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REPORTS TO: Manufacturing and Technical Director; Working closely with Co-Founders, Marketing, Production and our creative team

PURPOSE: Development of new & improvement of existing products from the Bakery, finished goods. You will be working closely with our Commercial and Marketing teams to create and present exciting new products for launch whilst supporting with food styling, photography, food strategy & working alongside the Procurement Manager to source new and better priced raw materials.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing new and innovative products in line with product briefs
• Hands on kitchen concept work to develop new products as well as upgrade existing recipes and troubleshooting product issues based on customer complaints, production inconsistencies, raw material / supplier problems or nutritional targets
• Manage existing product development and improvement, and related projects including re-designs, value engineering, packaging & ingredient changes, flavour improvement with an overall view to build quality
• Researching food trends and food gift trends in the online E-commerce market, enabling us to participate in product design, benchmarking & food safaris
• Interpreting and presenting food trends to the business, making the case for new concepts to enter our short and medium term pipeline
• Manage critical paths for each launch ensuring first class execution on all product launches
• Support the Technical team to maintain product quality and regularly benchmark products
• Ensure that the correct ingredients are available on site in the correct quantity for the make-up of samples on the required day by planning and ordering ingredients from factories or suppliers
• Plan, organise and attend factory trials, pre-pros and launches, following agreed processes and standards.
• Manage recipes, costings, nutritional information, product codes & final product descriptions
• Deliver accurate and timely documentation to support customer presentations and launches
• Set up and manage feasibility meetings, bringing all relevant departments together
• Provide training & know-how to the Production team on product builds and standards
• Represent NPD at taste panels and work closely with the Technical Department on all aspects of a product development and launch
• Developing technical aspects of packaging of product to ensure safe arrival to customer
• Update product ingredients, allergens, nutritionals onto our customer portals
• Finished label / artwork checking and sign off with technical department

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Educated to degree level or equivalent (such as food science) with proven concept to launch NPD experience from within a food manufacturing business. Having worked with chilled products will be a huge plus
• Ideal experience would include concept development, scale-up and launch of multi component products within a manufacturing environment with strong commercial awareness
• Project management, relationship building and communication skills are essential
• Experience of consumer trends, gap analysis and competitor analysis are also an advantage to ensure product launches meet the expectations of the business and customer.
• Experience in bakery and bakery gifting, with some experience of packaging

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Able to demonstrate knowledge of cuisines, produce, seasonality and ingredients
• Enthusiasm to learn about the bakery industry and E-commerce business
• A result focused individual who operates with an efficient work style, coupled with attention to detail and good time management
• Must be a clear communicator with strong presentation skills - a good representative for our business
• Have stamina and resilience to work at pace and able to juggle a number of different projects, whilst maintaining effectiveness under pressure with the ability to work to short deadlines
• Know how to research new trends with an ability to generate ideas and turn them into products that work
• Good PC/systems utilisation skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong commercial awareness

WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR YOU

• Family feel business
• We’re a tight knit team of people who want to move the dial, make things happen and really grow the business
• You will be able to make your mark and be part of an expanding company, helping to change the culture to embrace growth
• A platform for your own personal growth, and building of expertise and experience
• We are small but very entrepreneurial meaning every member of our team is able to make a genuine difference to the business each day

Fluency in spoken and written English is required. You must also have the right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

Location – you will work from our Bakery based in Brentford TW8.

Salary – Up to £35,000 depending on experience

We offer a competitive and attractive benefits package and the opportunity to join an ambitious and talented team.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Brentford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person