NPD Technologist Food Manufacturing

NPD Technologist Food manufacturing
Location Tipton
Salary - -30000 - -38000 per annum
Full time Monday to Friday

Benefits
Canteen
Company pension
Free parking
On-site parking
Transport links

Job description

Working as part of a well-established team, you will play a key role in developing new recipes and updating existing ones to meet customer briefs. Working closely with the NPD, technical and quality teams, you will ensure your recipes are scalable and ready for production.

Key tasks

Collaborate with our innovative NPD team to develop new recipes and refine existing ones based on customer briefs.

Prepare customer samples, source various ingredients and assist in presenting samples during customer meetings whilst ensuring cost analysis is kept up to date and available at the customer''s request.

You will build a strong portfolio of key market trends, customer brands, and insights to guide product development, working with retailer partners providing specification details and identifying gap analysis trends across market ranges.

You will contribute to the creation of innovative and exciting, high-quality products that align with customer requirements and expectations whilst adhering to industry standards.

The person

You should hold or have achieved a degree in food science or equivalent category and have experience of working with an NPD team.

You will have a natural passion and desire for superior quality food and be highly organised with the ability to manage your own workload.

Attention to detail is essential in this role, with the ability to learn quickly, as you will be given the opportunity to work on innovative and exciting new projects.

Ideally you should also have a full driving license.

This is an ideal opportunity for up-and-coming NPD technologists who want to develop as part of a well-organised team.

Please apply with your CV in the first instance.
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