Job Description:

Senior NPD Technologist – Food Manufacturing, Leeds

As this leading, international food business continues its successful journey of growth driven by innovation, it has an opening for a Senior NPD Technologist to join its successful, high-performing and growing team, within a complex and dynamic food manufacturing business, where NPD and innovation is at the heart of everything they do.

This role of Senior NPD Technologist offers you the opportunity to gain further, end-to-end, hands-on experience across a dynamic and complex NPD-driven food business;  as well as the opportunity to collaborate with leading UK retailers, and also, develop much-loved brands, working cross-functionally on NPD, EPD projects and briefs, spanning the full product development lifecycle – from concept to launch.

The key remit is to continuously develop and introduce new and improved products to meet strategic objectives of the business and deliver to meet, and even exceed, customers' expectations.
  
Main Purpose of the Job

• The principal requirements are to take ownership and accountability for the development and innovation of new products from concept to launch for both retailers and own brand.
• Lead the development of new and improved food products.
• Mentor and guide junior team members, sharing your expertise.
• To provide a site-based product development resource based in Leeds, supporting the development department with NPD, EPD, Value engineering projects as well as other business or customer-related projects.
• Working closely with procurement and technical team supporting with business-driven ingredient projects.
• Work as part of a cross functional team and will liaise with Technical, Procurement, Marketing, Account and Commercial managers & Production departments.
• Provides invaluable experience within the NPD department, to provide support and assistant to the team as well as NPD manager

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This role is based in Leeds. It is a hybrid role, offering the opportunity to work from home one day a week.

Please note, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to progress any applications requiring Visa Sponsorship.