Our Client in the Co Armagh have a requirement for a Head of NPD & Technical to join their team on a permanent basis. Excellent Salary and benefits package. Contact Conor O ’ Hagan for further details
The Role:
Reporting to the General Manger, we are looking for a creative leader to join the Senior Management Team at a newly developed grade AA+ food manufacturing facility in Co Armagh. Your role will be to drive innovation and excellence by delivering a world class innovation and renovation programme, with full responsibility for a program of NPD for the brand.
Provide leadership to the technical team responsible for ensuring that all products manufactured by the Company meet safety, quality, and legal requirements.
* Become the leading expert in the business for external knowledge of ingredients and process .
* Co-ordinate and deliver site development activity – product submissions, panels, new launch reviews.
* Head up and facilitate the NPD meetings and feasibilities / handovers for relevant categories.
* Ensure effective communication between development, technical, process, commercial, purchasing and operations departments.
* Fully understand all aspects of the customer in terms of NPD strategies, procedures, and structures
* As part of a passionate and innovative team, you will play a key role in delivering an ambitious NPD pipeline.
* Establish close and collaborative relationships with the companies’ key stakeholders.
* Lead renovation workstreams to improve quality/organoleptic/commercials.
* Manage samples for shelf-life testing and micro and nutritional analysis for all products.
* Ensuring compliance with legislation, BRC, Bord Bia, Red Tractor and retailer/customer standards.
* Ensure external non-conformance and complete complaint investigations to ensure a rigorous approach to the root cause and that corrective and preventative action are put in place in a timely manner.
The Person:
* Can demonstrate all or some career experience within Innovation in food and must have a passion for food.
* Educated to degree level with a food or related discipline or minimum 5 years relevant experience.
* Ideally proven experience in the development of gluten free bakery products.
* The ability to build and maintain internal departmental relationships, whilst challenging data and searching for cross departmental opportunities.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office and an advantage to have experience of material management systems.
* Experience of managing and influencing multiple stakeholders including external suppliers ·
* Strong Project Management Skills – be able to work on own or as a team.
* Understand the NPD gate process, manufacturing processes and technical implications.
* Strong numeracy and experience in costing concept products
The Package:
* Excellent salary available (depending on experience) + bonus
* Strong holidays and benefits package
For further information, and to apply for this Head of NPD position or other engineering / operations opportunities, please contact Conor O ’ Hagan or visit our Website.
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