Npd Technologist

**NPD Technologist**

**Location**: Omagh

**Salary**: Competitive

Our client is seeking an NPD Technologist to be based at their Shared Service Centre on the Foyle Omagh site, on the outskirts of Omagh town in Co Tyrone Northern Ireland. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest Red Meat processing Companiesin the UK and Ireland.

The company are looking for a New Product Development Technologist to join the team in Omagh, working with some large UK retailers to create new ideas & concepts to their Omagh Beef Ingredients Site.

**Key responsibilities / duties include**:

- Undertake NPD projects and product creation from concept to launch. Gain an understanding of current food trends, comparative products from competitors, market issues, packaging and process concepts to help with the continuous development of the companies.
- Creation of samples, for meetings and presentations, Recipes formulations, cooking & presenting these new beef concepts.
- Benchmarking trials.
- Be involved in ordering ingredients, initial costings and lead times.
- Leading the internal weekly NPD call update for internal stakeholders
- Full involvement in factory trials and product launches, attending all new product launches
- Gain a good understanding of the company's capabilities in terms of production, strategy etc
- Manage and maintain all product development files and data, factory trial, recipes, cooking validation and taste panel information.
- Working on new packaging and Retailer specification systems for all new product launches.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Strong communication and presenting skills are essential for this role
- Time management and project management skills, the ability to manage stakeholders.
- Full UK Driving licence