Junior NPD Manager 2SFG Meals - The Pizza Factory Nottingham Competitive Salary Company Benefits Shift: Monday to Friday – Days About Us: When you join 2 Sisters, you will become part of the UK’s largest food manufacturer, with an annual turnover of £3billion, over 13,500 people and covering more than 18 sites. This role sits within our Meals division, where we live by our mantra of ‘Making Every Meal Moment Special’. We have 5 sites creating over 500 different products to feed our nation, from ready meals to iced fingers…we love our food, and we love our people. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we couldn’t do it without our team. It is a team where everyone counts…we empower you with trust and give you the freedom to deliver. We ‘do what we say’ and accept accountability which allows our customers to trust us to create great tasting, innovative and quality meal solutions. About the Role: We are seeking a true ‘foodie’ to join as our Junior NPD Manager with a passion and flair to drive and deliver our new products for our best-in-class customers. You will be highly driven, and customer orientated whilst providing success stories in launches of innovative new products through a creative blue-sky approach to development and market leaders in recipe creation. If you are currently a Senior Development Technologist ready for your next step or someone experienced that is ready to work for one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers, then apply today. Duties Include: Manage focused development of new products to deliver the required margin for our customers and the business, including the completion of development costings within agreed commercial, technical and customer briefs and timescales. Work closely with the Head of NPD to understand the market and the consumer and support the delivery of Category Reviews Create new and innovative products in line with agreed business plans & market developments, showing a real flair for food & culinary trends. Excite and inspire the customer and the business with innovation that delivers extra ordinary growth and profit. Challenge existing products and processes, upgrading where necessary. Effectively manage the development process from concept origination to product handover meeting all deadlines both internally and externally. Ensure self and the development team are up to date with culinary trends via shopping trips, travel, restaurants, exhibitions, market reports, visiting places of interest, reading food journals & magazines to improve their culinary skills and knowledge of foods. About You: A strong understanding of our marketplace – products, consumers, and competitors Exceptionally strong communication skills. NPD background, an eye for innovation, creative with a real passion for food is essential. Previous experience in a development or development management role with proven knowledge and understanding of all stages in product development. Experience of supporting the major retailers, ideally M&S, Tesco, JS or Morrison’s, within a bakery environment A ‘foodie’ with a commercial focus who can combine creativity with a complete understanding of full-scale production practicalities. In return for your hard work and dedication 2 Sisters Food Group are offering an excellent starting salary alongside a competitive package and the opportunity to influence a market leader during a time of real growth. If you feel you have the skills and experienced needed to excel in this Junior NPD Manager role, then apply today to find out more. The interview will process will consist of a call from our recruitment team, followed by a formal meeting on site for successful applicants. At 2 Sisters are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and commit to fairness and equality for all employees and applicants. This includes age, disability, neurodiversity, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.