NPD Technologist

at  Panesar Foods Ltd

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

• Industry recognised food technical qualification – HND/Degree or equivalent.
• Some project management experience or factory experience.
• Aware of new market trends.

PURPOSE

To manage customer accounts and expectations, retaining communication (written and face-to-face) with customers, and delivering new products that are innovative, of the highest quality from concept to launch.
To support the NPD controllers in striving to continuously improve the service provided by Panesar Foods.
To help ensure projects are delivered to the highest standards within agreed critical path timelines and commercial parameters set by both internal departments and external customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The NPD Technologist will be responsible for driving consumer-led product development projects to meet customer expectations. You will be responsible for managing the development of projects working with products from concept through- to-launch. Driving forward factory and technical standards.
Maintaining company quality standards, ensuring compliance with local standards, policies, safety requirements and applicable country laws.
Be able to project lead and communicate clearly and effectively across cross-function teams.
Participating in customer-related groups, e.g. product teams, factory meetings, sales, marketing and application-related group meetings.
Manage critical paths efficiently to successfully launch products.
Gain knowledge of opportunities for NPD by keeping up to date with new ingredients and packaging formats.
Monitor new ingredients and material’s requested to ensure NPD and technical procedures are followed correctly.
Experience in a kitchen development environment and knowledge of ingredient’s functions and compounds.
Product benchmarking and sensory analysis and be able to research and brainstorm new product concepts and ideas professionally for customers.
Awareness of product costings, to develop and launch successful products.
Applies appropriate techniques to seek consensus through internal/external consultation to establish a ‘win-win’ scenario and has an awareness of implications of concessions in dealing with mainly senior levels of business relationships
Develops a wide range of well-established relationship’s, both internal and external (including specialist contacts), utilising these relationships to achieve positive business outcomes Problem solving
Demonstrates a sensitive awareness of potential problems, especially the likely strategic impact and understands the implications for business performance and direction
Challenges the status quo and applies a variety of creative techniques to generate and build on a range of possible options using internal and external sources to resolve problems
Demonstrates enthusiasm for inviting others views from all areas of the business and a preparedness to contribute and modify opinions for the optimum business solution
Obtain relevant information to undertake a thorough review to establish a balanced view of the impact of options on departmental performance areas for business change
Use modern techniques to identify a range of options and most favourable approach to problem resolution, consider contingencies and plan ways to avoid negative business impact
Ensures completion of the project/task within the specified targets, evaluating successes against functional strategy/plans and recommending change people, establishing clear and demanding objectives focusing on the achievement of departmental goals measured by the improvement of department and individual performance
Regularly monitors the performance of individuals and the team to agree and establishes effective development requirements embracing current role and future potential
Promotes co-operation and the opportunity for teams to assume increased responsibility and authority. establishes all innovative and responsive culture to create team contribution to business improvement by professionalism and a proactive approach
Uses factual and objective evidence to identify both positive and negative performance and behaviours. adopts appropriate motivational approaches and undertakes constructive discussion with individuals to maintain or improve performance
Ensures the business/functional financial plans have been met, evaluating overall performance to establish improved task management processes Change
Regularly reviews methods and processes both independently and with staff to establish incremental improvement in current practices with the function/department.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From £28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Work Location: In perso