NPD Technologist — Food Innovation & Launch Expert

Avara Foods Ltd.; Wednesbury; Remote; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

31 Days Holiday

6% Pension

Private Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Avara Foods Ltd. are seeking a Development Technologist to support the NPD Development Product Manager in delivering new product initiatives across our business unit.

You will work with Technical, Operations, Commercial, Planning and Procurement teams to plan schedules and ensure successful product launches. The role is office based with weekly site visits to Avara manufacturing locations and suppliers, including occasional weekend work for organoleptic assessments.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and launching new products for retail and/or food service.
• Experience in FMCG product development.
• Managing critical paths and coordinating internal departments to ensure launches.
• Knowledge of functional characteristics of food ingredients.
• Understanding the product development process from concept to launch with Retailers NPD systems.

Responsibilities

• Category and Market knowledge - research markets and technologies for new product concepts.
• Organise internal and external benchmarking sessions.
• Develop product concepts with suppliers against customer briefs.
• Prepare Product costings for profitable launches.
• Update internal NPD system for launches.
• Support customer presentations with required documentation.
• Lead NPD meetings across teams to ensure launch readiness.
• Ensure development activity aligns with NPD Procedures.
• Coordinate production trials and shelf-life assessments with Technical and Operations.
• Occasional weekend work for organoleptic assessments.
• Update information from trials to validate costing.
• Plan product launches with Operations and Technical teams.
• Manage launches to meet specifications and quality parameters.

Skills

Product development

NPD process

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Driving

Education

Food Science degree

Tools

NPD system

Job description

Avara Foods Ltd. are seeking a Development Technologist to support the NPD Development Product Manager in delivering new product initiatives across our business unit.

You will work with Technical, Operations, Commercial, Planning and Procurement teams to plan schedules and ensure successful product launches. The role is office based with weekly site visits to Avara manufacturing locations and suppliers, including occasional weekend work for organoleptic assessments.