NPD Technologist
- Employer
- Silven Recruitment Limited
- Location
- Scotland
- Salary
- £45000 per year
- Closing date
- 21 Jan 2022
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Other Job Function
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
NPD Technologist
Salary c. £45,000
(North Scotland)
Job ref: FE/10272
Are you looking for a new challenge in NPD? Do you want to join a well-established food manufacurer with exciting plans for growth? Located in the beautiful, scenic area of Northern Scotland, my client is looking for a new NPD Technologist to join their creative team.
The Role
Reporting to the NPD Manager, the key objective of the role is to lead product development projects from NPD to successful launch into the marketplace. Main responsibilities include:
- Develop fit for purpose recipes which are cost effective and are in accordance with the brand, project brief, and consumer demand
- Provide insight and product lead technical information to the commercial, marketing, and wider technical teams to help generate/identify opportunities for EPD, NPD & NPI
- Lead projects from development perspective, development stage to launch
- Adhere to technical specifications and quality expectations
- Support process team during the upscaling and trailing stages of development
- Work alongside the QA Manager to assess existing procedures and identify improvement opportunities
- Actively involved in existing product assessments lead by the EPD Technologist to ensure a sound understanding of existing product performance is maintained
The Candidate
The successful candidate will:
- Degree level educated in a Food or Science related discipline or equivalent
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in the food manufacturing industry within an NPD function
- Experienced in driving, managing, and delivering NPD projects to deadlines
- Knowledge and experience with retailer manufacturing standards (M&S, JS, Waitrose, and Tesco preferred)
- Sensory evaluation training advantageous
- Excellent written and oral communication across all levels of the business
The Package
- Salary c. £45,000
- Relocation package available
- Monday - Friday
Next Steps
To apply for this role, please contact Faith Eastwood at Silven on either 07399 824435, 0161 8327463 or faith.eastwood@silven.co.uk quoting reference FE/10272
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.
- Website
- http://www.silven.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0845 0036872
- Location
-
Clarence House
4 Clarence Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M2 4DW
GB
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