Npi Lead

**Requisition ID** 51174
**Position Type** FT Permanent
**Recruiter**
**Posting Type** DNI

Kerry offers the industry’s largest portfolio of Taste & Nutrition Systems and Functional Ingredients & Actives, serving the Global Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical industries. We work with the world’s top Retailers and Manufacturing companies to produce some of the best private-label products and tailored Food & Beverage solutions on the market. We also work with the leading Food Service chains helping to deliver appetising, relevant and innovative custom solutions, using our expertise in new product development, production and commercialisation.

Our Values: Courage | Enterprising Spirit | Inclusiveness | Open-mindedness | Ownership

**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 NPI Lead (Portadown) you will be working with R&D and Production Stream/Operation functions at site level, ensuring a standardised approach to New Product Introduction, Process Improvements and Profit Improvement Projects (PIPs)

To carry out factory trials that are planned, organised and executed using a standardised approach whilst also ensuring that outcomes are effectively captured and communicated in the necessary format to all relevant stakeholder groups. To own production implementation - systems, paperwork, codes, recipe set up (internal and customer)

**Key responsibilities**:

- Management of the NPI Process ensuring right first-time product launches.
- Ensure successful team talent development and cascading of functional communications.
- Organise & record successful factory upscales, including product testing & evaluation.
- Validations of process, packaging & ingredients versus spec or standard
- Successful co-ordination of packaging development both with internal & external colleagues
- Drive & support continuous process Improvements along with site departments.

**Qualifications**:

- Food science degree & process
- development experience
- Previous experience in the Food Manufacturing Industry desirable
- Numerical ability to record, interpret & analyse key process data
- Understanding of Food Safety & Quality Management systems
- Understanding of the key elements of the product launch process
- Ability to use the principles & tools of lean manufacturing desirable

**Skills**:

- Able to lead a team
- Previous supervision experience desirable
- Able to adhere to strict timelines
- Ability to identify & actively plan improvements
- Project management skills: demonstrate flexibility & adaptability
- Highly organized multi-tasker
- Attention to detail with structured approach
- Computer literate, inc. MS Office tools
- Displays tenacity. Goes that extra mile to achieve results and deliver excellent service
- Able to play a key role as a high performing team
- Excellent communication skills
- Enthusiastic team leader
- Build relationships internally and externally