NPD Manager Food Manufacturing £40-50k; M40

NPD Manager                   £40-50k North Oxon This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative and quality driven food manufacturer who supply a wide range of premium products primarily within the baking and ingredients products.  Reporting to the Commercial Director you will also work closely with Marketing Manager & Quality Manager and be responsible for managing product and packaging development for all NPD projects and product changes for both Branded and Own Label products and to commercially evaluate New Product Development opportunities.    Your principle responsibilities will include; managing product development process from concept to customer acceptance (either brief to external suppliers or develop in-house).   To Develop all packaging formats and designs in conjunction with Marketing team and develop and approve artwork whilst also evaluating product costing in conjunction with the Commercial Assistant.  As part of your liaison with marketing you will assist in the research and evaluate market opportunities.  You will be the primary driver of all Packaging innovations and changes to include managing the implementation of packaging changes for both NPD and EPD which includes the pioneering and innovation of new packaging formats. This will also involve the aspects specified above for NPD and product changes. In terms of Process you will evaluate current NPD process and recommend changes to system to improve efficiencies whilst also managing product and packaging change process generate and maintain critical path for...

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NPD Manager £40-50k North Oxon

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative and quality driven food manufacturer who supply a wide range of premium products primarily within the baking and ingredients products. Reporting to the Commercial Director you will also work closely with Marketing Manager & Quality Manager and be responsible for managing product and packaging development for all NPD projects and product changes for both Branded and Own Label products and to commercially evaluate New Product Development opportunities. Your principle responsibilities will include; managing product development process from concept to customer acceptance (either brief to external suppliers or develop in-house). To Develop all packaging formats and designs in conjunction with Marketing team and develop and approve artwork whilst also evaluating product costing in conjunction with the Commercial Assistant. As part of your liaison with marketing you will assist in the research and evaluate market opportunities. You will be the primary driver of all Packaging innovations and changes to include managing the implementation of packaging changes for both NPD and EPD which includes the pioneering and innovation of new packaging formats. This will also involve the aspects specified above for NPD and product changes. In terms of Process you will evaluate current NPD process and recommend changes to system to improve efficiencies whilst also managing product and packaging change process generate and maintain critical path for projects and current status. As part...

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Senior Product Developer £30k East Midlands

 Working for an instantly recognisable UK brand which is synonymous with quality.  You will be tasked with a brief to develop truly outstanding new products that maintain the brand’s reputation for quality whilst also injecting your own joie de vivre.  We seek to please our customers and the end consumer a like and your products will embody this spirit.   To assist you in developing our new range and reviewing existing SKUs you will be supported by an NPD Technologist who you will coach and mentor.  In addition the enjoyment and quality of our products we too have to be mindful of the more traditional challenges of meeting deadlines and adhering to restrictions on raw material costs; both of which you will ensure are achieved within all of your product launches.  Ideally you will be a graduate or perhaps more importantly be able to demonstrate that you have; the intelligence, initiative and ability to communicate at all levels from shop floor to board level.  Managing a wide number of SKUs you will be expected to managing multiple tasks at anyone time some of which may be in their infancy whilst others are being launched in store.  You will already have gained food or drink New Product Development experience and have an obvious passion for food and natural creativity.  Working as part of a much wider NPD function you will also...

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