Are you ready to make your mark in the world of beverage innovation? As an NPD Technologist at Refresco UK, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our product portfolio, driving both New Product Development (NPD) and Existing Product Development (EPD) projects that fuel our growth. Collaborating with a dynamic team of experts and forging strong partnerships with stakeholders, you’ll act as a creative innovator, delivering exceptional, market-driven products.
NPD Technologist
Refresco - Kegworth Head Office, with some travel required to other Refresco sites and when visiting customers.
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 5 pm and Friday 8:30 am – 4 pm (Hybrid offering; 1 day WFH)
Permanent
Benefits:
* An annual 10% bonus
* Pension contributions
* Access to a 24/7 virtual GP for you and your family
* Life assurance
* Income protection
* An enhanced holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays
* Purchase extra holiday (up to 3 days per year)
* Access to our brand new employee benefits platform offering discounts, cashback rewards, and access to more optional benefits
* Access to Grocery Aid – for free financial, personal, health and wellbeing support
The role:
Reporting to the NPD Product Manager, the NPD Technologist's key focus will be to develop and deliver NPD and EPD projects for Refresco UK, contributing to overall business growth. An integral part of the role will be forming strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and acting as a market driven innovator, committed to developing 'best in class' products with Refresco’s values at the heart of everything they do.
Key responsibilities:
* Proactively work on a variety of customer projects (Private Label, Brand & Co-pack), ensuring briefs are met and timelines are adhered to.
* Collaborate with key internal personnel to ensure product launches are successful. Provide all key information to generate formulations, methods, data sheets and specifications.
* Ensure raw materials are technically acceptable, readily available, cost-effective, authentic, safe, and sourced from acceptable suppliers.
* Drive product quality, ensuring all products for assessment are safe and of high quality. Prepare necessary documentation for samples.
* Present samples at customer meetings and influence next steps within development.
* Ensure new product formulations comply with legal requirements and are suitable for their category.
* Understand and apply the company’s procedures on product development, including recipe costs, production requirements, and hurdle rates.
* Manage personal 'blue-sky' time to research and develop commercially viable NPD.
* Organise sensory evaluation panels to support product development and quality assessment.
* Support value engineering projects as needed.
Key skills required:
* NPD experience within the food/beverage industry, ideally 2+ years
* Proven track record of successful NPD from concept to launch
* Strong communication skills
* Customer exposure, either brand or retail (preferred)
* Degree in science/food science or equivalent (preferred)
We encourage everyone to role model our core values of agility, responsibility, passion, excellence, and entrepreneurship. Find out more about the Refresco Values here: https://www.refresco.co.uk/uk/about/our-values
If you fit this profile and are excited by this opportunity, we would be delighted to hear from you!
Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.
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