The Cake Crew have a vacancy for Maternity Cover for a Senior NPD Technologist for a period of 1 year from February 2025. This role is for a customer-facing Senior NPD Technologist who will ensure customer critical paths for project briefs are adhered to, launching products on time and supporting briefs with innovative ideas and trends through market data and research.
The main duties of the role are:
1. Manage customer accounts with NPD and EPD projects from concept to launch;
2. Direct contact with key retailers, face-to-face and written communication;
3. Create and develop innovative designs, capturing new key trend designs for both NPD and EPD projects;
4. Work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment ensuring that all key milestones are met;
5. Champion recipe creation and all documentation throughout the concept to launch process including recipes, submission forms, QAS/CQMs, launch folders, and factory paperwork;
6. Undertake all tasks associated with product launch organoleptic testing and micro review;
7. Source new ingredients fit for purpose for the design, customer, and site requirements and costs. Be the first point of contact for basic information such as specifications, MOQ, lead times, and price;
8. Attend all customer submission meetings;
9. Send out kitchen samples and meet the required delivery deadlines;
10. Work closely with process technologists to organize trials, ensure all raw materials are ordered in advance, and support production through the trial stage;
11. Organize preproduction launch meetings and oversee first product launches;
12. Support team workload to
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