New Product Development (NPD) Advisor

Morrisons; Winsford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement

15% staff discount in supermarkets

Additional 10% discount for friends/fm

Career progression and Leadership f

Subsidised staff canteen

Free parking

Competitive pension and life assurance

Healthcare/Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Morrisons is seeking a proactive product development professional to support all activities across our chilled categories. You will drive the end-to-end EPD and NPD processes, from concept to launch, ensuring on-time delivery.

Based mainly at Greenside site with occasional trips to the Head Office in Bradford and supplier visits. You will analyse category data, benchmark competitors, and collaborate with technical and operations teams to deliver best-in-class products.

Qualifications

• Experience in food/product development is desirable.
• Knowledge of the chilled market and food development processes.
• Strong stakeholder relationship skills across multiple teams.

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 with operations to ensure chilled products are best in class.
• Collaborate with technical experts to safeguard product quality.
• Ensure products are priced to meet margins and are presented to customers on time.

Skills

Product development

NPD/EPD processes

Category analysis

Stakeholder management

Pricing & margins

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Excel

Data analysis

Job description

More About The Role

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.

More About The Role

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.

You'll be part of the full Concept to Launch Process. Analysing category data to define areas of opportunity for Morrisons, keeping abreast of the market to ensure Morrisons products are best in class. Carrying out regular benchmarking sessions to ensure targets are being adhered to. The role is mainly based out of Greenside manufacturing site but there will be a need to attend meetings at the Morrisons Head office (also in Bradford) and visit some of the other sites and suppliers. There may also occasionally be a requirement to work the occasional day over the weekends in peak season.

Key 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 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

More about our perks

• Generous holiday entitlement
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Genuine career progression and development opportunities - read more about our Leadership School here
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Competitive pension and life assurance
• Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• 'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Optional payroll charity donations
• A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

More about you

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.