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About the Role

We are seeking a highly organized and delivery-focused Project Co-ordinator to support the successful delivery of projects within our global Product Development program, primarily in small domestic appliances and consumer goods. This role will manage the project management layer across the development pipeline, ensuring efficient product progression from sourcing through to launch. You will integrate timelines, actions, dependencies, and risks across various functions into a clear project plan, acting as an operational extension to the Product Development Lead. This is a hands-on role for an early-career project manager who excels at creating structure, managing multiple workstreams, and fostering collaboration. You will also contribute to implementing practical project management tools and processes to support scaling operations.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain integrated project schedules across the Product Development pipeline from sourcing through to launch.
Translate critical deadlines into achievable internal plans.
Define and maintain milestones, dependencies, owners, and actions across active projects.
Track progress, identify delays, and proactively highlight conflicting dates, missing information, or resource constraints.
Follow up on actions, maintain momentum, and escalate issues when projects are at risk.
Provide clear visibility of project and programme status to stakeholders.
Coordinate with Product Development Executives to ensure alignment with the overall schedule.
Partner with Sourcing and QA to maintain supplier, sample, tooling, testing, production, and delivery milestones.
Coordinate with Compliance to ensure regulatory requirements and testing are completed on time.
Manage Copy and Artwork schedules, ensuring timely inputs, reviews, approvals, and supplier submissions.
Work with Commercial, Operations, and launch teams to maintain visibility of launch dates and material project risks.
Ensure dependencies are clearly understood and actively managed.
Maintain clear tracking of project actions, risks, and dependencies.
Identify issues early and work with project owners to establish recovery actions.
Challenge plans or dates that are incomplete, inconsistent, or unlikely to deliver the required outcome.
Escalate material risks, resource conflicts, and decisions to the Product Development Lead or relevant functional leader.
Ensure decisions and changes are accurately reflected across project plans and stakeholder communications.
Introduce structured project management practices and consistent ways of working across Product Development.
Improve project trackers, planning tools, meeting structures, and reporting.
Apply practical project management methods without over-engineering the process.
Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve visibility, and increase delivery speed.
Help establish repeatable standards that can scale as our portfolio, categories, and regions grow.
Act as an operational extension of the Product Development Lead in day-to-day management.
Provide concise, decision-ready reporting on progress, risks, dependencies, and required actions.
Take ownership of routine coordination and follow-up.
Support programme prioritisation by providing clear visibility of workload, critical dependencies, and delivery risk.

Requirements

1 to 3 years’ experience in project management or project coordination.
Ideally within product development, consumer goods, manufacturing, or another physical product environment.
Some experience within consumer goods, product development, manufacturing, retail, e-commerce, or a related industry.
Understands core project management principles including milestone planning, critical paths, dependencies, actions, risks, and status reporting.
Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple live projects simultaneously.
Strong communicator comfortable following up actions and challenging missed dates.
Ability to work across technical, commercial, and creative teams.
Comfortable coordinating with international sourcing teams and suppliers across different functions and time zones.
Proactive and solutions-focused.
Possesses the judgement to resolve routine issues independently and escalate when senior input is required.
Commercially minded.
Comfortable working in an environment where pace and efficiency matter.
Takes ownership and goes above and beyond.
Thrives in an entrepreneurial business where people are expected to get stuck in and make things happen.

Skills

Project Management
Project Coordination
Product Development
Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
Milestone Planning
Critical Path Analysis
Dependency Management
Risk Management
Status Reporting
Communication
Collaboration
Attention to Detail
Organisation
Problem Solving
Commercial Acumen

Location

Global

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Early Career
1-3 years

About the Company

One Retail Group is an international online retailer, brand owner, and marketplace specialist.
Founded in 2013, the company owns multiple brands in the home appliance, lifestyle, and personal care categories.
The company is expanding its operations globally and launching onto new platforms.
They operate at pace, learn fast, and embrace a 'fail fast' mentality.
The company offers the chance to make a significant impact and contribute to an exciting, growing business.
They pride themselves on a collaborative team environment and high standards, working together towards ambitious goals.