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Baked Product Development Manager
Billingham (Home of McCoy’s, pombear and more…)
Hybrid
Join our snack-loving team! We're looking for a Baked Product Development Manager to join KP Snacks. If you want to be part of a group where your ideas matter and your growth is celebrated, keep reading – this might be your next adventure!
This role focuses on our baked snacks portfolio as part of KP Snacks’ growth ambitions. You’ll bring expertise in baked goods, leading product development from concept to commercialisation. You’ll also play a key role within our UK R&D leadership team, enhancing our tools and processes for technical excellence and agility.
Reporting to the Head of R&D, you'll collaborate with teams across KP and Intersnack Group, including marketing, consumer insights, supply chain, procurement, and academia, contributing to our One R&D Community.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone with solid R&D experience in FMCG, passionate about baked categories, and eager to develop our R&D capabilities.
What’s in it for you?
* Annual bonus scheme with a strong track record of overachievement.
* £6000 car cash allowance.
* Comprehensive Healthcare Support, including Medicash Health Cash Plan or Private Healthcare, Digital GP, Best Doctors, and Cancer Care.
* KP Pension Plan with contribution matching up to 7%.
* 25 days holiday plus holiday buy scheme.
* KP4ME online benefits platform with discounts, prizes, and wellbeing resources.
What will you be doing?
* Leading the development of baked snacks, overseeing recipe formulation, scale-up, and trials to ensure quality and safety standards.
* Delivering projects with technical excellence, designing experiments, and embedding R&D best practices, ensuring smooth transition into production.
* Collaborating with manufacturing, marketing, procurement, and flavour teams to ensure project viability and sharing insights within the Baked Community of Practice.
* Contributing to UK R&D strategy and nurturing talent within the team.
Who are we?
KP Snacks, part of Intersnack, with over 15,000 employees across 30+ countries. In the UK, about 2,400 of us work across factories and HQ in Slough. We value diversity, encourage speaking up, and aim to create an inclusive workplace.
We welcome applications from candidates with relevant experience, even if you don’t meet every requirement. Let us know how we can support your application!
We’d love to hear from you if you can demonstrate:
* Several years of experience developing baked goods (crackers, biscuits), with strong knowledge of ingredients and processes.
* A degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, or a STEM field; relevant certifications are a plus.
* Strong experimental, data analysis, and reporting skills to support R&D decisions.
* Proven project management in a fast-paced FMCG environment.
* Leadership and collaboration skills to engage and develop others.
Location: Stockton-on-Tees, England, UK
Language: English
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