Npd Manager

NPD Manager Wednesbury, Tipton £50,000 - £60,000 + Progression + Company Pension + Holiday + Company Benefits Links Recruitment present a fantastic opportunity for a New Product Development Technologist in the food industry to stamp their mark in a well established and continuously growing company – to add value and make the role their own. The NPD Technologist will be responsible for driving consumer led product development projects to meet the customer expectations. You will be responsible for managing the development projects working with products from concept through to launch. The role: * Developing and optimising the current development process, improving overall departmental performance, and driving business growth through new opportunities. * Promoting the development of an innovative and creative culture throughout the NPD function. * Demonstrating strong leadership, ensuring successful networks, knowledge transfer & cooperation with internal and external stakeholders. * Maintaining customer and company quality standards, ensuring compliance with standards, policies, safety requirements and applicable regulation. * Managing an overview of NPD projects and ensuring projects remain on track. * To keep up to date with relevant legislation changes and champion the knowledge transfer within the business * Driving forward factory and technical standards. * Maintaining company quality standards, ensuring compliance with standards as well as local standards, policies, safety requirements and applicable country laws. * Be able to project lead and communicate clearly and effectively across cross-function teams. * Participating in customer-related groups, e.g. product teams, factory meetings, sales, marketing and application related group meetings. * Manage critical paths efficiently to successfully launch product. * Gain knowledge of opportunities for NPD and EPD, by keeping up to date with new ingredients and packaging formats. * Monitor new ingredients and material requested to ensure NPD and technical procedures are followed correctly. * Experience in a kitchen development environment and knowledge of ingredients functions and compounds. * Product benchmarking and sensory analysis. * Be able to research and brainstorm new product concepts and ideas professionally to customers. * Awareness of product costings to develop and launch successful products. The Person: * Experience in a similar role/industry * Industry recognised food technical qualification – HND/Degree or equivalent. * Some project management experience or factory experience. * Aware of new market trends. Working hours: Monday to Thursday 8am – 5:15pm Friday 8am - 4pm If this role is of interest, feel free to apply and you will be contacted shortly to discuss the role and company in further detail. Pay: £50,000.00-£60,000.00 per year