Npi Technologist

**Requisition ID **41926
**Position Type **FT Permanent
**Recruiter **#LI-SC2
**Posting Type** LI

Leading to better encompasses all we do at Kerry, it's how we've become the worlds leading taste and nutrition company. Whether it's building and manufacturing sustainable solutions for food, beverage or pharmaceutical consumers, our commitment to lead theworld to better nutrition drives us forward. With 25,000+ colleagues across the globe and 15,000+ Kerry products, your opportunities are limitless.

**About the role**

We are looking for a **New Product Introduction Technologist** for our site in **Ossett, UK**.

**Key responsibilities**
- As part of the NPD team, you will work with other functions in our spreads factory, ensuring a standardised approach to New Product Introduction, Process Improvements and Profit Improvement Projects (PIPs)
- Carry out factory trials on dairy and plant-based products.
- Own production implementation - systems, paperwork, codes, recipe set up (internal and customer).
- Organise and co-ordinate factory trial activities (including NPI Led packaging trials) to ensure successful trial outcomes.
- Communicate the product quality standards as part of the NPI process and provide training to facilitate understanding and effective implementation.
- Working cross functionally with internal teams, customers, and brand marketing.
- Collaborate with outside agencies and suppliers as appropriate, co-ordinate and ensure the completion of relevant activities required as part of the packaging development process.
- Working as part of a cross functional team, support the delivery of PIPs at a site level, ensuring changes are introduced in accordance with defined site capabilities, ensuring product quality attributes are preserved and Food Safety and Legal requirementsare met.

**Qualifications and skills**
- Numerical ability to record, interpret & analyse key process data
- Highly organized multi-tasker
- Project management skills: demonstrate flexibility & adaptability
- Attention to detail with structured approach
- Displays tenacity. Goes that extra mile to achieve results and deliver excellent service
- Able to play a key role as a high performing team

In Kerry we benefit from the knowledge of our colleagues who bring a diverse range of cultures, backgrounds, lifestyles and experiences. One team fostering an inclusive culture that, above all, inspires food and nourishes life. One culture where everyonebrings their unique perspectives and experiences to help make us better, together. We are committed to nurturing an environment of positivity and inclusiveness, where everyone can be at their best, both personally and professionally.

Our recruitment, selection and assessment process are based on the skills and competencies of the specific roles and based entirely on merit.We are committed to and value Diversity and Inclusion in all recruitment processes within Kerry and do not discriminatebased on gender, race, class, economic status, ethnic background, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, veteran status, marital status or any other protected characteristic.