Job Description
Due to continued success & growth, my client is seeking an NPD Manager to join their innovation team. You will be driving & supporting the development & optimisation of the Company's product range in line with the strategy defined by leadership & the business.
Client Details
My client is a successful family-owned company, with turnover in the Billions that is a market leader in their industry. Their success has come from empowering a hands-on, pragmatic individuals with dynamic, solution-seeking & market-share winning organisation. They have experienced rapid growth across the last 6 years & have an ambitious investment plan across the next 2-5 years.
Description
- Coordinate development from concept through to final launch. Be a pivotal contact between all departments to ensure a smooth launch of the new products or changes in the factory.
- Develop recipes and products, conducts hands-on development work from initial kitchen trials to industrial trials, including organoleptic assessment (tasting).
- Manage the organisation of the industrial trials, communicate the results, actions/improvements to be carried out and follow up on them.
- Ensure the products will be produced in the normal conditions on the current equipment, raise and communicate any concerns about possible difficulties.
- Provide hands-on training when running factory trials to production team.
- Understand and know how to use the pilot plant and development lab, suggest improvements and notify breakdowns/malfunctions.
- Support production team with product and process expertise when necessary.
- Be your customers main point of contact for development, optimisation and improvement projects from brief to launch and other queries about products, process and packaging.
- Be the Development technical expert to influence customer briefs by offering insight into feasibility and factory capabilities.
- Face to face presentation to customer either at their head office, or on site to explain our business model, development capabilities and technical advantages.
- Oversee costings and make price recommendation to Commercial director.
- Lead and coordinate all products related projects - from initial customer brief through development, trials, artwork, factory validation, and final launch.
- Manage end to end artwork development, internally and externally, with the right process and legal checks through to sign off either for development projects and design or legal updates.
Monday - Friday - Days (Onsite)
Flexibility required in this position
Profile
You will be an experienced New Product Development specialist from a manufacturing background, along with the following:
- Recognised qualification in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline
- Automated environment experience would be beneficial
- Food experience is a must (Dairy would be advantageous)
- Proven record in project management
- Hands on attitude & flexible approach to the job
Job Offer
- Up to 45,000/annum
- 25 Days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Company sick pay
- 4 x death in service
- Pension 6%
- Full training given
