Part Time Npd Technologist

2 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom The flava people Full time

**Part Time NPD Technologist**

At The Flava People we know that just creating great tasting sauces & seasonings is no longer enough and we know this because it’s what we’ve been doing for over 45 years. Truth is, if we’re all working to the same trend reports, industry insights, menu mapping and range reviewssooner or later, we all end up battling for a share of consumers’ attention, armed with slightly different iterations of the same ‘innovative’ products.

To truly add value, in today’s highly competitive market, we harness the power of brands, bringing them to life for consumers across every single touchpoint; whether that’s on shelf at your local supermarket, in a butcher’s counter or on the menu at your favourite pub.

Working with world famous brands such as Guinness & YO, in addition to some of our own brands, we help to give our customers across retail, restaurant, food manufacturing & the independents an unfair advantage.

The NPD team sits at the heart of all of this and there is an exciting opportunity to join our innovation team.

We are looking for a part time NPD Technologist to work within our new ‘Flava Lab’ with world famous brands such as Guinness & YO, in addition to some of our own brands, we help to give our customers across retail, restaurant, food manufacturing & the independents an unfair advantage.

We’re looking for an experienced **NPD Technologist** with at least 1 year in industry who is passionate about every aspect of food.

The hours of work will be Monday & Tuesday 8.30am -5.30pm (1hr break) & Wednesday 1pm - 5.30pm (30 Min Break) based at our site in Sharston, Manchester.

**The Person**

We’re looking for an **NPD Technologist** who can:

- **
Proactive way of working**: Working with the NPD team to create a proactive approach to tackling workload, innovation, and future project planning.
- ** New Business**: Working with the extended team to highlight key innovation, making sure we hit the brief first time round.
- ** Positive & motivating workplace**: positively influence the work environment & product team, helping to create an environment of positive, creative innovation. Visually having a hands-on involvement and supporting the rest of the team.
- ** Solutions-oriented mindset**: “solutions rather than obstacles” challenge yourself, other members of the department and further members of the team on any development-related issues so that you can move quickly & decisively through obstacles learning as you go.

**Quality Standards & Constant Improvement**
- ** Exceed expectations**: Interpret the incoming brief and use it to develop products that consistently exceed expectations when it comes to flavour, format and cost.
- ** Repeat purchase products**: Ensuring that every product we produce meets brand criteria, fits within our process, is versatile and works to financial goal.
- ** Frank Food**:Developing only those products that we’d be proud to eat with our family and friends.
- ** Learning**: To seek out and attend courses, demonstrations, events & expo’s that are relevant and that will further increase industry knowledge/trends, be prepared to present relevant findings to the rest of the team.
- ** Supplier Network**: Facilitating the frequent use of suppliers and a network of partners to solve issue and provide points of differentiation for our products & service. Seeking out alternative partners if there’s a product/knowledge gap in our current network.
- ** Evolving department**: Implementing new methods of working as and when necessary to constantly improve our efficiency and the effectivity of our products and service.

Ensure NPD budget is used the ‘right way’ and efficiently.
- ** Functional superiority**: Lead the innovation trail on Flava and on functionality, always pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Lead the way with sampling and testing the quality & functionality of these thoroughly before approving.

**Organisation**

***Departmental Unity**: To attend regular departmental meetings (minimum weekly) to discuss current projects, workloads and any departmental issues.
- ** Documenting the process**: To fully utilise all NPD documentation and organization of sample codes and delivery information. To also help add to and amend where necessary to help create the path to innovation process, helping evolve NPD’s process within in the Company procedures.
- ** Deadlines**: manage your workload to ensure briefs are completed on time/early
- ** SAP aligned**: Use the development SAP system to create recipes and check costs.

**NPD Process & Guidelines**
- ** Brand Guidelines**: To be fully Immersed in our brand guidelines, to ensure consistent quality of MRC The Flava people products both own brand and licensed products. Working with the extended team to improve and update the product knowledge, ingredients and products within our brands.
- ** Training**: to participate in all internal training ensuring best

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