Job Description
About the NPD Project Manager job
This is a brand new role reporting into the Head of Development and working with the major retailers in the UK. You will play a pivotal role across customer management, product development, and factory support. Main responsibilities include:
* Coordinate development from concept through to final launch.
* Develop recipes and products, conducts hands-on development work from initial kitchen trials to industrial trials.
* Be your customers main point of contact for development, optimisation and improvement projects from brief to launch and other queries about products, process and packaging.
* Face to face presentation to customer either at their head office, or on site to explain the company’s business model, development capabilities and technical advantages.
* Manage end to end artwork development, internally and externally.
About you
The successful candidate will have at least 5 years’ experience of working in a similar NPD role within food manufacturing. In addition:
* Degree (or equivalent experience) in Food Science or Food Technology.
* Ideally an understanding of dairy science.
* Excellent communication skills both written and oral.
* A proven record of project management.
* Capacity and capability to lead and deliver multiple projects in parallel.
More details
The NPD Project Manager’s job (ref:9017) is paying £50,000 according to your experience.
The package includes a company pension with a 6% employer contribution (STC), 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, company sick pay, 4 x Death in Service, long service recognition, wellbeing initiatives, free flu jabs, employee assistance programme, free eye tests with £90 contribution to prescription lenses. There is also the possibility of financial relocation help.
This is a site-based role based in Wiltshire, commutable from Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Salisbury, Andover, Devizes, Chippenham and other surrounding towns.
The working hours are Monday to Friday.
Alternate job titles - NPD Manager | New Product Development Manager | Senior NPD Technologist | NPD Supervisor | Senior Development Technologist | Food Development Jobs