NPD Technologist

Senior NPD Technologist – Food Manufacturing, Co Durham

As this leading, international food business continues its successful journey of growth driven by innovation, it has an opening for a Senior NPD Technologist to join its successful, high-performing and growing team, within a complex and dynamic food manufacturing business, where NPD and innovation are at the heart of everything they do.

This role of Senior NPD Technologist offers you the opportunity to gain further, end-to-end, hands-on experience across a dynamic and complex NPD-driven food business;  as well as the opportunity to collaborate with leading UK retailers, and also, develop much-loved brands, working cross-functionally on NPD, EPD projects and briefs, spanning the full product development lifecycle – from concept to launch.

The key remit is to take ownership and accountability for the development and innovation of new products from concept to launch for both retailer and branded ranges.
  
You will have a good degree of autonomy in this role, as you work closely with a small, yet dynamic NPD team.
  
Main Purpose of the role of Senior NPD Technologist
 
Lead the development of new and improved food products.
Mentor and guide junior NPD team members, sharing your expertise.
To provide a site-based product development resource based in Leeds, supporting the development department with NPD, EPD, Value engineering projects as well as other business or customer-related projects.
Working closely with procurement and technical team supporting with business-driven ingredient projects.
Work as part of a cross functional team and will liaise with Technical, Procurement, Marketing, Account and Commercial managers & Production departments.
Provides invaluable experience within the NPD department, to provide support and assistant to the team as well as the NPD manager.  
About You
  
A food-related degree would be hugely advantageous but not essential – it is more about your NPD and food manufacturing related experience.
  
You will have some food product development experience and be familiar with NPD protocols and processes.  This can be developing concepts with customers, kitchen-based development work, or factory-based process, trial and launch activities.
  
End-to-end NPD project management experience would be hugely advantageous.
  
You must be able to get to the factory, 4 days a week, with one day a week working from home.
  
You must have full eligibility to live and work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this role