DR Newitt
Job title:
Product Developer
Company
DR Newitt
Job description
Job Description
Job Title: Product Developer
Location: East England
Are you a Product Developer, passionate about food and ready for your next step up within your career? Then I invite you to join my client within a brand new Product Developer role and paly a key role in maintaining and building upon their already market leading success.
What Awaits you
- Working with a vast and market leading product range
- Playing a vital role by where your opinion and ideas are highly valued.
- Chance to enter a role which is the first of its kind within the business
- Very friendly and supportive work environment.
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Flexible working hours
Main Responsibilities
- Be an ambassador for the gated NPD process and support the NPD team with the administrative aspects of the stage and gate as well as with NPD and feasibility meetings.
- Work with the chefs to create best in class products for our customers. This includes support with nutritional’s, claims, customer policy compliance etc.
- Be a key part of the customer facing team, supporting the NPD Manager with communication and support, ensuring our customers are always fully informed and up to date on live projects.
- Ensuring the correct documentation is available for customer submissions.
- Keep up to date with the latest food trends and new openings so that you can talk passionately about the industry.
- Develop internal and external relationships across all functions and customers to aid the successful delivery of new products and innovation.
- Support the process team in the trialling and launching of new products to ensure successful scale up in the factory and grow your operational knowledge.
- Continue to support the operations and QA team to ensure that the products we manufacture are the quality and standard that our customers expect.
- Assist the NPD Manager in driving a food agenda within the business and promoting our food values both internally and externally.
- Input recipes accurately on to the development system and ensure new raw materials are sourced in a timely manner to support the costing process.
Qualifications
- Good understanding of manufacturing processes
- Passion for food is essential
- Commercial understanding and ability to develop to a cost
- IT skills-Excel, PowerPoint and Word as well as internal systems
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Proven track record of product launches and strategic growth
- Knowledge of nutrition and calculation of nutritional information
- Customer facing experience ideally within major retailers
How to Apply
To apply for this position with my client, please send your most up-to-date CV detailing any relevant experience to [email protected] or apply using the link below.
Meet your consultant
David Boden
Expected salary
£35000 per year
Location
East Anglia
Job date
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:28:15 GMT
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