Development - Senior Development Technologist

Finsbury Food Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Finsbury Food Group is seeking a Senior Development Technologist to join their team in Hamilton. This mid-senior level role involves developing innovative bakery products and requires strong organizational and communication skills. The successful candidate will contribute to maintaining product quality and meet customer briefs while working collaboratively within a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Death in Service Benefit

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts

Company shop with discounted products

Refer a Friend Scheme

Employee Recognition Awards

Extensive Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree preferred in Food science/technology or similar.
• Food hygiene qualification at basic level or above required.
• Driving license is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop and innovate new products and processes.
• Monitor and benchmark product quality of new and existing products.
• Organize and control resources to deliver products to agreed quality.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Knowledge and interest of Food

Education

Degree in Food Science/Technology or relevant experience

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

Development - Senior Development Technologist

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Location: Hamilton

Shift: Monday to Friday

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

We have an opportunity for a Senior Development Technologist to join our Development team in Hamilton.

135 years of craft baking skills lie behind the quality of the special branded cakes, sweet snacks and slices we produce in Hamilton and 55 million products are produced each year. Lightbodys is the UKs largest supplier of celebration cakes to UK retailers, with Disney, Mars, Universal and Thorntons all within the portfolio of branded cakes made under licence. We also make a variety of supermarkets well-loved own-label cakes and in-store bakery bites.

The Senior Development Technologist will work as part of the development team to develop and innovate new products and processes. Ensuring our bakery products are produced and delivered effectively to the satisfaction of our customers. They will work as part of our development team to support the delivery of the development pipeline.

This is a fast paced role, where the successful candidate will have excellent organisational and communication skills. They will have worked in a similar development position innovating new products and processes in response to customer briefs to maintain and grow a creative catalogue of products for our customers. With great attention to detail, they will present new product and process facts and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively to customers internally and externally and cross function.

This role is based in Hamilton, however a willingness to travel is required as the Senior Development Technologist may occasionally visit our other sites.

This is a great opportunity for someone to gain experience with one of the UKs largest bakery businesses. Theyll work closely with a friendly and engaging team from both a site and group perspective, offering opportunities for growth and long-term career development.

This is what youll actually do!

As the Senior Development Technologist you will to able to develop new products to meet internal and external standards and requirements for the broader area of responsibility. As well as overall awareness of comparative products from major retailers and competitors, you will manage focused development of new products to deliver the required margin of our customers and the business.

You will monitor and benchmark product quality of new and existing products and raise issues with the development manager. You will work to critical path plans, organise and control resources to deliver products and processes to an agreed quality and timescale.

Ideally this is you!

• Degree preferred Food science / technology or similar degree / HND equivalent or relevant experience
• Knowledge and interest of Food
• Excellent communication skills
• Computer literate computer skills and knowledge of word and excel systems
• Driving license
• Basic or above Food hygiene
  
  

What's in it for you?

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!)
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral t&cs dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!
  
  

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories

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