Innovation Lead

3 weeks ago


Weybridge, United Kingdom Saputo Inc. Full time

At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We’re a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence. Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we’ve grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter-from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between.

How you will make contributions that matter...
- Creating a 3-5-year innovation pipeline for Private Label and Brand for the Butter, Spreads and Oil (BSO) Business Unit including renovation initiatives (value engineering & supply chain efficiencies) that will grow or improve the profitability of our existing business and help SDUK to deliver against our CSR strategy.
- Assuming a lead role throughout gated process from PL concept to launch connecting internal & external teams
- Partnering with insights team to ground innovation initiatives in strong consumer insight & future facing trends
- Establishing a close relationship with R&D and Supply teams to manage and prioritise projects, align resources and deliver products on time that meet the expectations of our customers
- Working closely with external customers to ensure they are engaged with us as a business, understand our innovation capabilities, food expertise and knowledge of trends, white papers, ESG targets, the consumer and category

You are best suited for the role if you- Minimum 4-5 years’ experience in food or drink product development including private label- Experience of cross functional collaborative working (R&D, Sales, Buyers, Supply, Finance, Procurement)- Skillful communicator (written and verbal) with the ability to influence a multitude of stakeholders- Customer facing experience launching private label initiatives in-market- Strong commercial acumen

We support and care for our employees by providing them with
- Flexible, autonomous and inclusive working environment
- Bonus scheme paid quarterly
- Private Health Care
- Health Cash Plan - claim money back up to a set limit of c.£700 per annum on essential healthcare
- Access to Thrive 24-hours a day - a leading and NHS clinically approved app which focusses on general wellbeing
- Generous employer pension contributions
- Life Assurance
- Free, onsite parking at our sites
- Discounted branded products
- Subsidised staff restaurant at our sites
- 25 Holidays + 8 bank holidays
- My Staff shop - access to exclusive benefits, free advice and savings - providing great discounts from thousands of the UKs largest retailers & service providers.
- Agencies - Thank you for your interest in working with Saputo Dairy UK. We have a PSL who will be supporting us if needed. We do not pay fees or acknowledge any CV’s supplied to Saputo Dairy UK unless you have been briefed on the role by a member of the Talent Acquisition Team._

Our business was founded in 1933. Having sold our dairies business in 2015, we now produce and sell some of the best-loved food brands in the UK, including Cathedral City cheese, Clover spread, Country Life butter and Frylight spray oil. We have a fast-growing dairy alternatives portfolio including the Vitalite and Sheese brands and also manufacture specialised ingredients used in infant formula.

Our commitment is to produce high quality, nutritious food in a sustainable way. We do that from our head office, operating sites and innovation centre which are spread across the UK. Since 2019 we are part of Saputo Inc., one of the top 10 dairy processors in the world.


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