the product development team.
• Ensuring the NPD facility is organised, efficient and ready for customer presentations and development activity.

What We're Looking For

For this role, professional experience within flowers and floral product development is essential.

You'll ideally have:

• Significant experience in retail flower design, product development and product launches, ideally within an FMCG or retail environment.
• Excellent knowledge of flowers, including varieties, seasonality and current trends.
• Strong practical bouquet-making and hand-tie skills.
• Experience managing the complete NPD/EPD process, from initial concept through to launch.
• A strong understanding of developing products for a commercial retail environment.
• The ability to combine creativity, consumer insight and commercial thinking.
• Experience using customer or consumer data to influence product development.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• The ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent customer relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• Confidence presenting concepts and recommendations to customers and senior stakeholders.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively across different functions.

Experience within supply chain or procurement and previous responsibility for an NPD facility would also be beneficial.

About You

You'll be someone who genuinely loves flowers and product development. You'll have a creative eye but also understand that great retail products need to be commercially viable, operationally achievable and relevant to the consumer.

You'll be trusted, passionate and dynamic, comfortable working at pace and able to adapt when priorities change.

Most importantly, you'll enjoy working collaboratively – bringing together creativity, insight and commercial thinking to turn ideas into products that customers want to buy.

Ready to Create What's Next?

If you have a strong background in flower design and NPD and are excited by the opportunity to create innovative products for major retail customers, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today to join MM Flowers as our NPD Developer in Germany.

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person