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Product Developer (3 month FTC)

Employer
Blue Spark
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£negotiable
Closing date
13 Dec 2018

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

The Company

This premium brand are rapidly expanding with ambitions to be the greatest in their sector through captivating consumers with their culinary creations and inspired flavour combinations. To help them expand they need a highly talented, engaging and tenacious Product Developer to join them for a 3 month contract.

The Role

This is a great opportunity to gain insight and exposure as a key member of the Development team in a broad role within a vibrant, burgeoning business. You’ll liaise with the marketing, brand and technical departments collaborating with everyone and be given the opportunity to be part of the company’s ambitious expansion plans.

You’ll be given the chance to get stuck in with this dedicated innovations team, supporting the development of inspirational products that are first to market. Using your amazing food skills and knowledge of the latest trends you’ll help develop new ideas and flavour combinations as well as ensuring the existing portfolio is performing well, tweaking products to reflect changes in the market, ingredients or costs.

In addition, you’ll use your strong organisational skills to arrange product benchmarking, quality panels, assist in NPD reviews and carry out competitor analysis work whilst assisting with recipe development in line with customer expectations and feedback.

The Candidate

We're looking for a talented Product Developer who has the creative and commercial panache to assist with key NPD projects for a fast paced brand. You must have an exceptional palate, really understand flavour profiles and how to translate food trends into ‘first to market’ products.

Experience will have been gained within food from either a manufacturing, brand or retail environment but you must have proven NPD successes, can hold your own when it comes to recipe development and be comfortable briefing suppliers. You’ll also need to have first class communication and organisational skills as you will be organising meetings and running panels.

If you're a food fanatic looking to sink your teeth into very unique opportunity apply now or call 0345 2600 737 to find out more.

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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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