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New Product Development Manager

Employer
Blue Spark
Location
South East England
Salary
£negotiable
Closing date
22 Oct 2018

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

The Company

This is an exciting chance to work for an outstanding premium food company supplying a wide range of branded and own label products across a number of diverse categories. They are currently seeking a confident and commercially astute New Product Development Manager to help drive the NPD process from concept to launch in line with their innovation strategy.

The Role

In this varied role you’ll be developing new and existing products within a fast moving sector, responding to customer briefs and using your creative flair to drive exciting concepts that reflect up and coming food trends. Your role will encompass all stages of innovation from idea generation and development to consumer testing, factory trials and full scale launch to market, ensuring category innovation goals are achieved according the company’s commercial vision.

You’ll be refreshing existing ranges where you’ll develop and adapt recipes to improve taste, texture, quality and cost whilst managing suppliers to ensure budget objectives are met in line with business strategy. You’ll also work with key customers on a daily basis, keeping them updated on the critical path and product progress, ensuring expectations are met all the way to guarantee the continued success of this forward thinking food business.

The Person

We are looking for an ambitious food science graduate who has gained valuable NPD concept to launch experience within a dynamic food manufacturing environment. With a proven track record of developing concepts you’ll be able to demonstrate your excellent project management skills in order to launch successful products into the market place. You’ll also need to have great communication skills as you’ll be liaising with internal teams as well as suppliers and a key customer base.

So if you are looking for your next challenge where you can enhance your NPD skills within a supportive food company then apply now or contact us on 0345 2600 737.

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Please note that we are only able to accept and respond to applications from candidates with eligibility to work in the UK and those who hold valid work visas.

Company

Blue Spark is a boutique recruitment consultancy for the Food and Drinks industry, satisfying a growing appetite for intelligent and ethical recruitment.

Working entirely free of commission, we source high calibre candidates for some of the most exciting organisations in the field.

Our friendly and creative consultants seek the perfect match with every appointment – be it graduate or director level, permanent or interim.

Established by Food professionals in 2006, our vast experience and intuitive grasp of market trends has earned us the superb reputation we enjoy today.

With a particular commitment to openness and innovation, Blue Spark offers a truly comprehensive range of recruitment solutions across all sectors of the Food and Drinks industry.

These include:

• Search and Selection

• Advertised Search

• Executive Search

• Database Search

• Proactive Candidate Generation

So whether you're seeking that dream job in Food and Drink, or the perfect people for your growing business, Blue Spark can deliver.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0345 2600 737
Location
34 - 36 The Broadway
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 3AL
United Kingdom

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