Senior NPD Technologist: Lead Product Launch & Innovation

Technique Recruitment Solutions; Wroxham; In loco; GBP 40.000 - 65.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking a Senior NPD Technologist to own New Product Development and Existing Product Development projects. You will work with NPD, customer teams, site teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive concepts through to launch.

The role requires strong technical and commercial insight, excellent stakeholder management, and the ability to manage multiple projects with precision.

Competenze

• Previous experience in a Product Development role within the food manufacturing industry.
• Proven experience launching food products from concept to market.
• Product costing experience.
• Understanding of budgets and commercial drivers.
• Supply chain knowledge, including sourcing ingredients and packaging.
• Strong project management skills with experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Relevant food industry qualification and/or equivalent experience.

Mansioni

• Deliver customer-focused and commercially successful NPD and EPD projects.
• Ensure all developments meet customer requirements, legal standards, allergen controls, sustainability goals, and welfare standards.
• Identify opportunities for product improvement that enhance customer satisfaction and business value.
• Support innovation sessions and customer presentations, bringing market trends and consumer insights to life.
• Become a subject matter expert within the product category.
• Lead projects through the Concept-to-Launch Gate Process, ensuring milestones are met and fully documented.
• Manage project critical paths and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver successful product launches.
• Assess product feasibility and ensure all developments are technically and commercially viable.
• Build and maintain accurate recipe and costing data within internal systems.
• Support customer relationships by delivering projects on time and managing expectations effectively.
• In collaboration with operations, support with scale up processes and factory trials, ensuring that expectations on quality are clearly communicated and defined.
• Support during first production runs and post-launch reviews, ensuring expectations set during development and trials are achieved.
• Collaborate with commercial, procurement, operations, and technical teams to ensure alignment on project timelines.
• Stay ahead of emerging food, consumer, and restaurant trends.
• Monitor competitor activity and identify new business opportunities.
• Support customer roadmaps and innovation strategies aligned to market trends and site capabilities.
• Bring passion, creativity, and food expertise into every project.
• Support with business updates, including weekly project status, sharing information required for board and exec meetings, when requested and for research, development and creation of quarterly trend reviews.

Conoscenze

Product Development

NPD

Project Management

Food Industry

Food Costing

Supply Chain Knowledge

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Communication

Analytics

Formazione

Degree in Food Science or related discipline

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking a Senior NPD Technologist to own New Product Development and Existing Product Development projects. You will work with NPD, customer teams, site teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive concepts through to launch.

The role requires strong technical and commercial insight, excellent stakeholder management, and the ability to manage multiple projects with precision.