Food Product Innovator

Wiltshire Farm Foods; Trowbridge; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Living Wage salary

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Bonus scheme

Pension matched contributions

Life assurance 1x salary

Subsidised canteen

Free parking

Christmas turkey or voucher

apetito perks & salary sacrifice

Job summary

apetito is seeking a Development Technologist to join our UK team at the Trowbridge headquarters, working with chefs, technologists and dietitians to turn ideas into market-leading meals. You will drive Wiltshire Farm Foods product development, navigate stage-gate processes and influence stakeholders across the business to deliver high-quality, nutritious concepts.

You will contribute to a strong pipeline, collaborate with the Category Development team, and help deliver improvements that delight

Qualifications

• Food Science/ Technology degree or proven experience in a similar role.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent presentation and communication abilities.
• Ability to influence and motivate stakeholders.
• Great problem-solving and time-management skills.
• Commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Support Wiltshire Farm Foods development programmes at all stages from concept to launch in the development kitchen.
• Lead factory trials and costing, assess nutrition of new concepts.
• Write raw material briefs for procurement colleagues.
• Lead stage-gate meetings with stakeholders.
• Share product information with stakeholders and the factory for production.
• Ensure compliance with apetito development processes and policies.
• Deliver market-leading innovative, proactive and responsive product development.

Skills

Food science

Project management

Stakeholder influence

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Food science degree

Job description

apetito is seeking a Development Technologist to join our UK team at the Trowbridge headquarters, working with chefs, technologists and dietitians to turn ideas into market-leading meals. You will drive Wiltshire Farm Foods product development, navigate stage-gate processes and influence stakeholders across the business to deliver high-quality, nutritious concepts.

You will contribute to a strong pipeline, collaborate with the Category Development team, and help deliver improvements that delight