We're looking for an ambitious and solutions driven Junior NPD Technologist to join our client, a market-leading food manufacturing company based in Shropshire. This is an exceptional opportunity with a market-leading food manufacturer based in Shropshire, offering a launch pad for anyone wanting to progress a career in Food Development/NPD in UK food manufacturing.
Full-time permanent role offering a salary of £27,000, based at the North Shropshire factory, Monday to Friday.
As a Junior NPD Technologist your role would be varied, and the position represents a hands-on career opportunity in a very busy NPD department; supporting the NPD team to deliver a great range of food products, with involvement from product concept through to launch. Working on all stage of the NPD process, ensuring communication multi-functionally, your work will involve…
- Looking at regular market trends contributing ideas for new products
- Support in the development and modification of products in line with customer requirements
- Reviewing and assessing data from production trials
- Supporting customer benchmarking and quality panels
- Manage critical path workloads, with a continuous improvement approach
- Writing customer required technical documents
- Attend and support product launches
- NPD kitchen responsibilities, including customer samples
About You
Essentially you must have some experience working in food and drink manufacturing, ideally in an NPD/Innovation/Development environment, or otherwise having experience in Quality/Technical/Production. Up-to-date knowledge of labelling standards, allergen information and food related legislation would be hugely advantageous.
You'll be enthusiastic, with a natural eagerness and willingness to learn, a professional manner and a supportive and pro-active mindset is key. As is strong communication skills (written and verbal), great interpersonal skills and the ability to multi-task, having the ability to work well with all levels of the business.
Ability to work effectively at pace is essential, as is a passion for food; If you have interests in anything or everything food, this would be hugely advantageous.
Please note, unfortunately visa sponsorship cannot be accommodated under any circumstances. Please do not apply unless you have full eligibility to live and work in the UK.
Interested? If you think you're right for this Junior NPD Technologist role, then click the 'Apply Now' button, send us your CV and we'll consider you for the first round of interviews. Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
