BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BAKER

SmithCarey Recruitment; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable food solutions firm in the UK seeks a Specialist Baker for a Business Development role. This home-based position focuses on creating innovative baked products and driving growth in the bakery sector. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience and a passion for baking. Competitive compensation and relocation support are available.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in bakery or related field.
• Proven track record of developing bakery products.
• Strong understanding of market analysis and business growth.

Responsibilities

• Create innovative baked products for market needs.
• Identify business opportunities within the bakery sector.
• Collaborate with product design and marketing teams.

Skills

Knowledge of bakery technologies

Product development experience

Innovation strategy expertise

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Overview

SPECIALIST BAKER WANTED
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BAKER
Home based, Midlands OR Scotland (relocation £ offered)
Comprehensive package to attract the best baker!

THE COMPANY

A long established, forward thinking, added-value, premium UK-owned, high-integrity food business with a focus on supplying both branded and bespoke food solutions into all UK trade channels. The business is privately owned, with third-generation management and boasts a dynamic strategy for growth supported with substantial manufacturing, marketing and product innovation investment.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Food Applications Manager, the Business Development Baker is responsible for creating innovative baked products while identifying new business opportunities, developing partnerships and driving growth in the bakery sector.

Working cross functionally as a key team member both internally and with major customers, you will act as a key adviser to the product design team, contributing to bringing strategic growth product development projects to life by coordinating both factory operations, Commercial-Development Chefs, and customers. Responsibilities will also include conducting cost-in-use analyses, functional benchmarking and managing the concept to launch process with targeted future projects, all with a combined focus on delivering world-class baking innovation and business development, as well as market analysis and shaping strategies.

This is a central role within a high performing and collaborative ‘Team’ driven business where you can make a real difference through delivering your baking skills excellence, with recognition up to board level. If required, relocation support is available with this position.

ABOUT YOU

You are a highly experienced and skilled BAKER with outstanding knowledge and passion for the world of bakery. You love this category and have nurtured your bakery career likely over the last 10 years (or more!), working with customers, operations, marketing, development chefs and sales colleagues developing and delivering new bakery innovation strategies and products within any of the major UK trade channels and customers.

Your experience could have been gained working in a bakery as a Craft Baker, NPD-Bakery, as Bakery Development Chef OR working in a technical functional role for a major bakery ingredients business supplying bakery manufacturers, where you have gained a thorough understanding of baking technologies and applications.

If you feel that you are the ‘Specialist Baker’ we are looking for and the range of responsibilities associated to this bakery nerve centre role provides your next career move challenge, please apply by quoting reference MS/2598 with your CV and current benefits package to [e-mail] or give Mark Smith a call for an initial confidential discussion on 07747 847214

Application closing date 17th October 2025