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Innovation & Development Technologist

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Lancashire
Salary
£21,000 - £23,000
Closing date
10 Feb 2022

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Contract Type
Interim
Function
Development, Graduate
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Innovation & Development Technologist

Job ref: 8002
£21,000 - £23,000
Lancashire
6 Month Contract

The company

We are seeking a talented individual to work for an international, blue-chip company that manufacture and supply their own recognised branded products to major UK retailers.

Throughout the years their products have shaped fascinating markets and continually delighted consumers through quality and innovation.

The job

The purpose of your role as Innovation & Development Technologist is to support the Innovation and Development Team in preparing recipes and concept samples for new product launches.

Key tasks:

  • Prepare samples for internal evaluation, customer appraisal and sensory testing, ensuring quality standards are always met.
  • Arrange couriers & package samples for delivery to customers.
  • Support the development of new cooking instructions and test in line with company NPD procedures.
  • Assist the Technologists in production trials with collating data, taking photographs/videos and conducting product breakdowns for post-trial review.
  • Organise competitor benchmarking sessions and product breakdowns including shopping, coordinating panels, maintaining notes and collating results.
  • Participate in supplier innovation days.

About you

Key skills and experience for the Innovation & Development Technologist include:

  • Educated to a degree/HND level in a food science related discipline or possess relevant food development experience.
  • Strong enthusiasm to learn food product development processes and be involved in the creation of new concepts.
  • Good data interpretation and analysis skills.
  • High attention to detail and well organised.
  • Excellent communication and team working skills.

More details

The Innovation & Development Technologist job is based in Lancashire and is paying £21,000 - £23,000.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 8.30 am – 5 pm.

This role is a fixed-term contract with a duration of 6 months.

How to apply

To be considered for the Innovation & Development Technologist job, please click the Apply button.

After you have submitted your CV, we will aim to contact you in 1-2 business days on the assumption that your skills and experience match the job requirements.

On applying for this job, you consent to b3 jobs ltd holding your details on file to contact you about your job search. For full details of our GDPR policy, please refer to the b3 jobs website.

Alternate job titles

NPD Technologist | NPD Technician | Food Product Technologist | Food Product Developer | NPD Assistant | Innovation Technologist | Food Science Graduate Jobs | Food NPD 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

Food Industry Graduates

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

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

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