Npd Technologist

**About Kerry**:
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

**About the role**:
We are looking for an NPD technologist (one year fixed term contract maternity cover) for our NPD team located in Portadown.

As member of a very busy team, the person will collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure successful launches are achieved on time and to budget.

The individual will manage RD&A new product and packaging developments, ensuring that accurate and timely information is supplied to the associated site teams as well as to the customer.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Owner of Product/Packaging development from customer brief, scale up trials & customer launch.
- Owner of new packaging development trials along with required paperwork
- Responsible for completing & co-ordinating NPD code set up and commercialisation
- Responsible for artwork process along with artwork house, brand & technical team
- Develop effective working relationships with internal and external customers
- Maintain customer Focus for ingredient and packaging developments within the marketplace
- Sample Creation and dispatch to customers
- Remain fully flexible to meet business requirement.

**Qualifications and skills**:

- Degree in Food Science (or related topic) or previous relevant experience in the Food /Manufacturing Industry
- Computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Experience in SAP and Optiva systems an advantage
- Fluency in English
- Good communication skills
- Able to work accurately and quickly in a fast moving environment
- Able to work on your own initiative and pay attention to detail
- Good organizational skills and excellent communication skills
- Self-motivated with good interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a team
- People management experience an advantage

At Kerry, we believe in giving talented, curious people the opportunity to make a difference.

We work as a team, searching for the best ways to inspire food and nourish life.

We’re a community of innovators, working across disciplines to solve global food challenges with a fresh approach. We want you to achieve whatever you put your mind to.

Wherever you are, we can work together to create inspiring solutions that nourish life.