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Bakery NPD Specialist

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Essex
Salary
£35,000 - £40,000 + benefits
Closing date
11 Feb 2022

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Bakery NPD Specialist

£35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Essex
Job ref: 7976

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

The purpose of your role as Bakery NPD Specialist is to support the development and launch of branded and tailor-made products that will enable the business to achieve their targeted growth, whilst providing technical support for existing products and customers.

This includes a wide range of bakery products and technologies, from both UK production sites and also imported. Regular travel will be required within the UK to customers and other company sites. Occasional travel will be required within Europe.

Key tasks:

  • Responsibility for projects and tasks as identified by the NPD Manager.
  • Carry out development trials at the UK Technical Centre, customer premises and other locations as required.
  • Support business development activities including internal/external presentations, finished product samples and customer trials.
  • Responsible for NPD briefs for allocated customers, including project management and clear communication with internal colleagues at UK and European sites as required.
  • Support for key industrial customers including troubleshooting.

About you

Key skills and experience for the Bakery NPD Specialist include:

  • Proven and hands-on experience working within bakery/confectionery product development.
  • Educated to a BTEC, degree or equivalent level in a food science/food technology discipline.
  • Sound knowledge of functional ingredients used in the production of bakery/confectionery i.e. enzymes, acids, emulsifiers.
  • Knowledge of the Chorleywood Bread Process is desirable.
  • Highly organised and able to oversee NPD projects.
  • Driving licence and flexibility to travel on occasion.

More details

The Bakery NPD Specialist job is based in Essex and is paying £35,000 - £40,000 according to your experience.

The package includes company pension scheme, access to private healthcare scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and other attractive benefits.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 9 am - 5 pm.

How to apply

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

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Alternate job titles

Bakery Technologist | Bakery Development Technologist | Senior NPD Technologist | Food Product Development Technologist | Bakery Food Technologist | Formulation Technologist | Bakery 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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