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Senior NPD Technologist

Employer
AIM Recruitment Ltd
Location
East Midlands Region
Salary
£28,000 - £34,000
Closing date
17 May 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development, Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

A large, industry leading food manufacturing organisation is looking for a Senior NPD Technologist to develop new products from concept to launch.

Key responsibilities

  • Develop and take lead on the development of various products
  • Manage and monitor products throughout the full product development process - right from concept through to launch
  • Create kitchen samples in line with the customer brief, all the while managing time, costs and quality standard targets
  • Produce cooking instructions in line with customer and safety requirements
  • Consistently work towards retailer best practice
  • Contribute to idea generation within the team and use your strong market awareness to maximise advantage over the competitors
  • Work closely with the manufacturing team to ensure the production feasibility for products
  • Be able to present new products and upgrades to senior management, utilising your professionalism and presentation skills
  • Consistently utilise your process knowledge, and use your expertise to gain the very best results
  • Support various projects with a particular focus on new product development and product line extensions
  • Benchmark products regularly
  • Convert recipes into commercially viable products by working closely with NPD Chef

To be considered for this role, you must:

  • Have a Food Technology Degree, or a Food related degree
  • Have previous experience of working in a fast paced food manufacturing environment
  • Be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of implementing project management techniques
  • Be comfortable with critical path and gated processes
  • Have an analytical mindset
  • Have a strong attention to detail
  • Be comfortable with numbers
  • Have strong communication skills
  • Have managerial experience (essential)
  • Encourage others to succeed
  • Be technically competent
  • Be passionate about food

Company

We know, you’ve heard it all before, the same old same old: we’re great, use us, extensive databases … blah, blah, blah.  And just before you switch off you’re last thought on the subject may well be “whatever, recruitment is recruitment, right?”.

Wrong.

Anyone who spends long enough trawling a database and ‘pings’ enough CVs off will eventually make a placement. They’ll consider that to be “recruitment”.

On the receiving end as a candidate you will be bewildered why you are apparently “suitable” for such a wide variety of jobs nobody has thought to discuss with you – being local and available doesn’t mean appropriate.

On the receiving end as a client you will invariably be left feeling you could have done as good a job, if not better, yourself without having to engage with the irritating so-and-so passing off the CVs as a job well done.  That’s not recruitment as we recognise it.

We believe “recruitment” means US finding the RIGHT PERSON for the RIGHT JOB.  Occasionally that’s all we’ll present a client with, the one person they’ll want to hire, but more often than not we’ll provide a choice of up to three candidates who for different reasons that we can substantiate through knowledge of the candidate, their ethos and character would meet expectations.

How do we do it?  The team are all trained in food industry know-how by Alan Donaldson, MD.  With first-hand experience as both a hiring manager and interim manager Alan is in a unique position to understand exactly what it takes to deliver a mutually successful placement and he has instilled this within the team.

As the golfing great Gary Player said “the more I practice the luckier I get” – it’s not through luck when AIM consultants find themselves with multiple job offers being made and roles created to accommodate shortlisted candidates. When clients can’t bring themselves to turn away such a good match you know that’s a job well done and that makes us feel as great as it makes you feel!

So, does it work?  Yes it does.  AIM has gone from strength to strength over the last 12 years developing an excellent network of contacts, repeat business and personal recommendations from clients and candidates alike.   If you’re not amongst those who’ve tried and tested this breath of fresh air in the stale world of recruitment maybe now’s the time to do so.

Get in touch and try AIM Recruitment for yourself.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0115 923 4651
Location
27 Rectory Road
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG2 6BE
GB

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