Senior Development Technologist

TieTalent; Nantwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)

Private medical insurance

Annual Bonus Scheme

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Staff Shop

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Free health check

Job summary

A leading food company in Nantwich is seeking a Senior Development Technologist to innovate product development and manage the delivery of new products. The ideal candidate has 1-2 years of FMCG experience in the food industry, excellent organizational skills, and a creative mindset. This role offers a range of benefits including private medical insurance, an annual bonus scheme, and 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years' experience in a similar FMCG role within the food industry.
• Ability to engage and communicate across the business.
• Good time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Innovate new products and processes in response to customer briefs.
• Manage focused development of new products.
• Work to an agreed quality and timescale.

Skills

Excellent PC skills

Strong organisational skills

Attention to detail

Creative and resilient

Team Player

Job description

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About The Role

This is a great opportunity for a Senior Development Technologist to join Bakkavor to work at our Bakkavor site in Aston to support in the creation, management and delivery of the Development activity against the agreed Development plan.

Role Accountabilities

• Innovate new products and processes in response to customer briefs to maintain and grow a creative catalogue of products for our customers.
• Manage focused development of new products to deliver the required margin for our customers and the business.
• Able to develop new products to meet internal and external standards and requirements for a broader area of responsibility.
• Presents new product and process facts and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively to customers internally and externally and cross functionally.
• Overall awareness of comparative products from all major retailers/competitors
• Working to a critical path plan, organises and controls resources to deliver products and processes to an agreed quality and timescale.
• Monitors and benchmarks product quality of new and existing products and raises issues with Development Manager

About You

We are looking for a highly motivated, energetic development technologist with 1-2 years' experience from a similar FMCG role within the food industry. The key skills required for this role are:

• Excellent PC skills.
• Strong organisational and critical path management skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to engage and communicate across the business.
• Creative, resilient, and self-motivated with good time management skills
• Commercially aware
• Team Player

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
• 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!

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Company Overview

Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with operations also in the US, positioning the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 15,000 colleagues operate from 31 sites across our two markets supplying a large portfolio of products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US.

Department: Development

Location: Nantwich, GB, CW5 8DL

Workplace: Site Based

Date: 19 Jul 2025

Req ID: 25087

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