Product & Innovation Manager

About Radnor

Independent and family owned, Radnor is one of the UK's leading soft drinks manufacturers and sells over 400 million drinks a year.

Based in beautiful countryside in the heart of Powys, Wales, environmental sustainability is at the forefront of our company and we are committed to minimising our impact. We are proud to be a zero to landfill site. We are also supporting a circular economy, sending any waste, including our plastic, back to the source to be reused and recycled. All of our plastic bottles are 100% recyclable and also made up of 30% recycled material.

We will soon open our own £1.2 million solar farm to power our manufacturing site. This will produce 21% of the company's energy and will support our pledge to the planet to become more sustainable and to protect the environment around us.

For over 30 years, our award-winning drinks have been made using a pure spring water source running just meters from our site. We manufacture bottled, canned and TetraPak soft drinks and our customers include schools, stores and supermarkets nationwide.

Summary of Job Role

The primary objective of the Product & Innovation Manager role is to manage the development of new products from concept to launch, as well as the reformulation of existing products. They are responsible for ensuring all statutory, legal, food safety and customer specific requirements are met throughout the process, delivering the right first-time methodology.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

· Manage, mentor and inspire a small Product Development team, fostering a collaborative and creative work environment.

· To take the lead in managing the launch of new products in response to customer briefs, ensuring that all products meet commercial, technical and customer requirements, ensuring that brand integrity is maintained.

· Work together with internal teams to ensure seamless delivery of product development projects including recipe formulation, ingredient sourcing and manufacturing processes.

· Stay up to date with the industry trends, monitor new product launches to market, then use this research to identify opportunities for product development.

· Maintain accurate documentation of product development processes, collaborating with the Quality & Technical team to ensure that all relevant paperwork is accurate ahead of production to include specifications and recipes to drive right first-time methodology and being audit ready.

· Maintain and prepare base line costings for both recipe development and finished product costings, ensuring that all products meet commercial requirements.

· Completion of customer specification systems to ensure accurate generation of pack copy and supply base details, including compliance to customer specific standards included within the portals.

· Liaise with Radnor Hills Graphic designer to develop new artwork and pack copy, whilst working closely with the marketing team to ensure accurate communication of required information.

· Work collaboratively with all departments to ensure seamless transition of product development to launch.

· Customer product development management for named own label accounts.

Candidate requirements:

· Minimum 2 years' experience in product development and/or project management role

· Strong project management skills

· People management experience.

· Excellent IT skills

· Excellent written and verbal communications

· High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

· Organised with strong time management skills

· Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

· Creative mindset with an active imagination

Hours and Location:

You will be based at the Radnor Head Office, Heartsease, Knighton and will work 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Please indicate your salary expectations when applying.

If you have what it takes to join our team, we'd love to hear from you

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• On-site parking

Application question(s):

• Please give your salary expectations
• Are you able to reliably commute to Radnor Hills, Heartsease, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1LU

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person