Responsible for the execution of customer and category development, from factory trials through pre-launch and launch phases, ensuring delivery of quality, technical and commercial objectives, through cross functional collaboration with category, customer, and site stakeholders.
Responsibilities
PRODUCT AND INNOVATION: Responsible for delivery of approved product development projects from customer briefs, and category initiatives through to launch in sites, to include:
* Innovation
* Product transfers
* Product improvement and sku rationalisation
* Responsible for ensuring products are representative of the manufacturing process and the product concept approved by the customer in terms of technical and quality standards, and for confirming operational costs.
MEASUREMENT
* Deliver against agreed product development and innovation KPIs.
* Responsible for ensuring key milestones are met within the Recipe Professor stage-gate system.
* To manage agreed cost of launching a product i.e. micro, nutritional, sampling & trials, including ingredients.
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS
* In conjunction with all stakeholders, prepare diligently and lead site visits, to ensure customer expectations are met and exceeded.
* To undertake travel to visit customers and suppliers as required.
COMMUNICATION
1. Working effectively with other key function...