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Development Technologist Location: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Job Type: Full-time Salary: 30-35k Are you passionate about food and driven by innovation? We're looking for a Development Technologist to join our dynamic NPD team and help bring exciting new products to life! This is your chance to play a key role in shaping the future of food, supporting product launches, and ensuring every detail meets the highest standards. What You'll Be Doing Be the backbone of our Development Team, working across a diverse customer base to deliver exceptional products. Champion the gated NPD process, managing key admin tasks and supporting feasibility and stage-gate meetings. Own compliance checks and nutritional data generation (using NutriCalc), ensuring products meet customer policies and legislation. Prepare spot-on documentation for customer submissions-forms, tasting booklets, and more. Conduct benchmarking to keep our products ahead of the curve. Dive into hands-on validation work-from cooking trials to freeze-thaw testing. Stay ahead of food trends and bring fresh ideas to the table. Support factory trials and scale-ups for smooth product launches. Promote a food-first culture internally and externally. Manage recipe input and raw material sourcing to keep projects on track. Assist with product sampling and build robust QAS documentation. What We're Looking For Degree in a food-related discipline. A genuine passion for food and innovation. Commercial awareness with the ability to develop products to cost. Strong IT skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and familiarity with internal systems. Excellent attention to detail and interpersonal skills. Team player with knowledge of nutrition and ability to calculate nutritional info. Ready to make your mark in food innovation? Apply now with your CV and I will reach out with more information!

Zest are partnering with a fast-growing, values-led FMCG food business to find an experienced Product Developer for a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly successful brand at a pivotal stage of growth, working on innovative, high-quality food products that are already widely stocked across UK retail. If you enjoy taking products from early concept through to successful on-shelf launch and thrive in collaborative, fast-paced environments this could be a fantastic next step. The Product Developer will join a collaborative NPD team and report into a Senior NPD Manager, supporting the delivery of new products and improvements to existing ranges from early concept through to on-shelf launch. The role is hands-on and varied, combining kitchen-based development with structured project coordination, cross-functional collaboration and exposure to external manufacturing partners. Responsibilities include supporting NPD timelines and stage-gate processes, developing and trialling recipes, building product costs and nutritional information, briefing manufacturers during trials and scale-up, supporting ingredient sourcing and approvals, maintaining quality standards alongside a Product Technologist, contributing to packaging content and participating in regular tastings and quality reviews. The successful candidate will have at least one year of experience in food product development or a related FMCG, manufacturing or food science environment. They will also have a strong interest in NPD processes, good organisational skills and a proactive, detail-focused mindset. You will be comfortable working cross-functionally and be keen to learn. In return, this role offers the chance to develop your career within a purpose-driven, fast-paced business, with hybrid and flexible working, strong learning and development support, a collaborative team culture and a excellent range of benefits from day one. If you are interested in finding out more please contact Danielle Bailey for a confidential conversation on (phone number removed) or on (url removed). As you know over here at Zest we like to do things properly and always want to keep you, the candidate in the loop. Applying to this 'one of a kind' role you give Zest permission to hold your information. If you want to know more about how Zest look after your personal information please visit our privacy policy on the website (url removed)

I am looking for hands on Senior Process Technologist who is looking to join a booming and growing business. This role will be fast paced, working across multiple top retailers and offers a large variety of products. You will be heading up the process team and working closely with NPD to deliver products to launch efficiently. As Senior Process Technologist you will provide a site-based resource within the development department to own and manage NPD, EPD projects for the site for the customer base from process handover to launch. From site approval you will head up projects / process handover and execution of successful scale up of products into the factory to meet both the customer and businesses expectations, whilst satisfying all relevant technical and operational criteria in line with a very high critical path. Thus, delivering a timely and faultless successful launch, supported by the relevant site functions. A varied position which requires an individual with previous process experience who is searching for that career defining opportunity. You will need a min of 3 years process exp and a strong work ethic. Please get in touch (url removed) / (phone number removed) As you know over here at Zest we like to do things properly and always want to keep you, the candidate in the loop. Applying to this 'one of a kind' role you give Zest permission to hold your information. If you want to know more about how Zest look after your personal information please visit our privacy policy on the website (url removed)

