Job Title: NPD Manager
Location: Shropshire
Overview:
Are you a creative and commercially astute NPD professional looking to shape the future of product development within a fast-paced, chilled food manufacturing environment? This is a fantastic opportunity to lead innovation, deliver exciting projects, and drive growth for one of the UKs leading retailers.
About You:
- Proven experience in chilled food manufacturing NPD, with a strong record of taking products from concept through to launch.
- Excellent project management skills, able to balance multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to work closely with retail customers.
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, able to work cross-functionally with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Passionate about food innovation and consumer trends, with a drive for continuous improvement.
What will you be doing?
- Leading the NPD agenda, managing projects from concept to launch, ensuring timelines, costs, and quality standards are achieved.
- Working collaboratively with customers to understand briefs, present new ideas, and deliver commercially viable chilled food products.
- Partnering with technical, operations, and commercial teams to ensure seamless product launches.
- Keeping up to date with market insight...