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NPD Manager

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
South Wales
Salary
Competitive salary
Closing date
11 Dec 2024
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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

New Product Development Manager

Competitive salary
South Wales
Food Manufacturing
Job ref: 8741

The company

This company is a leading provider of premium quality specialist products to food manufacturers, foodservice, and retailers throughout the UK.

About the New Product Development Manager job

As a key part of the NPD team, your role will be to support the food product development process and support from handover to first production and launch.

Key tasks

  • Organise and run trials for new products and EPD projects
  • Ensure the day to day upkeep of the recipe system and manufacturing instructions
  • Work closely with the Development Chefs, NPD Technologists, operations and commercial teams from the initial concept through to launch 

About You

  • Degree educated in food science, food technology or related subject or equivalent experience
  • Have experience in food product development with knowledge of factory processes and conducting factory trials - but this could be from a university placement
  • Level 2 Food Safety certificate and Level 2 HACCP qualifications are both desirable
  • Experience working with food service customers and retailers is an advantage

More details

The New Product Development Manager job (ref:8741) is based in South Wales and is paying a very competitive salary according to your experience.

The package includes 33 days holiday per annum and great employer’s pension contribution.

The working hours are 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with flexibility to support trials, launches etc.

The location in Pontypool, South East Wales and is commutable from Newport, Cardiff, Abergavenny, Ebbw Vale & Merthyr Tydfil.

Alternate job titles

New Product Development Technologist | NPD Technician | Food Product Developer | Food Product Development | Food Science Jobs | Food NPD Jobs | Food Technologist | Process Technologist 

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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