New Product Developer (Food) Role

Laucke Flour Mills; Greater Bendigo; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Laucke Flour Mills Pty Ltd is seeking a dedicated full-time Food Product Developer to join our Bridgewater Flour Mill test bakery in regional Victoria. You'll report to the Quality Manager and work with key stakeholders to drive new product development across the business.

Ideal candidates will have proven food science experience in bakery products, strong quality documentation, and the ability to balance customer expectations with cost, manufacturability and commercial viability.

Qualifications

• Experience in food science with bakery products and ingredients
• Proven track record with NPD formulations and launches
• Maintenance of quality control documentation
• Superior report writing skills
• Strong relationship-building with stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Drive NPD activities across the business.
• Collaborate with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain quality control documentation.
• Balance customer needs with cost, manufacturability and commercial viability

Skills

NPD formulations

Food science

Quality documentation

Report writing

Education

Food science degree

Job description

We are seeking an amazing full-time Food Product Developer to join our team based at our Bridgewater Flour Mill test bakery here in regional VIC. Reporting to the Quality Manager and working closely with the key stakeholders of the business to drive the NPD activities across the business.

This position requires a person with high organisational skills and can work unsupervised in a busy environment. Previous experience in Product Development is a must to be considered.

Demonstrated Ability

The successful applicant must have or be willing to obtain the following skills:

Previous Food Science experience (with bakery products and associated ingredients) and equipment.

Proven track record with NPD formulations and launches preferred

Maintenance of appropriate quality control documentation and superior report writing skills

Confident but diplomatic. You can build strong relationships and have difficult conversations when needed. You're helpful and approachable, but you're not afraid to push for an outcome.

A great communicator. You're comfortable speaking with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders and can communicate clearly at all levels.

Proactive. You don't wait to be told what to do. You see what needs to happen, pick up the phone, follow things through and keep people moving.

Commercially minded. You understand that a great product needs to meet the customer's expectations while also being cost-effective, technically achievable and suitable for commercial manufacture.

Detail focused and you can juggle multiple projects, keep track of the detail and still see the bigger picture.

Curious and keen to learn. You want to understand how things work—from formulation and R&D through to packaging, costing and what actually happens.

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