Senior Development Technologist - Bakery - Famous Brand - Immediate start
- Employer
- Paul Nyman Consultancy
- Location
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Salary
- Competitive day rate to attract the best
- Closing date
- 16 Nov 2018
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Interim
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Other Job Function
Job Details
Paul Nyman Consultancy are recruiting an experienced Senior Development Technologist to join an innovative snack/bakery company in Yorkshire.
The Business
Built on many years of leading their category, this group offer creative food solutions to a range of key customers spanning across large retailers, food service, manufacturers and small independent businesses. They operate across a varied product base in a fast paced competitive category and are now seeking an enthusiastic individual to join their team on an interim basis.
The Role
The broad scope of this opportunity will offer you the chance to get involved in:
- NPD/EPD from concept to launch, including recipe development, ingredient matching, market research, innovation strategy, product briefs, benchmarking, realisation of cost margin aspirations, customer presentation through to factory trials and artwork.
- Leading and owning multi-category projects across retail
- Ensuring all developed products are in line with meeting quality, safety, integrity and legal requirements, while being fit for purpose and effectively translate customer needs
- Setting up and leadership of benchmarking/tasting sessions
- Presentation of new or upgraded products to customers
The Individual
The candidate selected for this role will be expected to hit the ground running as a seasoned professional with extensive history in Bakery. You must be enthusiastic and self-motivated, with industry experience and a can-do attitude. You must be able to develop products from the ground up and have a deep understanding of how different bakery ingredients work together.
You'll enjoy developing and maintaining working relationships and be confident in working closely with a team and customers. Attention to detail is key within this role, supporting the team and the company as a whole.
The Opportunity
Ideal for someone between roles or someone who is looking for a change of scenery where they can apply their knowledge and see the impact they are making to a business. You will be given great responsibility and your experience will be relied on and appreciated. The client wants someone very experienced in snacks/bakery and in return there is a generous day-rate offered to the right candidate.
Paul Nyman Consultancy specialise in NPD, Technical, Process, Sales, Marketing and Category Management Recruitment across the UK.
Company
Paul Nyman Consultancy, was established in 2004 to support the FMCG sales, marketing , Category and NPD markets, after Paul was made redundant and toured the UK recruitment market seeking employment to pay the mortgage.
During this journey he identified some of the most important characteristics for job seekers hunting for a new role:
- Understand what I, as a candidate can do.
- Honestly tell me why I cannot perform in the role I applied for.
- Know how your clients can advance my career.
- Get back to me.
- Don’t BS me.
These have become entwined in the approach the team at Paul Nyman Consultancy take to support individuals achieve career success across the UK and Europe.
We offer not just recruitment, but wider career support and development through workshops which include national and international recruitment and development experience.
Not just a recruiter.
We enjoy being career developers.
- Website
- http://www.paulnyman.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 07956 029 624
- Location
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Paul Nyman Consultancy
Waterside
Old Boston Road
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS22 5NB
United Kingdom
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