New Product Development Manager

Tayto Group Limited; Corby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company shop membership

Subsidised Canteen

Free onsite parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Tayto Group Limited is seeking an experienced Food Product Development professional to own end-to-end NPD for retailers and internal brands. You will drive opportunities, manage multiple projects from concept to launch, and coordinate with operations, technical and planning to ensure on-time delivery and cost targets.

You will lead line trials, oversee packaging changes and maintain strong stakeholder relationships while guiding a direct report and contributing to product strategy.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of product development in a food environment with end-to-end NPD/EPD projects.
• Experience in medium to large branded or own-label factory environments.
• Fluent with MS Office, especially Excel and data handling.
• Strong communication, planning and stakeholder relationship skills.
• Resilient and adaptable to meet customer and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary contact for New and Existing Product Development activities with retailers and internal brand customers.
• Identify product opportunities with commercial teams to deliver cost-effective, profitable launches.
• Manage multiple NPD projects from proposal to launch, meeting briefs, specs and cost targets.
• Lead line trials for new products, flavours and packaging in collaboration with Operations, Technical and Planning.
• Manage existing product development including process changes, flavour enhancements and packaging updates.

Skills

Degree in food tech/marketing/food eng

MS Excel

Clear communication

Planning & organisation

Leadership

Education

Degree in food technology/marketing or food engineering

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Let’s get a flavour of the role:

You’ll take full responsibility for key retail accounts, working closely with Tayto Group Limited (TGL) account directors to deliver to and meet customer expectations & business targets. You will also work alongside our brand team to deliver exciting products for our much-loved brands. It’s fast paced, so we’re hoping that you’re ready for the challenge of simultaneously managing multiple projects from concept to launch covering product, process and packaging. Here’s more details on how:

• Act as primary contact for New and Existing Product Development activity for retailer and internal brand customers including presenting NPD opportunities and responding to briefs including gaining product approvals
• Identify product opportunities for customers and brands that will meet their strategic objectives by working closely with commercial teams to ensure cost effective product opportunities are presented and profitable products are launched
• Responsible for multiple retail and internal brand NPD projects from initial proposals to launch, ensuring projects launch on time, to brief/specification & cost
• Lead line trials for new products, flavours and packaging. Work closely with Operations, Technical and Planning colleagues to ensure that site teams are aligned to NPD plans
• Responsible for existing product development including process evaluations, ingredient changes, flavour enhancements, packaging and legislation changes
• Manage and document projects in accordance with TGL product change process including creating and managing project critical paths
• Lead and develop a direct report, supporting growth and capability

Key Ingredients (what we need to see from you):

• Educated to degree-level in food technology/marketing or food engineering
• 3+ years’ experience of product development in a food environment with a strong track record of delivering end-to-end NPD/EPD projects within a managed NPD system
• Experience of working in a medium to large scale branded or own label factory environment, facing into and alongside brand managers and retail technologists
• Fluent in the use of MS Office packages - particularly Excel, with database handling/record keeping desirable
• An experienced and clear communicator, who uses planning, organisation and attention to detail to influence stakeholders and build relationships
• Able to demonstrate resilience to challenges and has the ability to adapt to meet customer and business needs

Added Extra’s (our benefits):

In addition to your salary, you’ll have access to the following benefits

• Company shop membership*
• Subsidised Canteen
• Free onsite parking
• Employee Assistance Programme providing mental health, financial and practical support through Grocery Aid

*proof of employment required

Here at Tayto, we know it takes every flavour to make a decent variety pack, and the more the better! We want you to feel welcome to be your authentic self, so you and your application will be treated with respect in line with our commitment to privacy, diversity, equity, and inclusion. We will also seek to provide reasonable adjustments for interview should they be needed – please contact our recruitment team on [e-mail] to discuss this.

We’ve got bags of opportunity if you’re ready to apply!