NPD Technologist
Wednesbury
£38,000 - £50,000 DOE
Monday – Friday - 8.30am – 5.00pm
Are you an NPD Technologist looking for something new? I have an exciting new role with a European Food Group, who are market leaders in their field.
Paying up to £50k depending on experience, this £700 million t/o and growing organisation is looking to recruit an experience NPD Technologist to join its friendly and established team.
This fabulous role would suit someone who is looking for a new challenge, in an excellent working environment including state of the art innovation suite/NPD Kitchen, with working hours that provide the perfect work-life balance, but also progression possibilities for the right candidate.
Key Duties
* Develop new products and record all required information to generate an accurate costing and maintain critical paths.
* Follow the companies gated NPD process
* Work closely with other relevant cross-sectional departments.
* Must have excellent time management skills and be responsible for self-supervision.
* Maintaining a level of hygiene in NPD kitchen as required for a working kitchen.
* Collection of ingredients, making samples and panelling samples with the team.
* Develop new products and record all required information to generate an accurate costing and maintain critical paths.
* To run internal benchmarking sessions & manage a rolling calendar to ensure all lines are benchmarked at least once every 6 months.
* Data entry into the company ACCESS system, to maintain Bill of Materials
* Provide a report to the marketing and commercial team to feed recommendations into existing products
* Accountable for running & documenting organoleptic shelf-life panel for NPD/lines
Essential Skills and Experience
* Previous experience in a similar NPD development role.
* Degree or equivalent in science/ food science related qualification.
* An innovative thinking “foodie” with an eye for detail
* A creative individual with a real passion for food.
* Good numeracy skills, understanding of %s.
* Good communication and interpersonal skills and attention to detail.
* Effective interpretation and translation of information with good report writing skills.
To Apply for this position please contact Sarah Dyehouse at Anderson Scott Solutions