Product Development Technologist: NPD & Sensory

Greencore Group; South Kesteven; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre platform access

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore Group is seeking a Product Development Technologist to validate product developments and support smooth launches. You will input recipes, manage materials, and prepare documentation to secure customer approval.

The role requires a degree in Food/Nutrition Science, analytical skills, and numeracy. You’ll coordinate samples, collaborate with chefs and NPD buyers, and help ensure sustainability and accurate labelling throughout development.

Qualifications

• Ideally educated to degree level with a specialism in a Food/nutrition Science.
• Has some experience / knowledge of food and the food environment.
• Demonstrates analytical skills and is fully numerate.

Responsibilities

• Input recipes onto the recipe management system to assess cost and nutritional information.
• Brief new, revised and repeat material requirements to the NPD buyers and packaging team to ensure the correct resources are available for product development.
• Prepare all necessary documentation (feasibility forms, customer submission forms, concept to process handovers) for product developer approval.
• Assist with the preparation of kitchen made samples to support the chefs/product developers in preparation for internal panels, nutritional testing and customer presentations.
• Plan, set up and prepare product, coordinating the ordering or purchasing of products for all sample requests, booking courier transportation as required, and documenting findings for the next steps.
• Complete kitchen organoleptic testing throughout the product shelf-life cycle and suggest reformulations for shelf-life and quality.
• Follow the critical path timelines as directed, escalating and mitigating incomplete tasks and risks to prevent delays in product acceptance and launch.
• Consideration and inclusion of sustainability to all NPD and EPD with data input and collation.
• Accurate labelling of products and boxing of samples to be sent externally.
• Buy ingredient supplies and benchmark samples when required.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerate

Education

Degree in Food/Nutrition Science

Job description

Greencore Group is seeking a Product Development Technologist to validate product developments and support smooth launches. You will input recipes, manage materials, and prepare documentation to secure customer approval.

The role requires a degree in Food/Nutrition Science, analytical skills, and numeracy. You’ll coordinate samples, collaborate with chefs and NPD buyers, and help ensure sustainability and accurate labelling throughout development.