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Development Manager

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Braintree, Essex
Salary
to £65,000
Closing date
28 Feb 2025
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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

This food manufacturing company has had huge success within its sector and prides itself on using natural ingredients and striving towards a zero-waste policy supporting communities across the UK and the environment. 

About the Development Manager job

The purpose of your role will be to spearhead Innovation, Research & Development initiatives. This role involves managing the Development team, driving innovative projects, and delivering cutting-edge solutions to enhance the company’s product portfolio and overall customer experience.

Key tasks

  • Lead the team in developing and innovating new products and processes, managing projects from concept to launch, while ensuring accurate costings and alignment with business procedures.
  • Design and develop products that meet business and customer-defined scopes, conducting trials and research to gain expertise in key ingredients, equipment, and processes.
  • Clearly communicate ideas, proposals, and product benefits to customers and internal stakeholders, acting as a source of expert advice on trends and market initiatives.
  • Plan and organise resources, including team personnel, to meet project and trial deadlines, ensuring adherence to health, safety, environmental, and food safety standards.
  • Monitor and benchmark product quality, driving continuous improvement and supporting the business in maintaining exceptional standards across all projects.

About You

  • Degree in Food Science or extensive food technology experience, preferably at a senior level, with a strong understanding of food process mapping, and experience within a development role.
  • A nutritional background or keen interest in nutrition would be beneficial.
  • A solid understanding of Food Safety and Regulatory standards.
  • Proven ability to analyse, interpret, and present data, with intermediate to advanced proficiency in Excel.
  • Strong leadership skills to manage a small team, and drive product development using technical, sensory, and consumer insights as well as the ability to independently and collaboratively drive projects to completion through effective delegation and personal initiative.

More details

The Development Manager job (ref:8841) is paying £60,000 - £65,000 according to your experience.

The site is based near Braintree, Essex and is commutable from Manningtree, Chelmsford, Halstead, Ipswich, Harwich, Clacton on Sea, Tiptree, Colchester, Witham, Sudbury, Hadleigh, (Suffolk and Essex).

Alternate job titles

New Product Development Manager | Head of NPD | Head of Product Development | Senior NPD Technologist | NPD Supervisor | Food Product Development Jobs | Food Manufacturing 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

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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
United Kingdom

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