NPD Technologist Wrexham, Wales
Job description
NPD Technologist - Due to our continued growth and success we are looking for an NPD Technologist to join our NPD team in our Head Office, Wrexham (LL13 9UG). The hours of work for this role are Monday to Friday 08:00hrs to 17:00hrs
What would you get for working here?
If you have the NPD Technologist experience and skills we are looking for then you will receive a total reward package that includes:
- A competitive salary dependent on experience.
- 8% Pension Contribution
- 28 days annual leave (Inc of Bank Holidays)
- £500 refer-a-friend scheme
- Access to an exclusive employee benefits/discounts platform where you can save £££s on your everyday spends
- Professional development opportunities and qualifications
- A progressive working environment that puts its people at the heart of what it does
- Great opportunity for career development
What would you be doing?
Our Vision as a business is to be the “Go-to” supplier of bakery products, working nationally with retailers such as M&S and Waitrose on their premium private label range and regionally through the Village Bakery brand. In achieving this vision, we want to be recognised as a family business that continually invests in the future through the development of our people, quality and food safety culture, equipment and processes. ??
As an NPD Technologist you will be directly contributing to this vision through your core tasks and responsibilities these will include, but are not limited to:
- Supporting the NPD Managers with customer submission presentations – i.e., power point presentations, submission forms etc
- Completing theoretical nutritional calculations and generating manual ingredient declarations using excel recipe sheets
- Supporting with booking and sending products to the lab for testing
- Sourcing of new ingredients, pricing and MOQ’s and ensuring these raw materials are approved by technical departments
- Champion all documentation throughout concept to launch process - including recipes, submission forms, QAS/ CQMs, launch folders, factory paperwork.
- Manage all tasks associated with product launch - organoleptic testing, lab analysis, packaging etc
- Generating cutter guides and briefing into printers / trialling new cutters on plant and approving.
- Responsibility for ensuring that product samples are sent to customers according to agreed specifications and requirements prior to despatch
- Responsibility for keeping an eye on social media and market trends – weekly updates on ‘what’s new!’
- Completion of multiple NPD process documentation to ensure product folders are BRC ready and customer ready ahead of launches
- Lead and support on trials as and when required
What skills and qualifications would you need?
To be a successful NPD Technologist you will need to demonstrate the following skills, qualifications and attributes:
Essential
- Demonstrable experience within NPD
- Food related degree
- You will be a strong & confident communicator who is proactive and highly organised.
- Excellent project management skills
- Strong self-drive and diligent mindset, with good attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise workload against demand from multiple customers and projects
- Computer literate in all aspects of Microsoft Office
- Conversant with retailer Codes of Practice and Policies desirable M&S, Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury's, CO-OP, Morrisons, Lidl.
Desirable
- Bakery sector experience
- HACCP and Food Safety L2
- Food Hygiene Qualified
So, who are we? If you haven’t heard of us before we are a family owned and managed Craft Bakery producing an award-winning range of Bread, Morning Goods, Pies and gluten free products.
Our business has been producing products in this category since 1964 and since then we have grown in success due to our reputation for quality, innovation and technical experience. As a result of this continued growth, we now operate from a number of world class and well invested bakeries in and around Wrexham, including our dedicated Gluten free site ‘Gluten Freedom’ and our state-of-the-art ‘Super Bakery’ at Ash Road.
If you would like to join our award-winning, quality-driven team please use the ‘apply now’ link and follow the on-line application instructions.
We look forward to welcoming you to our team soon!
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Language training provided
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Wrexham Industrial Estate: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location
