NPD Technologist: Bakery Innovation from Concept to Launch

Blakeney Point Search & Selection; Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Blakeney Point Search & Selection is assisting a well established bakery manufacturer in the Manchester area to recruit an NPD Technologist. This hands-on development role covers new product development, recipe creation, trials and launches, with close collaboration across customers and internal teams.

You will take ideas from concept to launch, organise kitchen and factory trials, support scale-up and handover to production, and manage projects to deadlines.

Qualifications

• NPD/product development experience in bakery, cakes, desserts or related food manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Develop new bakery products from concept through to launch.
• Create recipes against customer briefs.
• Organise and support kitchen and factory trials.
• Support product scale-up and manufacturing handover.
• Manage NPD projects against critical paths and launch deadlines.
• Benchmark against competitors and market trends.
• Work closely with Process, Technical, Operations, Commercial and Procurement.
• Support customer presentations and product submissions.
• Ensure products meet quality, cost and manufacturing requirements.
• Identify opportunities for product improvement and innovation.

Skills

NPD/Product development

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Commercial awareness

Food manufacturing

Attention to detail

Job description

Blakeney Point Search & Selection is assisting a well established bakery manufacturer in the Manchester area to recruit an NPD Technologist. This hands-on development role covers new product development, recipe creation, trials and launches, with close collaboration across customers and internal teams.

You will take ideas from concept to launch, organise kitchen and factory trials, support scale-up and handover to production, and manage projects to deadlines.