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NPD Assistant

Employer
Food & Drink Recruit
Location
Oldham
Salary
£16,000 - £18,000 +Benefits
Closing date
18 Jan 2019

Job Details

NPD Assistant, Oldham, Salary £16-£18k +benefits

We are a c£160 million business which supplies cake and desserts to service the own brand of the major retailers. There are two sites in the North West at Bolton and Oldham.

The Oldham site is a craft bakery supplying cake products and mainstream desserts mostly to Marks & Spencer. The Bolton site manufactures more commodity based products making for example slab cakes, and top tier unit cake for a variety of retailers including Sainsbury's, Asda, Tesco's .

The Oldham site contributes c£120m of the total company, this is mainly made up of M & S product for their cakes, desserts and Food to Order range e.g. personal Birthday/Wedding/Celebration cakes.

Our success has further been recognised over several years by its peers within its sector by being awarded a variety of awards including the Bakery Food Manufacturer of the year.

We offer an environment which is a growing company characterised by retail partnering.

Example Job Accountabilities:

  • Collation of ingredients from the factory for use within the NPD department
  • Ensure raw materials and packaging are available for the Concept Team
  • Organise refreshments and prepare rooms for visits
  • Ensuring effective stock and rotation is in place with clear labelling of raw materials
  • Maintaining hygiene standards of the NPD Department including deep cleans, kit and utensil cleans and employing a clean as you go principle within the department.
  • Organising sample requests to the required delivery expectations.
  • Record and communicate hazards, risks and near misses
  • Re-producing product samples to identified set standards
  • Undertaking learning and development as required, to ensure a continuous improvement in skills and knowledge base.
  • Conduct our operations in a safe and environmentally friendly manner and promote behavioural safety
  • Upholding and promoting 5S values within the workplace.
  • Assist NPD and other Departments as requested

Candidate Profile:

 

  • Highly organised and methodical in approach
  • Open, honest and creative decision making to enable timely and informed decision making
  • Possessing a critical eye for detail
  • Being an effective team player
  • Ability to forward plan

Hours: Monday to Thursday 08:30 - 17:00, Friday 08:30 - 16:00

Salary: £16,000 - £18,000 per annum

Package:

 

  • 25 days holiday a year and 8 statutory holidays
  • Pension scheme
  • Discount scheme on purchases from high street retailers

To Apply: Please press the 'apply' button

*Due to the amount of applications received, only those who our client wishes to progress will be contacted. If you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for reading this advertisement.

This role may be of interest to: NPD Technologist, Process Development, New Product Development, NPD Assistant, Technical QA QC Quality Technician, Technical Assistant, Food Technologist, Technical Coordinator, Controller, Graduate, Manchester, Oldham, Lancashire, Bolton, Rochdale, Preston, Leeds

 

Company

Food and Drink Recruit are a leading specialist recruitment agency. We can fill any specialised roles for Food and Drink Manufacturing Companies across the UK.

Our recruitment covers all disciplines such as NPD, Technical, Quality, Engineering, HR, Production, IT, Purchasing, Sales and Marketing, Supply Chain, Warehouse, Planning etc.

Check our website for more details: www.foodanddrinkrecruit.co.uk

Company info
Website
Telephone
0113 2250 907
Location
Spen Court
Leeds
LS16
GB

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