NPD Technologist — Food Innovation & Product Launch

Avara Foods Limited; Wednesbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

31 Days Holiday

6% Pension

Private Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Avara Foods Limited is seeking a Development Technologist to support the NPD Development Product Manager in delivering new products for the business unit. You will collaborate with Technical, Operations, Commercial, Planning and Procurement teams to translate customer briefs into viable launches.

The role combines office work with periodic factory exposure, requiring travel to suppliers and sites weekly and occasional weekend assessments to support product development and costing reviews.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and launching products for retail and/or food service.
• Experience in FMCG product development.
• Managing critical paths and coordinating internal departments for launches.
• Understanding of food ingredient functional characteristics.
• Knowledge of Retailers NPD processes and product development from concept to launch.

Responsibilities

• Research markets and technologies to develop new product concepts for Retail & Food Service.
• Organise internal and external benchmarking sessions.
• Develop product concepts with suppliers to meet customer briefs.
• Prepare product costings for profitable launches.
• Update NPD systems with launch information.
• Support customer presentations with required documentation.
• Lead NPD meetings with cross functional teams to ensure launch readiness.
• Ensure development activity aligns with NPD procedures and is recorded accurately.
• Coordinate with technical & operations to plan trials and shelf-life assessments.
• Occasionally work weekends for organoleptic assessments.
• Update product information from trials to validate costing.
• Plan product launches with site Operations and Technical teams.

Skills

NPD development

Cross-functional teamwork

Project management

Market research

Costing

Attention to detail

Driving licence

Education

Food Science qualification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Avara Foods Limited is seeking a Development Technologist to support the NPD Development Product Manager in delivering new products for the business unit. You will collaborate with Technical, Operations, Commercial, Planning and Procurement teams to translate customer briefs into viable launches.

The role combines office work with periodic factory exposure, requiring travel to suppliers and sites weekly and occasional weekend assessments to support product development and costing reviews.