Due to continued success & growth, my client is seeking an NPD Manager to join their innovation team. You will be driving & supporting the development & optimisation of the Company's product range in line with the strategy defined by leadership & the business.
Client Details
My client is a successful family-owned company, with turnover in the Billions that is a market leader in their industry. Their success has come from empowering a hands-on, pragmatic individuals with dynamic, solution-seeking & market-share winning organisation. They have experienced rapid growth across the last 6 years & have an ambitious investment plan across the next 2-5 years.
Description
Coordinate development from concept through to final launch. Be a pivotal contact between all departments to ensure a smooth launch of the new products or changes in the factory.
Develop recipes and products, conducts hands-on development work from initial kitchen trials to industrial trials, including organoleptic assessment (tasting).
Manage the organisation of the industrial trials, communicate the results, actions/improvements to be carried out and follow up on them.
Ensure the products will be produced in the normal conditions on the current equipment, raise and communicate any concerns about possible difficulties.
Provide hands-on training when running factory trials to production team.
Understand and know how to use the pilot plant and development lab, suggest improvements and notify breakdowns/malfunctions.
Support production team with product and process expertise when necessary.
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.
Be the Development technical expert to influence customer briefs by offering insight into feasibility and factory capabilities.
Face to face presentation to customer either at their head office, or on site to explain our business model, development capabilities and technical advantages.
Oversee costings and make price recommendation to Commercial director.
Lead and coordinate all products related projects - from initial customer brief through development, trials, artwork, factory validation, and final launch.
Manage end to end artwork development, internally and externally, with the right process and legal checks through to sign off either for development projects and design or legal updates.Monday - Friday - Days (Onsite)
Flexibility required in this position
Profile
You will be an experienced New Product Development specialist from a manufacturing background, along with the following:
Recognised qualification in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline
Automated environment experience would be beneficial
Food experience is a must (Dairy would be advantageous)
Proven record in project management
Hands on attitude & flexible approach to the jobJob Offer
Up to £45,000/annum
25 Days holiday + Bank Holidays
Company sick pay
4 x death in service
Pension 6%
Full training given