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NPD Manager – Food

Employer
Silven Recruitment Limited
Location
Edinburgh
Salary
£Competitive
Closing date
20 Sep 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

NPD Manager – Food

£Competitive

Edinburgh

Job Reference: GG/5767

Are you an experienced NPD Manager who would like a new challenge or perhaps a Senior Technologist looking for their step up? Would you like to work for a food company that produces some of the UKs most popular brands as well as own-label products for the major retailers.

If so, please read on…

The Company

Fast- paced, agile and fun They support their staff to achieve their career goals and provide a people-focussed working environment.

The Role

  • You will lead a team and report into the group Head of R&D.
  • You will manage the site R&D agenda which will cover Innovation and NPD - including product & pack changes.
  • You will be responsible for ensuring all technical R&D documents are completed for new products and processes for commercial scale ups and trials.
  • A key part of this role will be very hands, which will see you taking new specification briefs
  • You will ensure prototypes are created on time and to a high quality
  • You will work with the production team to help resolve technical issues during production (these can be sensory, chemical analysis, or shelf life testing). 
  • You will get to try lots of new and exciting things, in our very own R&D facility onsite!

The Successful Candidate

You will have strong communication skills with the ability to build relationships with key stakeholders quickly, not be afraid to get hands-on and be passionate about creating exciting products.

Next steps…

Get in touch! If you think this role is for you, send your CV to gilbert.gregory@silven.co.uk with GG/5767 as a subject or give me a call on 0161 832 7463.

Company

The Silven team is full of passionate, committed and personable people, who have built their careers recruiting into their specialist markets.

We’ve developed many long standing client and candidate relationships along the way; mainly because we delight in helping companies to realise their plans and in assisting candidates to advance their careers.

If you are a client or candidate seeking advice and a service based on experience and knowledge of your market, we’d love to hear from you. Contacting us could be the best thing you do today.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0845 0036872
Location
Clarence House
4 Clarence Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M2 4DW
GB

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