Solent Group work with a diverse portfolio of Retailers and supply bespoke products within various categories, including Health & Beauty, Household Impulse Snacking and Reusable Bags. We are proud to be best-in-class when it comes to own-label product innovation. Our Categories are fast-paced with ever-evolving trends and a host of ground-breaking products coming to market on a regular basis – we add value to retailers by leading and owning each category.
Here at Solent we want people to be extraordinary. We pride ourselves on creating and producing amazing products and brands for our Global Customers. You will be joining a company with offices globally across South Africa, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vietnam, and the UK.

• Responsible for supporting across Non-food technical product development, innovation, quality assurance and launch.
• Working with technical teams in UK and Asia to ensure all technical aspects of a project are completed, for example safety assessment, product performance testing, regulatory compliance, Product specifications and legal checks etc.
• Coordinating with the quality team to prepare the product specifications and drafting quality contracts where applicable. Ensuring awareness by customers and manufacturing suppliers for the required quality assurance.
• Check product artwork, packaging and labelling for compliance with relevant regional legislation.
• Work closely with the internal product and commercial teams to ensure all technical requirements are applied during the NPD process and new launches.
• Travel to various locations with line manager to attend factory initial visits, development trials, pre-production and product launches.
• Attend conferences, exhibitions, and trade shows to keep on top of innovations and opportunities with new materials, production techniques or products.
• Prioritise and champion Solent’s Policies on Sustainability, Innovation and Ethical manufacturing.