New Product Development Manager

Are you ready to lead as an New Product Development Manager in a cutting-edge, brand-new facility?

This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse range of clients, including major UK retailers, airlines, and food service companies. You'll manage and mentor a team of junior staff while driving innovation in a company with ambitious expansion plans following recent investment. As this is a newly created position, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of the business. If you're looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

You will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Interpret customer briefs and present to internal and external stakeholder teams on concepts. To present new ideas with a strong rationale for launch.
• Work with site operational, procurement and commercial team prior to trialing on costings and feasibility of new products
• Plan factory trials in with the factory team and delivery off line factory samples in a timely manner
• Plan market research and necessary paneling into concepts as and when required in order to back up development with relevant customer insight
• Drive preparation for customer presentations, including the market of samples, costings, and documentation
• Take on board outputs from customer meetings and feedback to site teams and take relevant action in a timely manner
• Ensure products developed are fit for purpose, working cross functionally to drive product feasibility and high-quality standards
• Feed information into the NPD process so critical paths are delivered in a timely manner
• Keep abreast of global, national, regional, and local food trends to ensure that they deliver products to retail and food service ahead of the market
• Maintain gap analysis, benchmarking of competitive set products
• Keep abreast of legislative requirements and ensure all products are developed with future proofing in mind in terms of attributes

What's required?

• Degree or 3rd Level qualification in a food/nutrition-related subject
• Experience working within the food industry and passionate about delivering new products to the market
• Commercially focused with an awareness of profitability
• Evidence of strong organizational, planning and time management abilities
• Ability to work flexibly to ensure business needs are met
• Able to travel when required with a valid driving license and vehicle available for business use
• Experience must include the scale-up and launch of multi-component products within a manufacturing environment as well as knowledge of product development, process and commercialization. Project management, relationship building and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to work as part of a cross-functional team to deliver the project on time
• Have an exceptional palate and understanding of flavor profiles
• You are excited and motivated to work for one of the fastest growing FTG businesses in the UK and NI and want to have influence on the future growth plans

What's in it for you?

£45,000.00 - £50,000.00 per annum

Do you think you fit the criteria?

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