Are you an ambitious Development Manager looking to elevate your career within a global brand?

This is your chance to join a company that prioritises employee wellbeing and fosters a supportive, dynamic culture. With generous salaries and comprehensive packages, you'll have the resources you need to thrive. This role offers immense scope for progression, providing opportunities to advance and grow within a forward-thinking organisation committed to your success.

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You will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Working with customer teams to agree new product plan by channel / customer
• Plan, manage and deliver new product development projects from concept to launch, meeting project deadlines
• Understand the complexity of recipe and assembly as it relates to the manufacturing line as well as the impact of the cost structure of the overall product
• Develop packaging solutions in parallel with recipe
• Interpretation and delivery of customer brief to agreed cost model and customer needs
• Act as the Voice of the Customer by forming close working relationships with allocated customers to truly understand and deliver their needs
• Preparing costings, nutritional and ingredient declarations
• Working with the category team to understand market trends and be able to translate new product propositions into viable products for our customers
• Support the scale up of kitchen samples to factory trials
• Carry out shelf life from factory trial including the appropriate organoleptic testing
• Complete customer submission forms
• Leverage supplier innovation and manage IP accordingly, seeking every opportunity to own the IP from the outset
• Work with Procurement to source new raw materials where necessary and ensure that MOQ’s, lead time and shelf life support the product feasibility
• Present new product concepts internally and to customers

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What's required?

• Degree educated or equivalent in a food disciple. With a minimum of 2-3 years experience within a food manufacturing environment
• Experience of implementing the NPD process from concept to launch
• Bakery or related experience

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What's in it for you?

£45,000.00 - £50,000.00 per annum

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Do you think you fit the criteria?

Want to find out more about the role?

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ID 129

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