Product Innovation Specialist

4 weeks ago


StokeonTrent, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom THG Full time

About THG

We're a global technology group that specializes in taking brands direct to consumers. Our comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realize our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.

About Claremont Ingredients:

Claremont is an independent UK flavor company based in the West Midlands. We create and manufacture a complete range of liquid and powder flavorings for various products. Our heritage in flavors goes back more than 30 years and draws on experience from all aspects of the food and flavor industries.

Role: Product Innovation Specialist

Reports to: NPD Manager

Overall Purpose: Create and develop new and existing products for customers in support of the company's sales strategy, ensuring only quality, safe, and legal products are created and supplied.

Key Accountabilities and Tasks:

  • Develop new product formulations for customers and potential customers
  • Analyze and consolidate market research and consumer insights
  • Improve existing products, working to raw materials cost guidelines
  • Build knowledge of relevant technologies and new ingredients in order to offer customers new solutions
  • Product matching for existing market products
  • Quality checks on flavors and colors – sensory testing, triangle tests, aroma tests, and creating and recording sensory sheets
  • Customer liaison as appropriate, including customer visits and occasional attendance at exhibitions
  • Create and dispatch sample requests to customers
  • Order samples and specifications from suppliers
  • Preference testing
  • Cleaning and maintaining standards of the equipment and the laboratory

Key Skills & Experience

  • Science/Nutrition/Food Technology degree or equivalent
  • Numerate and literate with excellent communication skills
  • Able to deliver clear and concise ideas to both colleagues and customers
  • Effective project management and planning skills
  • Proactive and organized with strong time management, meticulous attention to details, and a proven ability to multitask
  • Able to work well under pressure and deliver to strict deadlines
  • Able to carry out responsibilities with minimal supervision and thrive both on own initiative and as part of a team

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.



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