Senior Development Manager

Bakkavor Group; Greater Lincolnshire; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fresh prepared food company is looking for a Senior Development Manager to manage development activities at their Spalding site. The ideal candidate will drive product innovation and maintain strong customer relationships while leading cross-functional teams. This role offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits including private healthcare and an annual bonus scheme.

Benefits

Private Health Care

Bonus Scheme

25 Days Holiday plus bank holidays

Car allowance

Staff Shop

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in food product development and chilled food manufacturing.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of the Development activity against the agreed Development plan.
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive product development.
• Build strong customer relationships managing development for a key retail client.

Skills

Project management

Organisational skills

Stakeholder management

Creative product innovation

Understanding of market trends

Job description

Senior Development Manager

We drive our own success.

Spalding

Competitive Salary

Private Health Care

Bonus Scheme

25 Days Holiday plus bank holidays

Monday to Friday

8.30 - 5pm

Permanent

Why join us?

We're constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more.

About the role.

This is a great opportunity for a Senior Development manger to join Bakkavor to work at our Bakkavor site in Spalding to manage the delivery of the Development activity against the agreed Development plan.

Role Accountabilities

Develop & manage the category development plan, ensuring commercial, operational, and technical alignment
Lead cross-functional teams to drive product development, delivering against customer expectations
Build strong customer relationships, managing development for a key retail client
Innovate & create market-leading products using trends, consumer insights, and category knowledge
Manage critical path processes, ensuring timely and effective product launches
Collaborate with stakeholders across Commercial, Marketing, and Operations to define category strategies
Unlock complex development challenges, driving efficiencies and improvements

About you.

Experience in food product development and chilled food manufacturing, ideally with Experience related to the relevant categories the role is responsible for
Strong project management & organisational skills
A creative & customer-focused approach to product innovation
The ability to manage multiple projects & deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Excellent stakeholder management & influencing skills
A strong understanding of category management & market trends

What you'll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you

You'll enjoy:

• Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
• Private medical insurance (employee & family cover)
• Car allowance
• Annual Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Discount & cashback platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free health check
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Free independent mortgage advice
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Free car parking - Site dependant

Proud to be Bakkavor

We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

Find out more and apply.