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Graduate NPD Technologist - Hybrid

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Kent
Salary
to £31,000
Closing date
20 Dec 2024
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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

This job is working for a very well-established and respected manufacturer that supplies to UK retailers and foodservice markets, as well as further food manufacturing. Always at the forefront of product development and innovation, they have continually invested in new facilities and the latest technologies.

About the Graduate NPD Technologist - Hybrid job

This is an exciting opportunity for a recent food graduate with some placement experience within NPD to join an energetic, innovative, and friendly food product development team which has some exciting projects underway. This role will give you the opportunity to work closely with major food retailers and provides a fantastic opportunity to develop NPD from concept to launch.

Key tasks

  • Idea generation, recipe design and arranging new materials as well as writing specifications.
  • Interfacing with production teams and attending customer presentations, project meetings, and factory trials.
  • Shelf-life assessments and factory quality taste panels and generating ideas.
  • Liaising with customers.
  • Application work (cooking whilst always maintaining good housekeeping and cleanliness throughout workstations.

About You

  • The successful candidate shall be a recent food science graduate (or similar relevance).
  • One years’ experience in NPD - could be a placement.
  • ‎A high passion for food and flavours with an open approach to innovation, processes, and concepts.

More details

 

The Graduate NPD Technologist - Hybrid job (ref:8806) is based in Kent and is paying up to £31,000 dependent on experience.

The company are closed between Christmas and New Year and contribute to your pension at a rate of 5.5%. Holiday allowance is 33 days (FTE, bank holidays included).

This role is full time, 8:00am – 5:00pm and there can be some regular home working involved, 2 days per week once established in the role.

Alternate job titles

The site is in Kent and is commutable from Sevenoaks, Maidstone, Tunbridge wells, Orpington, Croydon, Reigate and Aylesford.

 

 

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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