Technical Co-ordinator Food Manufacturing £20-25k M40 Corridor

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 categories. You will be working with major brands as well as retailer own label products across a hugely diverse product range incorporating several hundred SKUs. Reporting to the Technical Manager you will provide support across all technical matters, liaise with internal and external customers on technical requirements, specifications and complaints. In addition you will maintain and up-date product information on the ERP system and web based customer supply chain platforms. The role will also take responsibility for all artwork approval as well as providing quality support in the absence of the quality co-ordinator and working alongside them during peak times. You will be a graduate with a Food Science / Food Technology degree or similar level of relevant qualification who is now seeking to develop their career by joining a growing and progressive organisation that is willing to give people responsibility and autonomy. In addition to your academic qualifications you will be naturally numerate and able to demonstrate a level of commercial acumen and ability to understand the wider business picture and where you role fits within this. It is crucial that you can demonstrate where and how you have bought quantifiable benefits to your previous employers. Your experience to date...

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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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