Product Developer

3 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Acapella Recruitment Full time

**Product Developer - Food**

Location: Trafford Park

**Salary**: £33k to £38k DOA

PRIMARY PURPOSE

Manage the development of products across multiple categories and across multiple manufacturers including owned food manufacturing sites, manufacturing partners and retail accounts, to ensure product ranges stay ahead of the market.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Keep up to date with market trends, new launches, competitor product ranges and complete regular benchmarking panels and paperwork including product improvement plans if required.

Identify new product opportunities within co-packing and manufacturing that deliver financial gain to the company.

Identify product trends through restaurants, food markets and social media.

Build and maintain customer focus at all times to ensure positive customer relationships.

Co-ordinate product development requests and samples as well as handling ad hoc requests from customers; samples for magazines, Brandbank, packaging samples for merchandising etc.

Manufacturing Partners
- Liaise with sister company and manufacturing partners to help them understand the UK market and enable targeted NPD.
- Present to the client the whole NPD solution; articulate customer rationale, tiering, product and packaging.
- All NPD & EPD to comply to customer codes of practice and responsible for the completion of client sample submission forms and accompanying paperwork.
- Product tastings; cooking and preparation of product samples for the client, managing sample inventory, buying samples from retailers, along with accompanying paperwork.
- Launch on time and in full, manage all aspects of the launch schedule; from concept through to trials, launch and post launch review. Clearly communicate with relevant internal and external stakeholders. Attend factory trials / launches, as required.

Company Owned Manufacturing Sites
- Creating product recipes, ensuring they meet the customer brief, commercial, nutritional and safety requirements and documenting the development process.
- Working alongside the Procurement Team to source new ingredients and packaging that meets quality, commercial and legislative requirements.
- Building product costings, including BOM, material yields and waste.
- Create and own the critical path from concept to launch.
- Manage and lead products through the site feasibility and handover process.
- Lead client visits at site.
- Manage the Process Technologist ensuring they are supported in scaling up production trials, as required, to ensure production quality matches the kitchen quality signed off by the customer.
- Identify and support cost saving initiatives.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Work as part of the NPD and wider team, support one another, be a team player
- Able to work cross functionally.
- Self-motivated with a desire to achieve personal and business targets.
- Passionate about food with an in-depth knowledge of food trends and sensory evaluation skills.
- Share knowledge openly, communicating your expertise.
- Remain adaptable and resilient.
- Proficient at understanding retailer needs.
- Food Manufacturing experience is essential; a good understanding of High Risk/Care standards and manufacturing processes.
- Build solid relationships and influence others to deliver for the customer.
- Use own initiative with the ability to make decisions.
- Practical and hands on.


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