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The Sterling Choice
Leicestershire
Development Technologist Food Manufacturing Location: Leicestershire Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 Are you looking to get into the food industry and have a keen passion for development and seeing new products come to market? This role will allow you to get involved in developing briefs for new product designs that meet customer and category expect
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Leicester
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Job Source: Samworth Brothers LimitedLeicester
Teamwork Partnership is currently recruiting on behalf of their clients for New Product Development Technologist ( food environment ) in Leicester on a permanent basis. This is a permanent role.
Main Purpose of the Job
Responsible for the development and innovation of new products from concept through to launch for both retailers and brand.
Site based product development for NPD, EPD, Value engineering project, process trials and customer related projects.
Working closely with retailers and brands to identify new food trends and design innovative product to meet market trends and customer expectations.
Work as part of a cross functional team and will liaise with Technical, Procurement, Account and Commercial managers & Production departments.
Provide invaluable experience within the Development department, to provide support and assistance to the business and NPD manager.
Prepare and make product samples for internal and external tasting, customer review, nutritional’s, photography, ect.
50/50 kitchen and factory role.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and introduce new and improved products for concept to launch, to meet with the customers brief and strategic objectives of the business.
Interpret retailer briefs, ensuring inventive and feasible products are designed in line with customer expectations, operational constraints, and commercial needs of the business.
Carry out market research, food trends and identify customer needs to take advantage of potential business opportunities.
Recipe development and formulation to create products that meet customer expectations and that are commercially and technically feasible.
Carrying out regular benchmarking sessions, to assess the market and highlight and potential opportunities.
Manage sample requests, creation and ordering of raw materials, including but not limited to, customer samples, testing, Brandbank and photography.
Organise and attend factory trials, ensuring the findings are documented and communicated to the wider business.
Carry out nutritional, shelf-life and organoleptic testing for all new products.
Conduct cooking and defrost validations for all new products, ensuring they are food safe and of a high quality for the consumer.
Collect raw materials from the factory for the kitchen, ensuring it is replenished when needed, and location samples that are delivered.
Review raw material and conduct cost saving exercises on existing SKU’s.
Liaise with key stakeholders on customer visits for trials, pre-pros and first launches.
Visiting retailers and shopping to support samples preparation or customer meetings with refreshments and lunch as required by the business.
Complete relevant paperwork, including QAS’s, line sheets & system set up prior to product launch.
Deputise for the NPD manager as required.
The Right Person
Undertake other duties to support the business.
Detail oriented person with a high level of organisation.
Works well under pressure to strict timelines.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Has a can-do attitude and is flexible to change.
Always demonstrate good housekeeping practices and due diligence.
Full driving licence.
2 years’ experience in similar role
Experience within chilled food manufacture, preferably desserts.
Good standard of IT skills, including power point and excel.
Ideally educated to degree level in a related subject.
Previous experience working with a results-oriented team.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £28,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
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