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NPD Manager - FTC Maternity Contract

Employer
Hutchinson Jonas
Location
London/Bedfordshire
Salary
Starting salary £53,600 up to ca £70K Car allowance - £5,650 pro rata
Closing date
25 Mar 2019

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Contract Type
Interim
Function
Development
Business Sector
Other Business Sector

Job Details

FIXED TERM 9 MONTH CONTRACT

We are recruiting for a Product Development Manager to support on defining our global beverage range. If it’s going to be in our shops, nothing less than perfection will do. Our customers love our innovative range of food. And whilst they all have their favourite, we like to make sure there’s a broad enough range to tickle their taste buds no matter what the occasion. You will blend innovation with commercial and technical understanding. You use insight and analysis as the backdrop to the products that you’ve brought to market and all you want is to see them in their rightful place.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Input to defining the future range of global beverages;
  • Management of strategic innovation partnerships;
  • Hands on management of the innovation process from idea to launch across the globe;
  • To proactively collaborate and effectively communicate across the business to deliver the innovation programme.

We aim to please through launching ranges of quality products that give customers an all-round taste sensation experience – no matter what the time of year or the occasion. That’s why it’ll be down to you to share best practice across the UK, Europe, Middle East, China and the rest of the world, whilst building excitement across the organisation about your programme of new products.

Skills and experience will include;

  • You will need a relevant degree and significant experience within a food and beverage retail and/or manufacturing environment;
  • A proven track record of commercially successful product launches in several of the categories cooperate in.  Experience of managing international launches a distinct advantage;
  • A thorough working knowledge of the processes involved in taking an idea to launch is essential;
  • Experience of using consumer insight and developing business plans to inform decision making;
  • Exceptional communication skills both written and verbal are essential;

 

Company

Hutchinson Jonas, specialises in the recruitment of FMCG industry professionals.  We cover both the Retail and Manufacturing market areas providing a comprehensive recruitment service to both job seekers and companies alike.

Experience

From inception, Hutchinson Jonas has focused upon the food & drink manufacturing sector and is now one of the leading recruiters in this area. We have successfully completed hundreds of assignments and placements and can draw upon over 15 years of recruitment experience at a senior level. Whatever recruitment problem your organisation has faced, we have almost certainly faced them before.

Clients
Our testimonials come from some of the leading, most influential people within food manufacturing. They speak volumes about our service and can be seen on our website: http://www.hutchinsonjonas.co.uk/ 

Any number of things set us apart from the rest, most notably ‘investment’. We invest heavily in staff development to ensure our people remain leaders in their fields. We also invest in database technology to ensure that we are aware of the availability of key people at any given time. And we invest in the community around us – our graduate food science award at Reading University, our charitable work with PROPS and the National Autistic Society, and our sponsorship of local sports teams are all examples of our commitment to social responsibility.

The Hutchinson Jonas Group is split into two distinct brands, offering two distinct services:

Interim Management
Hutchinson Consultancy Ltd specialises in providing the food & drink industry with interim managers for a variety of different assignments and projects. Our hand-picked professionals are experts in their field and provide support for a variety of different scenarios including gap management, sudden departures, specialist projects and managing change.

Permanent Recruitment
Since our inception in 1999, Jonas has built up a reputation for delivering quality, permanent recruitment solutions in a timely, efficient and ethical manner. We have developed partnerships with many key FMCG Manufacturers, Retailers and Food Service companies both large and small. Our Key Accounts team works together with our customers to offer them a truly service orientated recruitment approach, adding value at every stage of the process.
 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0208 650 7998
Location
Business Services Bromley Ltd
Provident House
Burrell Row
Beckenham
Kent
BR3 1AT
GB

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