Innovation Baker And Product Development - Baking Experience Essential

Allied Pinnacle; Williamstown; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work model

Onsite parking

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Allied Pinnacle is seeking an NPD Developer to lead end-to-end bakery product development from concept through to launch, with a focus on market trends and customer needs.

The role requires baking expertise and strong formulation skills to deliver high-quality products and scale-up processes in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of baking ingredients, processes and equipment.
• Ability to interpret ingredient functionality and scale recipes.
• Experience with organoleptic evaluation and shelf-life testing.
• Proficient in formulation calculations and costings.
• Able to translate consumer baking trends into concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end bakery product development from concept to launch.
• Create prototype formulations and conduct shelf-life testing with sign-off.
• Document formulations, processes and test results in detail.
• Develop pre-production trials and production outcomes.
• Collaborate with suppliers to explore new ingredients and trends.
• Coordinate with regulatory for safety, labeling and sustainability.

Skills

Baking ingredients

Formulation calculations

Shelf-life testing

Costings

Trend translation

Tools

Optiva

Job description

Innovation Baker and Product Development - Baking experience essential Allied Pinnacle•Williamstown, SA, AU

Job Description

Reporting: Head of NPD & Commercialisation

Location: VIC

About Allied Pinnacle

Allied Pinnacle is a world-class flour milling and bakery business with more than a 100 year history, and a driving purpose to 'bake the future from flour'. Backed by Nisshin, Japan's largest milling business, Allied Pinnacle transforms Australian grains into iconic and much-loved household products, providing market leading solutions from grain to table.

To continue into the next century, we're searching for individuals that are keen to bring our values to life – Act as One, Better Every Day, Own It, Think Differently and Enjoy the Ride.

An opportunity currently exists for a NPD Developer, on a full-time permanent basis. The purpose of the NPD Developer role is to lead and support the development and commercialisation of innovative, high-quality bakery products that align with market trends, customer needs, and business objectives. This role is responsible for managing the end-to-end product development process—from concept ideation and formulation through to scale-up, launch, and post-launch review—while ensuring compliance with food safety, regulatory, and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop bakery products from concept (consumer trends, pain points, Customer brief) to commercialization
• Create test / prototype formulations for bakery (including Shelf-life testing and sign offs with Customer/internal teams, costings, sensory appeal)
• Apply comprehensive technical and practical baking expertise to consistently provide high-quality products aligned with customer requirements, detailed specifications, and manufacturing capabilities.
• Maintain detailed documentation of formulations, processes, and test bake results.
• Develop pre-production trials and production outcomes
• Engage with suppliers to explore a comparative outcome, as well as identify new ingredients, trends, innovations
• Work with the regulatory team on all new products to meet relevant food safety, regulations, sustainability and labelling needs.
• Provide correct formular information and supporting documents for audits and certification clarity, working closely with Quality and site manufacturing teams.
• Sustainability and Nutrition - incorporate relevant health and wellness trends through sustainable ingredients, claims and Health Star Ratings, working closely with R&D teams

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Strong technical knowledge of baking ingredients, processes, and equipment.
• Understanding of ingredient functionality (e.g., flour types leavening agents, gluten yeast types).
• Familiar with organoleptic and sensory evaluation, shelf-life testing, and product scaling.
• Proficiency in formulation calculations and Costings Proficient in Word, excel, able to use Optiva/other formulation data bases
• Able to identify and translate consumer trends in baking.
• 2–5+ years of experience in bakery product development, formulation, or R&D (depending on role level). Proven track record of launching successful bakery products from concept to market.
• Experience with both artisanal and industrial bakery

Why Join Allied Pinnacle?

At Allied Pinnacle, we believe our people are the key ingredient to our success:

What's in it for You?

• Be part of a warm, friendly and inclusive culture where people are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Enjoy a flexible hybrid working model
• Gain broad exposure across a well-known Australian food business, working with products enjoyed by many Australians every day.
• Work in an environment where fresh pastries and croissants from the oven are part of the experience.
• Access wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Access free onsite parking via our booking app
• Feel valued through reward and recognition programs that celebrate contribution and success.

We appreciate every application and will be in touch with shortlisted candidates.