Product Development Manager

3 weeks ago


Park Royal, United Kingdom Greencore Full time

As Product Development Manager you will lead customer and category Product Development (PD) activity to achieve Greencore’s great food and commercial targets, deliver right first time launches and act as the customer’s first point of contact. Key responsibilitieswill include:

- Delivery of category reviews and customer presentations for 12- 18-month development activity plans working closely with the Future Food Team, Insight and Category teams
- Responsible for approval of all development vs customer briefs and Greencore key performance indicators in line with critical dates
- Contribute to relevant meetings ensuring details in relation to product recipes and ingredients is accurate and complete of all activity regularly and ensure actions are complete, meeting technical expectations
- Build and maintain customer relationships acting as the dedicated contact to provide accurate and consistent communication internally and externally whilst identifying and resolving issues prompt
- Manage team performance and personal development utilising Grow with Greencore and LMF systems
- Management of internal stakeholders/peers to promote collaborative ways of working and delivery of the new product development agenda
- Leading the team to deliver development that improves our sustainability position through data tracking and reporting

**Why Greencore?**
**You may not have heard of us, but we’re sure you’ve tried our products. We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,000 colleagues across 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 18 distribution depots across the UK. We supplyall the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.**

Here at **Heathrow**, we are a growing team with around 450 colleagues. We produce chilled & hot eat Food for Now products including salads, sandwiches & wraps, Protein Pots & snacking. As well as Food for Later products such as ready meals& sides for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Amazon Fresh, Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s.

**What we’re looking for**
**We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.**
- Ideally, you will be educated to degree level with a specialism in Consumer Science or equivalent knowledge gained through on the job training
- Experience of delivering high quality, sustainable, commercial products
- Demonstrable ability to lead multiple projects and prioritise own and others focus accordingly
- Good understanding and experience of food manufacturing principals demonstrated through feasibility of proposals
- An experienced leader with proficient leadership qualities
- Demonstratable customer service values and is well respected by customers as a food authority

If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.

**What you’ll get in return**:

- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- Holidays
- Pension up to 8% matched
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

**Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.



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