Senior NPD Technologist - Food

SENIOR NPD TECHNOLOGIST - FOOD As this leading branded and own label food manufacturer continues its successful journey of growth driven by innovation, it has an opening for a Senior NPD Technologist to join their successful and growing team, offering the opportunity to gain further hands-on experience in the full product development lifecycle from concept to launch. MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB To provide a site-based product development resource, supporting the development department with NPD, EPD, Value engineering projects as well as other business or customer related projects. Involved in all aspects of bringing a new product to market - from the initial concept right through to product launch. Exposure to different product categories such as home baking kits, noodle, rice, and pasta snack pots. Opportunity for further development and training. Work as part of a cross functional team and will liaise with Technical, Procurement, Marketing, Account and Commercial managers and Production departments. Hands on experience across various retail own label customers and includes branded product development as well as exposure to the American/Australian markets. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Taking an active development role for account briefs with senior technologist support. Including ideation, recipe development, benchmarking, coordinating taste panels and product submissions along with supporting paperwork. Assisting across full development process from concept through to launch ..... full job details .....