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