Process Development Manager

Greencore; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Holidays

Pension contributions (matched)

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore Bow is seeking a driven NPD/PD project professional to lead fast-moving development of new products from concept through launch. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to meet timing, quality and financial targets.

The role covers project management of PD activity, customer insight, concept testing, feasibility and coaching the team to deliver on schedule. A food-related degree is preferred, with experience in food manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering high quality, sustainable, commercial products.
• Ability to lead multiple projects and prioritise own and others' focus.
• Good understanding of food manufacturing principles demonstrated through feasibility of proposals.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities.
• Shows customer service values and is well respected by customers as a food authority.
• Desired: food related degree.

Responsibilities

• Manage all customer and category PD activity to meet the critical path and launch dates.
• Input product knowledge and customer insight to align with requirements and financial targets.
• Introduce, refine and test new product concepts for feasibility, sustainability and targets.
• Lead feasibility meetings and keep site teams informed of updates and actions.
• Lead the PD team through implementation, tracking progress and solving scale-up issues.
• Custodian of product quality and margin targets.
• Build and maintain customer relationships as the dedicated contact.
• Stakeholder management with operational peers to enable collaborative delivery of the NPD agenda.
• Develop team capability through task-focused coaching.

Skills

Product development

Project management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Customer insights

Education

Food-related degree

Job description

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us.

Here at Bow, we have a team of around 800 colleagues. We produce sandwiches, wraps, platters, sub rolls and salads for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Asda, Morrisons and BP Wild Bean Café.

What You’ll Be Doing

Shift - Monday - Friday, flexibility required for business needs

In this role you’ll work closely with your team to provide process, material and equipment knowledge in order to meet customer and Greencore’s requirements. You’ll also work closely with customers and other departments to ensure the projects run to plan, seeking feedback at all stages.

• Responsible for the project management of all customer and category PD activity to meet the critical path and feasibility plans and ensure successful right first-time launches
• Input product knowledge and customer insight within category team to ensure product development is aligned with all key customer requirements and meets financial measurements
• Introduce, refine and robustly test the design of new product concepts throughout creative and implementation stage to ensure the feasibility, sustainability and ability to meet commercial targets
• Lead feasibility meetings/internal reviews ensuring that site teams are kept informed of all activity updates and follow up actions are completed
• Lead the PD team throughout the implementation phase, tracking progress and resolving issues identified within scale up trials, to achieve timely implementation and hit targeted launch dates
• Custodian of product quality, ensuring accurate margin target delivery against the commercial brief
• Build and maintain customer relationships, acting as the dedicated customer/category contact, to provide accurate and consistent communication internally and externally whilst identifying and resolving issues promptly
• Stakeholder management of operational peers to promote collaborative ways of working and delivery of the NPD agenda
• Develop the team capability through task focused coaching to ensure maximum performance and development to their potential

What we’re looking for

• Experience of delivering high quality, sustainable, commercial products
• Ability to lead multiple projects and prioritise own and others focus accordingly
• Good understanding of food manufacturing principals demonstrated through feasibility of proposals
• Demonstrated leadership qualities
• Shows customer service values and is well respected by customers as a food authority
• Desired: food related degree

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.