Product Development Assistant

Job Description

Food Product Development Assistant required to join a division of a major food manufacturing group that develops and produces chilled branded and own label ready meal products for leading retail clients. This is an excellent opportunity for a food graduate, who can work with pace and energy preferably benefiting from an industrial placement, or a second jobber who understands the demands of NPD.

The role will involve working as part of the Food NPD Team supporting and liaising with NPD Managers, Chefs and Account Managers and wider cross-functional teams to ensure communication is effective from brief through to launch. You will need to be a highly organised individual who can plan and prioritise, who can take a proactive and common sense approach from the beginning. You will need to have good computer skills and a passion for food would help you fit right into this team who will provide support and mentoring encouraging personal growth. You will be involved in product hand over of all approved recipes to ensure accuracy of ingredients and record information on new ingredients and product history detail and prepare Retailer Technical handover information. You will be involved in ingredient sourcing and trials, accountable for existing ingredient utilisation recommendations. There will also be packaging involvement liaising with artwork and design.

If you have recently completed a food related degree and are serious about a career in NPD this is an opportunity not to be missed. You'll be exposed to a fantastic foundation that will offer scope for further career opportunities.

Ref JBM7092