New Product Development (NPD)

Travail Employment Group; Northampton; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the food sector is seeking a Product Development Assistant to join their innovative NPD Team. This exciting role involves supporting the development of new products for UK and EU customers, ensuring quality and timely launches. The company offers a hybrid working model from their Northampton offices, along with a competitive salary and attractive benefits, including generous annual leave, a death in service benefit, and a comprehensive employee assistance program. If you have a passion for food product development and thrive in a collaborative environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Death in service benefit (3 x annual salary)

Employee assistance programme

Pension BUPA and Cash plan after 3 months service

Qualifications

• Experience in food manufacturing and product development is essential.
• Ability to work with diverse cultures and languages is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage UK market review schedule for Prepared Fruit Markets.
• Support quality checks and assemble product samples for launches.
• Lead customer artwork development and liaise with production sites.

Skills

Food manufacturing experience

Product development experience

Cross-cultural communication

Additional languages

Job description

This successful family-owned Global Company within the Food industry is looking for a Product Development Assistant to join their NPD Team.

The Benefits:

Permanent Role

Hybrid working offered from their Northampton based offices

A basic salary of up to £32,000 per annum offered

25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Death in service benefit from day 1 of 3 x annual salary

Employee assistance programme and rewards scheme

Pension BUPA and Cash plan after 3 months service.

The Product Development Assistant will support the NPD team in delivering new products for UK and EU Customers.

Responsibilities:

1. Managing the UK market review schedule to keep the company informed of the Prepared Fruit Markets on a quarterly basis.
2. To keep up to date with competitor developments and share with the team as required.
3. Support with checking quality and assembling product samples for new product launches whilst working to specific dates for each product launch.
4. Leading and managing customer artwork development for all customer accounts whilst keeping the Product Development Manager up to date with progress.
5. Liaising with relevant departments and production sites throughout the artwork process prior to launch.

Key skills, knowledge and experience required for this role are:

1. Food manufacturing and product development experience.
2. Ability to work across multiple cultures and work with many who have English as a second language.
3. Additional languages would be of an advantage but are not essential.

If you have an interest in this role, please apply by submitting an up to date CV today.