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R+D Category Lead

Employer
CPA Recruitment
Location
Flexible
Salary
up to 125k + benefits
Closing date
26 Sep 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development, Sales & Marketing, Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

R+D Category Lead

Up to 125k + package

Flexible

Ref: FMW38644

Company  

An international business leading the way in innovation across a number of product sectors, this is an amazing opportunity to join a truly global team. With consistent growth over the last three decades, this hugely successful business supplies products to customers worldwide. They pride themselves on creativity, technological advances and the highest quality of service to customers within a professional and state-of-the-art environment.

The Role

This is the chance to shape how people worldwide view food and drink.
Leading a big category with Savoury Food, you will be responsible for all activity, particularly driving the NPD strategy and identifying opportunities for growth. A strong leader who can develop relationships and co-ordinate resources, you will drive the strategy for the European market. Working closely with marketing and R+D, you will support sales team from a technical perspective and act as the global link to other regional end user market teams. With a strong understanding of the technologies relevant to this category, you will become an expert in this field and fully align to market and customer needs.

Personal Profile

  • Food or science based degree, ideally with further qualifications.
  • Technical background with proven commercial experience
  • Strategic thinker with experience in customer interaction and technical support
  • Project management skills and the ability to lead a team
  • Able to influence at high levels and drive alignment across the business

Ref Code: FMW38644

To apply or for more information, please e-mail in strict confidence, with an updated CV, including salary details, quoting the above reference and for the attention of Sarah to Sarah@cparecruitment.com  

Due to a high volume of responses, we cannot reply to each application individually. If you have not had a response within one week, we are sorry to say your application has not been successful on this occasion. 

Company

International specialists in the provision of practical recruitment and resourcing solutions, across every sector of the food and drink industry, CPA Recruitment is a name synonymous with quality and service, as well as being a business that’s justifiably proud of its well earned reputation.

Offering a global capability, we’re able to draw on an unrivalled wealth of in-house expertise and are clearly acknowledged as one of the market leaders in our field.


Highly respected in the food & drink industry, we are dedicated to building partnerships in business, with both clients and candidates that bring, mutual benefits to all parties, on a long term basis.


With twenty year’s experience, we have grown a talented team of consultants, whose knowledge and experience and expertise of the food and drink recruitment market guarantees that success will be at your disposal to achieve your recruitment objective.


We are renowned for providing bespoke solutions, with in-built flexibility and have a long and successful history of handling both UK and overseas assignments, at all levels, on behalf of a loyal and growing client base – ranging from global blue-chip organisations to independent enterprises.

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 8203 1000
Location
Eclipse House
20 Sandown Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD24 7AE
United Kingdom

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