Development Manager

BAKKAVOR GROUP PLC; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fresh food company in the United Kingdom is searching for a Development Manager to join their dynamic development team. In this role, you will spearhead the creation of innovative food products, ensuring they meet customer trends while maintaining high quality. You will manage the development process, liaising with various teams and customers to deliver projects to completion. The ideal candidate should have experience in the FMCG sector and possess excellent organizational and communication skills, alongside a passion for food innovation.

Benefits

Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)

Private medical insurance

Annual Bonus Scheme

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Free health check

Qualifications

• 1-2 years experience in a similar FMCG role within the food industry.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• A drive for results and innovative thinking.
• Ability to work within a dynamic team environment.
• Full UK Driving licence (Location dependent).

Responsibilities

• Lead the development team to innovate new food products.
• Ensure smooth transition of products to the Process Team.
• Manage product development process and quality.
• Maintain effective relationships with customers.

Skills

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

People management

Customer experience

Critical thinking

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Job description

As a Development Manager you will work as an integral part of the development team at pace in a fast moving environment, by producing innovative food products that can be mass produced without any loss of quality or taste, which reflect our customer's trends and requirements.

You will provide support at all key stages from concept / ideation to handover to the Process Team ensuring a smooth transition.

Role Accountabilities

• Business Communication: Has effective internal working relationships across key functions to ensure the delivery of the Development process activity.
• Leadership: Manages and supports the team to effectively deliver the development activity to the highest standard, ensuring delivery of projects through critical path management.
• Customer: Has good overall awareness of retailer development requirements and their relevant brand standards. Has effective customer relationships.
• Culinary: Has the ability to present product to internal and external customers. Demonstrates culinary knowledge and expertise.
• Category Management: Has an understanding of category management principles and the ability to apply them.
• Product Innovation: Has a good awareness of relevant food trends, uses all mediums to generate ideas and has the ability to funnel and prioritise.
• Business Knowledge: Fully understands relevant site capabilities and has an understanding of broader Group capabilities.
• Product Development Cycle: Manages the internal business development process ensuring product development delivers in line with customer and business expectations.
• Market Awareness: Has an overall awareness of relevant product ranges in the market. Monitors and benchmarks product quality and escalates issues.
• Pipeline Management: Responsible for ensuring all product development is clear and accurate on sector pipeline document.

Behaviours

• Attention to detail
• Fast paced
• Positive
• Dynamic
• Creative
• Tenacious
• Resilient
• Alignment to BV values

About you

• 1-2 years experience from a similar FMCG role with the food industry
• Excellent organisational, investigative problem solving and communication skills
• Drive, energy and enthusiasm
• Previous experience working within a results orientated team
• Good standard of IT skills to include PowerPoint, Word and Excel
• Customer experience
• People management skills
• Innovative
• Critical thinking skills
• Critical path management
• Full UK Driving licence (Location dependent)

What you'll receive

• Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Annual Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Discount & cashback platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free health check
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Free independent mortgage advice
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Free car parking - Site dependant Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

Proud to be Bakkavor. We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!