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NPD Manager

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
North West England
Salary
£30,000 - £35,000
Closing date
3 Jan 2022

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

NPD Manager

Job ref: 7975 | £30,000 - £35,000 | Greater Manchester

The company

This role is working for a successful, BRC AA Graded food manufacturer.

The business produces high-quality food products and exceptional service to enable their food manufacturing customers to innovate and increase productivity without compromising on quality.

The job

Reporting to the Head of R&D and Quality, the NPD Manager is responsible for new product development for key customers and leading a team of 3 specialists in this field.

You will collaborate with the NPD teams at other company sites and work closely with the sales team and industrial customers, to deliver innovative products.

Key tasks:

  • Responsible for NPD departmental budget.
  • Direct contact with key industrial and other defined target accounts.
  • Manage and develop NPD personnel.
  • Represent the company at external conferences and events.
  • Collaboration with other NPD Managers within the business.
  • Support for Sales Department in line with Company’s growth strategy.
  • Ensure the correct NPD standards are met for the site’s BRC accreditation requirements.

About you

Key skills and experience for the NPD Manager include:

  • Educated to a degree level in a food science related discipline.
  • Minimum of 5 years experience working in food product development, ideally bakery products.
  • Experience in managing or supervising other staff members is preferred.
  • Excellent communication and customer facing skills.
  • Highly organised, creative, and able to plan your workload efficiently and effectively.

More details

The NPD Manager job is based in Greater Manchester and is paying £30,000 - £35,000 according to your experience.

The package includes eye care vouchers for VDU users, pension, employee assistance programme and onsite car parking.

The working hours are Monday - Thursday 08:00 to 16:30 and Friday 07:30 to 15:00.

How to apply

To be considered for the NPD Manager job, please click the Apply button.

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Alternate job titles

New Product Development Manager | Head of NPD | Head of Product Development | Senior NPD Technologist | NPD Supervisor | Senior Development Technologist | Food Product Development Jobs

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

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Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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