Overview
Are you passionate about innovative, high quality, fresh food? Are you a creative, curious, and collaborative individual ready to get hands-on in a fast-paced, exciting environment? Join us at Natures Way Foods and help support the development of our category-leading portfolio.
As a Product Development Assistant, you will play a key role in creating and delivering new products for NPD and EPD projects. Your attention to detail, creative flair and foodie knowledge will help you bring concepts to life and produce consistent, high-quality products that deliver real impact. Using your communication organisational skills, you will work collaboratively to help progress products from concept to launch.
Salary £30,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience.
1. Employer matched pension up to 5%.
2. Health cash plan.
3. Flexible benefits including: corporate gym discounts, shopping discounts, enhanced maternity & paternity policy and many more.
4. Access to online GP and life assurance.
Co-ordinate the preparation of ingredients and packaging for samples.
5. Prepare high quality samples for internal and external presentations.
6. Assist in recipe development and product creation.
7. Create and maintain development documentation.
8. Work collaboratively with stakeholders in the gated development process.
9. Support the Development Team to deliver projects from concept creation to factory launch.
10. Follow all food hygiene, handling, allergen, and safety standards.
Strong communication, organisational and time-management skills.
11. High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
12. An understanding of the development process from concept to launch (desirable).
13. Experience in food product development or a working kitchen (desirable).
14. Degree or HND in Food Science or a related discipline (desirable).
15. Food hygiene qualification (Level 2 or equivalent) (preferred).
16. Proficient in Microsoft Office.
17. Full-time role based at Natures Way Foods.
Natures Way Foods is the leading manufacturer of prepared salads, coleslaw and “food-to-go” for supermarkets, and as such we work closely with farmers across Europe. But there’s lots more to us than the products we make.
Our culture is inclusive, and our people are diverse spanning 39 different languages. We operate four
manufacturing facilities capable of producing over 400m units per year. It is an exciting time to join Natures Way Foods as we are growing rapidly and there are genuine opportunities to progress within the organisation.
Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.