Have you got a passion for baking and New Product Development? Has to time come for you to explore a new opportunity and look at developing your career? This opportunity could be for you! This role needs your knowledge of Baking and NPD processes in order to succeed. Reporting to the NPD Manager you will be one of the senior people within the NPD team and use your already great experience in baking to guide and pass on your experience to the team and get hands stuck in! The role: Retailer facing environment You will use your existing knowledge and experience of NPD Processes Optimise factory settings to ensure product quality and consistency Coordinate factory trials and first production runs Collaborate with cross- functional teams and suppliers About you: You will be experienced in an NPD environment Ideally expereinced in bakery setting as well Passionate and driven Want to know more? Apply now! For an informal chat about the role in more detail give me a call on or email me - INDTECH

Process Development Manager Location: Grimsby Salary: Up to 55,000 + bonus + benefits Sector: Chilled Food Manufacturing An established chilled food manufacturing business is recruiting a Process Development Manager . This role is well suited to Senior Process Technologists or Process Technologists who regularly step up, cover senior colleagues, and lead factory trials. This is a process-driven role , focused on delivery rather than product creativity. Key Responsibilities Lead process development and factory scale-up from concept through to launch Plan, run and document factory trials, ensuring smooth handover to Operations Own customer-led changes, renovations and launches at site level Manage critical paths, timelines, yields and trial costs Work closely with Operations, Technical, Engineering and Commercial teams Support manufacturing readiness and continuous improvement initiatives Mentor Process Technologists and build team capability Progress into line management responsibility within 6 months Ideal Candidate Profile You may already be: An NPD Manager who has a preference in Process A Senior Process Technologist , or A Process Technologist acting up (covering during annual leave, sickness or customer visits), or A Technologist managing projects, trials and customer interaction independently You will have: Experience in chilled food manufacturing Hands-on factory trial and scale-up experience Exposure to UK retailer own-label requirements Good understanding of food safety standards (HACCP, BRC, customer COPs) Strong organisation, communication and stakeholder skills (chilled food experience advantageous but not essential, product experts on site to support) Package & Benefits Salary up to from 40,000 to 55,000 (DOE) Annual discretionary bonus (based on company performance) Pension: statutory employer contribution Life assurance (3x salary) 25 days holiday + bank holidays Staff discount On-site parking Additional Information No sponsorship available Interviewing First stage ASAP- Final stage booked for 20th and 21st January Interview process includes site tour and short presentation task

Process Development Technologist Location: Park Royal Salary: 40,000 - 45,000 Hours: Full-time Are you passionate about food innovation and ready to turn great ideas into real, scalable products? We're working with a leading food manufacturer to find a talented Process Technologist to help bridge the gap between the development kitchen and the factory floor. This is a hands-on, fast-paced role where you'll play a key part in bringing new products to life-ensuring they meet high technical and quality standards as they move from concept to launch. What You'll Be Doing Leading the scale-up of new products from kitchen to full-scale factory production Organising and running factory trials for NPD (New Product Development) and EPD (Existing Product Development) projects Driving continuous improvement and value engineering to enhance product quality and efficiency Working with cross-functional teams including Technical, Operations, and Engineering to ensure smooth implementation of changes Supporting the introduction of new technologies aligned with the Product Development Strategy What's On Offer 45,000 salary A site-based role at a major food production facility Real influence on how new products are developed, tested, and launched A chance to be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking NPD team What We're Looking For A degree in Food Science, Chemical Engineering, or a similar technical field Previous experience in food manufacturing (FMCG), ideally in a process, development, or NPD-focused role Understanding of key food production methods-such as extrusion, frying, baking, sheeting, and flavouring Strong problem-solving abilities and a drive for continuous improvement A genuine enthusiasm for food, innovation, and quality Ready to Help Shape the Future of Food? If you're someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and loves the challenge of making ideas production-ready, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to find out more! Our Commitment to Your Privacy Kandhu Recruitment will treat all applications confidentially. If your experience aligns with the role, we'll be in touch and may retain your information in accordance with our GDPR & Privacy Policy for relevant future opportunities. If not, we will not store your data or contact you further.