Job title: Product Developer
Location: St Mary Bourne, Hampshire
Salary range: £35,000 to £45,000 (Dependent on experience)
Shift pattern: Mon-Fri
Hours: 40
Contract type: Permanent
Are you a fresh-thinking NPD professional? Do you take pride in bringing delicious, innovative, and high-quality products to shelves across the UK? We’re looking for a passionate Product Developer to drive our next big ideas forward. Could this be you?
You’ll be at the heart of product development, bringing new ideas to life from concept to launch. Whether you’re spotting trends, working with suppliers on the next big ingredient, or ensuring our products are the best on the market, you’ll be making a real impact every day. Your office will be the development kitchen, and you will be immersed in the finest fresh salad and herb produce and the flavors they create. Your love for food will be evident, and you will have a knack for spotting trends before they hit the shelves. You’re proactive, solutions-focused, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Experience in food product development or manufacturing is essential, and a background in fresh or FMCG would be a bonus. Experience with short shelf-life products will be advantageous.
Create & Innovate – Seek out new opportunities, experiment with fresh ingredients, and bring exciting ideas to the table.
Lead the Journey – Manage the entire process from kitchen concept to full-scale production, ensuring quality and innovation every step of the way.
Collaborate & Influence – Work closely with suppliers, customers, and internal teams, running innovation days, tastings, and presentations that inspire.
Make it Happen – Organise factory trials, work with operations on product launches, and keep everything on track with a hands-on approach.
Why Join Us? - At Vitacress, we care about our people, our products, and our planet. Join a team where your ideas matter, and your work makes a difference.
Ready to shape the future of fresh? Be creative and ambitious in delivering our new product lines! Apply today or contact our TA team.
Vitacress Salads, based in leafy St Mary Bourne, Andover, is one of the UK’s principal salad and watercress suppliers. With our own salad leaf farms, we pride ourselves on a field-to-fork operation. We grow, wash, pack, and distribute salad and watercress for retailer own brands and our own brand Steve’s Leaves. We are committed to the highest standards and will empower you to do the same. From how we grow our products to our customer relationships, transparency and trust are central. Join us and become a trusted partner in our business.
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