Project Lead - Bakery, Kitchen & Product in London, London

Location: London (with time split between Central Production Unit, Bakery, and Head Office)
Reports to: Commercial Director

An exciting opportunity for a driven, hands-on Project Lead to join a fast-growing, design-led hospitality brand known for its considered approach to modern coffee, food, and customer experience. This role will oversee the end-to-end delivery of product innovation across food and beverage, with a strong focus on the Bakery and Central Production Unit (CPU).

Operating at the intersection of product, operations, and innovation, this is a project-focused role that will help bring thoughtful, brand-aligned ideas to life, turning concepts into commercially viable, operationally ready launches that reflect the brand’s commitment to quality, craft, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Project Management for New Product Launches

• Lead the development, testing, and rollout of new food and beverage products.
• Manage timelines, deliverables, and cross-team coordination to ensure smooth launches.

2. Innovation Pipeline Coordination

• Maintain a forward-looking product pipeline in collaboration with culinary, coffee, operations, and retail teams.
• Support both strategic launches and seasonal menu innovation.

3. Oversight of Production Sites

• Work closely with the Bakery and CPU to pilot, refine, and scale new products.
• Ensure operational feasibility and high-quality execution at production level.

4. Cross-functional Collaboration

• Act as the project lead between key teams: Food, Retail Ops, Central Ops, and Marketing.
• Translate product concepts into actionable operational plans.

What You’ll Bring:

• At least 3–5 years of project or programme management experience within food, beverage, or consumer product industries.
• Experience working in hospitality, food retail, QSR, or premium F&B environments.
• Strong understanding of new product development cycles, from ideation to execution.
• Highly organised, proactive, and solutions oriented.
• Able to balance creativity with operational rigour.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across diverse teams.

Voceer presents this job opportunity for COREcruitment, a 50 person sized company who are categorized as a Recruitment Agency.

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