Job: Product Development Controller
Location: Selby
Role Purpose
You will lead the product development team, driving the customer category food strategy to ensure profitable growth for both Greencore and our clients. You will also play a pivotal role in fostering strong customer partnerships.
Key Responsibilities
* Review all customer product development briefs to ensure they align with our food strategy, addressing any discrepancies as needed.
* Lead your team in developing market-relevant, commercially viable product and packaging concepts, ensuring high quality and sustainability.
* Engage with senior management stakeholders at each site to ensure strategic alignment across customer, category, and Greencore objectives.
* Be a champion of our Great Food principle, ensuring that food quality and innovation remain central to everything we do.
* Utilise food trends and insights to shape product concepts, working in collaboration with the marketing and portfolio teams.
* Set high standards for the Product Development team, ensuring excellence in food quality, customer communication, and operational processes.
* Take responsibility for margin delivery by overseeing accurate product costing from concept to implementation, ensuring target costs are met or exceeded.
* Provide strong leadership, ensuring your team is safe, engaged, and fully equipped to deliver outstanding results, with the right training and resources.
* Ensure full compliance with Product Development procedures and policies, guaranteeing that products are developed correctly from the outset.
What We're Looking For
* Proven track record of delivering high-quality, sustainable commercial products.
* Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to plan workloads effectively and focus teams to meet objectives.
* In-depth knowledge of food and customer needs, along with the ability to engage and build strong relationships with clients.
* Passion for great food, with a deep understanding of current and emerging trends in the food industry.
* Excellent organisational skills to ensure smooth project execution and team alignment.
What you'll get in return
* Competitive salary and job-related benefits
* Holidays
* Competitive matched pension contributions
* Life insurance up to 4x salary
* Company share save scheme
* Greencore Qualifications
* Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
* Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
* Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training.
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