Overview:
We are looking for creative Development Technologist to join our Product & Process Development team. This is a great opportunity to help shape the future of meals and desserts and make a real difference for our customers .
Supported by a Senior Product Developer, you'll contribute to the development of new products and the improvement of existing meals and desserts, bringing ideas to life that are nutritious, delicious, and tailored to the needs of our customer base.
You will work closely with chefs, dietitians, category managers and other key stakeholders, and will be involved across the entire development cycle, from generating new ideas and concepts through to launch.
There will be opportunities to lead and support on projects across all of our business sectors including hospitals, care homes and education. However your primary focus will be on delivering exceptional products that make a real difference for Wiltshire Farm Foods and our customers.
Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits
Who we are:
apetito is the UK's leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.
Our meals are expertly crafted by our dietitians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.
Wiltshire Farm Foods is the UK's largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK
Responsibilities:
* New Product Development – managing and supporting projects from idea through to launch that deliver compelling and viable new products, improve our offering and support growth. This includes developing kitchen scale samples, determining feasibility, calculating nutritional values, costing products, gaining stakeholder buy-in, food presentations, conducting production trials and ensuring project objectives are achieved.
* Product improvement e.g. improving quality, nutrition and sustainability for existing products.
* Cost reduction - whilst ensuring product quality is never compromised.
* Proactive innovation – proposing new ideas that create value.
* Team support
About you:
Essential:
* Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in food related subject and / or demonstrable track record within food product development
* Experience of working with others to achieve clearly successful project outcomes
* Experience of successful project management
* Innovative, organised, adaptable and conscientious, with good communication and team working skills.
Desirable:
* Experience within frozen or chilled food manufacturing
* Excellent culinary skills
* Good presentation skills
Company Benefits:
* Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
* 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
* Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
* Discretionary annual bonus scheme
* Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
* Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
* Subsidised canteen
* Free parking
* Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
* apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts
Our Values:
As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.
We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.
We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK's most vulnerable people.
We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.
Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.
Learn more about apetito's commitment to a more sustainable future.
We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.