NPD Manager

Summary

This presents an excellent opportunity for a Senior Development Technologist to take the leapt into their first management role in NPD for a well-regarded food processing blue chip.


The client is a multinational, multi product giant who produces huge numbers of products each week for all of the major retailers. Product quality and Innovation are core values and they strive for the best in each. With clearly mapped out career paths and progression, this business is seen as an employer of choice when it comes to advancing a career.  

Key responsibilities of this role include:

Job Description

This presents an excellent opportunity for a Senior Development Technologist to take the leapt into their first management role in NPD for a well-regarded food processing blue chip.


The client is a multinational, multi product giant who produces huge numbers of products each week for all of the major retailers. Product quality and Innovation are core values and they strive for the best in each. With clearly mapped out career paths and progression, this business is seen as an employer of choice when it comes to advancing a career.  

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• To Innovate new products and processes for their area of responsibility to maintain and extend current ranges as well as to deliver new products and processes outside the current ranges
• Manage focused development of new products to deliver the BU budgeted margin for specific product ranges
• Presents facts and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively to achieve department / business objectives across all functions and with external customers
• Uses the principles of category management to gain a true understanding of the wants and needs of the consumer in order to develop successful products to meet these needs
• Manages critical paths for specific product ranges, plans, organises and controls resources to deliver new product development concepts to an agreed quality and timescale

The ideal candidate will have previous experience as an NPD Manager / Senior Development Technologist, ideally within a chilled environment and working alongside at least one of the major retailers. You should also have experience of motivating and leading a small team with well-developed people management skills.

This business is looking to appoint someone as soon as possible, so if this NPD Manager role looks of interest please apply now.