NPD Project Manager

• Coordinate development from concept through to final launch. Be a pivotal contact between all departments to ensure a smooth launch of the new products or changes in the factory.
• Develop recipes and products, conducts hands-on development work from initial kitchen trials to industrial trials, including organoleptic assessment (tasting).
• Manage the organisation of the industrial trials, communicate the results, actions/improvements to be carried out and follow up on them.
• Ensure the products will be produced in the normal conditions on the current equipment, raise and communicate any concerns about possible difficulties.
• Provide hands-on training when running factory trials to production team.
• Understand and know how to use the pilot plant and development lab, suggest improvements and notify breakdowns/malfunctions.
• Support production team with product and process expertise when necessary.
• Be your customers main point of contact for development, optimisation and improvement projects from brief to launch and other queries about products, process and packaging.
• Be the Development technical expert to influence customer briefs by offering insight into feasibility and factory capabilities.
• Face to face presentation to customer either at their head office, or on site to explain our business model, development capabilities and technical advantages.
• Oversee costings and make price recommendation to Commercial director.
• Lead and coordinate all products related projects - from initial customer brief through development, trials, artwork, factory validation, and final launch.
• Manage end to end artwork development, internally and externally, with the right process and legal checks through to sign off either for development projects and design or legal updates.

Monday - Friday - Days (Onsite)

Flexibility required in this position