GBR Recruitment Ltd is working in exclusive partnership with a well-established progressive SME-sized food manufacturing company based in the heart of Northamptonshire, recruiting for a highly creative and innovative NPD Development Chef to create new culinary delights that meet current market trends and tastes.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about creating new product lines that can be produced in volume for B2B and retail customer markets.
This role could suit someone working in a professional Chef role, with experience in food manufacturing, hospitality, restaurants, hotels, gastro pubs, or bistro-type settings.
Duties:
1. Produce culinary delights for customers to sample and approve.
2. Develop fresh new ideas that can be turned from conceptual ideas into new production runs, ready for customers' shelves.
3. Create recipes that can be followed and produced on a high volume scale, ensuring the factory has the capability to deliver such quantities.
4. Produce specifications for the products developed in the NPD kitchen.
5. Maintain a list of the core ingredients and measures for all new lines.
6. Ensure stock levels are kept in line with NPD requirements.
7. Ensure the development kitchen is audit-ready at all times.
8. Attend production runs for new product launches.
9. Evaluate current food lines and look at ways to improve them (Continuous Improvement).
10. Deliver effective and professional customer food presentations.
11. Communicate professionally with internal teams and clients.
12. Work closely with the Process Technologists and Technical teams.
13. Liaise effectively with Production operations and Commercial teams.
14. Turn conceptual ideas into reality.
Attributes Desired:
1. Experience in a NPD Chef or Creative Chef role or very similar.
2. A passionate foodie, who is up to date with current food trends and tastes.
3. Experience in producing food that can be volumized (mass produced).
4. Food qualifications, plus time served within a professional kitchen.
5. Strong professional communicator at all levels.
6. Able to work within an SME-sized business (flexible and adaptable).
This key NPD Chef role is commutable from Northampton, Earls Barton, Rushden, Wellingborough, Raunds, Thrapston, Kettering, Burton Latimer, Bedford, Milton Keynes, and surrounding areas close to these.
Interviews will take place immediately for the right applicants.
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