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NPD Technologist

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
England, Staffordshire, Cannock
Salary
Benefits
Closing date
2 May 2018

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Category Management, Marketing, Other Job Function

Job Details



Our client is a market leading FMCG business with an instantly recognisable brand and a successful private label offering. Operating across four sites in the UK, the business has grown significantly in recent years to become the category leader in their field. As the category leader, innovation is key to the future growth of the business so this opportunity to join their NPD team as an NPD Manager is unmissable!!

Working cross functionally with sales and marketing the NPD Manager will manage innovation projects from concept to launch.

Key responsibilities include:
  • Manage projects of product development, following the established procedure within deadlines.
  • Manage trials, shelf life, samples and industrial validations for EPD/NPD/Site Transfer projects.
  • Liaise with all factory departments for the development of projects.
  • Communicate project details to all factory and commercial department.
  • Manage new product developments for the business as well as for own label products following briefs from the Marketing and Commercial departments.
  • Report on project progress to NPD controller.
  • Provide all relevant departments with information to create quality and technical documents regarding launch of products in the factory.
  • Monitor products after launching following the 2 week post launch review procedure.
  • Look for new ideas and communicate those ideas using procedures in place.
  • Input into sell in presentations, increase level of product and leaf knowledge available to retail customers.
  • Deputise in NPD Controller absence, ensuring projects progress and NPD contact upheld.




The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level in a Food Science/ Technology or a related discipline and will have around 5 years experience working within an NPD department. Candidates with experience of Chilled/Short shelf life products, Shelf life analysis, Product sampling, Factory Trials and Product Costings will have an advantage. You will need to demonstrate that you have taken a leading role in new product development projects, developing products from concept to launch

Company

With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.

In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.

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