NPD Lead - Portadown, Co. Armagh, United Kingdom - Vickerstock

Description

Vickerstock are proud to be recruitment partners with our global Food Manufacturing client based in Portadown in their search for a focused NPD Lead, to join a fast paced, agile, and ambitious business.

Working with the R&D and Production Stream functions you will ensure a standardised approach New Product Introduction, Process Improvements and Profit Improvement Projects (PIP).

What we have to offer you:

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday plus stats
• Healthcare
• Pension contributions
• Life assurance

What your typical day will look like:

• Carry out factory trials ensuring they are planned, organised, and executed using a standardised approach.
• Ensuring outcomes are effectively captured and communicated in the necessary format to relevant stakeholders.
• Own production implementation including systems, paperwork, codes, and recipe set [ (internal and customer).
• Management of the NPD Process ensuring right first-time product launches.
• Ensure successful team talent development and cascading of functional communications.
• Organise & record successful factory upscales, including product testing & evaluation.
• Validations of process, packaging & ingredients versus spec or standard
• Successful co-ordination of packaging development both with internal & external colleagues
• Drive & support continuous process Improvements along with site departments.

Your essential ingredients:

• Product Development Experience
• Food science degree & process knowledge
• Numerical ability to record, interpret & analyse key process data
• Understanding of Food Safety & Quality Management systems

What we hope you do next:

Sound like the career move you've been after and would like to hear more, pick up the phone to me, Anna, now on , or send an updated CV - in Word format - via the link on the page.

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