Job Description
The Company
This is an excellent opportunity to join a prominent food manufacturer producing innovative chilled products across a vast range of categories for prestigious customers. Highly ambitious and passionate about good food, they are looking for their next NPD star to help drive new projects.
The Role
In this vibrant innovations-led role you’ll be responsible for the introduction of new product concepts as well as rejuvenating previous products, driving ideas through the creative development process whilst ensuring the end result is commercially viable.
Using your market knowledge, you will work closely with the Development Chefs to highlight new trends which will help to create exciting new interpretations of high-profile customer briefs. Through this you will turn innovative concepts into a profitable reality whilst also expertly update existing ranges to give them a competitive edge.
You’ll take responsibility of the critical path, from kitchen concepts to factory transfers. This will include benchmarking, supporting with product submissions, costings, and recipe management as well as ensuring the translation of recipe methods and assembly are communicated effectively to the process team.
You will also work closely with customers,...