New Product Development Advisor

Morrisons; Colne; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Morrisons is seeking a proactive Product Developer to support end-to-end chilled product development, ensuring concepts move to launch across multiple categories with speed and quality.

You will collaborate with NPD Specialists, Operations and Technical teams to safeguard product quality while driving profitability and customer value in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the chilled market and food development processes.
• Strong stakeholder relationship and influencing abilities.
• Commercial judgement with drive to deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Support the concept to launch process
• Support the NPD Specialist and Manager to deliver the Site Product Development Plan
• Attend customer research listening groups and debriefs
• Deliver concise category analysis from trusted data sources
• Work closely with the operations team to ensure Chilled products are the best in class
• Work in collaboration with technical experts within the business safeguarding the quality of proposed ranges for all Morrisons customers
• Ensure products produced are profitably priced and meet margin expectations
• Ensure all pricing and samples presented to customers are correctly priced and prepared in a timely manner

Skills

Chilled foods knowledge

Food development process

Stakeholder relationship skills

Commercial judgement

Job description

We're looking for someone to come and support all product development activity within the various categories of our chilled range. You will ensure the Existing Product Development (EPD) and New Product Development (NPD) end to end processes are completed on time and in full.

Responsibilities

What are the responsibilities for this role?

• Support the concept to launch process


• Support the NPD Specialist and Manager to deliver the Site Product Development Plan


• Attend customer research listening groups and debriefs


• Deliver concise category analysis from trusted data sources


• Work closely with the operations team to ensure Chilled products are the best in class


• Work in collaboration with technical experts within the business safeguarding the quality of proposed ranges for all of Morrisons customers


• Ensure products produced are profitably priced and meet margin expectations


• Ensure all pricing and samples presented to customers are correctly priced and prepared in a timely manner

Qualifications

First and foremost you will have a passion for food and an eye for detail. You will have knowledge of the chilled market ideally and experience working within the food development process. You will have great relationship building skills being able to connect and work with many stakeholders across the business with the ability to influence. Enthusiasm and drive to deliver results with commercial judgement is also key.