Product Developer Bracknell, England
Job description
About the role:
As our Product developer, you will create and deliver innovative, quality, and differentiated new product development (NPD). Here at Waitrose our aim is to delight and excite our customers by offering distinctive and consistent product quality and as our corporate and sustainability initiatives continue to drive our Happier World, Happier Business & Happier people purpose we want you to bring the heart of this to our unique proposition. We seek to make a difference, not just to our Partners but everyone.
At a glance:
Position: Permanent
Location: This is a blended working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home and Bracknell Head Office.
You will:
be developing innovative & profitable products to delight our customers by offering a distinctive offer & consistent product quality across Waitrose
be ensuring all products adhere to defined brand, technical, Corporate Responsibility & nutritional policies & in line with GSCoP (Grocery Supply Code of Practice)
be understanding supplier capability & contributing to supplier strategy for product development
be delivering products on time and in full, including briefing suppliers, attending panel approvals and reviewing post launch
be working closely and collaboratively with stakeholders across buying, technical and Product Innovation to land products
be keeping abreast of trends from customer strategy, insight and direction, macro consumer trends and food/grocery trends. Spending time to scope out and research the project/category to determine the best outcomes that meet with Waitrose own brand strategy.
What will you be doing as a Product Developer?
Develops and delivers new & improved innovative, quality focused and differentiated products, aligned to Own brand values whilst understanding and managing the commercial implications of development in the grocery environment
Builds, strengthens and owns the NPD relationships between Waitrose and suppliers within the projects being worked on
Essential skills required:
Previous product development experience within Manufacturing or Retail.
Experience in launching major NPD/Brand projects.
Proven track record of high quality, commercially successful product development & supplier management.
Strong creative skills in food, grocery.
Good analysis skills and capable of analysing sales & insight data.
What else you could bring:
Further education qualification in Food, grocery non food
Retail or manufacturing experience; buying experience; product technical experience
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