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This ambitious and entrepreneurial business takes pride in their delicious range of products across retail, brand, and food service. They are growing fast and are now looking for a talented Product Developer who is a super foodie and enjoys working in an innovative and fast-moving category to join their team.
The role
Reporting to the Senior Innovations Manager, you will be responsible for the end-to-end development of new and exciting food products, ensuring each concept is innovative and commercially aligned with product briefs and market insights.
You’ll liaise closely with customers, presenting ideas and developing solid working relationships. You’ll be able to assimilate customer feedback and work with internal teams to adapt and enhance products quickly and effectively, ensuring all new products meet customer expectations and production capabilities.
This broad role involves hands-on work in the innovation kitchen and collaboration with factory teams to scale and launch products, taking ownership of all stages in the product lifecycle. You will also work with cross-functional teams across operations, procurement, technical, and commercial departments to ensure product success.
The candidate
We seek an ambitious, creative, and hands-on Product Developer / NPD Technologist who can thrive in this fast-paced, customer-focused environment and bring a foodie spark to the team. You should enjoy every facet of NPD and EPD. Ideally, you will have a food-related degree and experience in food manufacturing for brand or retail own-brand products.
You should have a strong understanding of food trends, ingredients, and seasonality, using this knowledge to innovate and develop recipes. Experience in the chilled food sector is preferred, along with good knowledge of the NPD process, recipe development, critical path management, presentations, and creating commercially viable products.
Excellent communication and organization skills are essential, along with enthusiasm and the ability to learn quickly and start new projects confidently.
If you have a passion for food and enjoy a busy, customer-contact environment, this could be the perfect role for you! Apply now or call 0345 2600 737 / 07700 137 110 for a confidential chat.
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