NPD Manager- Food Manufacturing

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High profile role leading the NPD function at a key manufacturing site.

Here you’ll be leading the site NPD team, overseeing NPD & EPD projects for leading retail customers. You’ll have ownership of the NPD process from concept to launch, ensuring the team have the right training and resources to deliver.

This site has undergone recent significant investment and the introduction of new added-value product lines. It’s a great time to join and establish this role with the new senior leadership team. Ensuring the high profile of the NPD function and establishing robust NPD processes across the site.

This will involve building strong, positive working relationships across all functions at site and the senior team. Driving a food-led culture, delivering outstanding new products that delight customers and consumers.

You’ll be supported by the wider group NPD team which has excellent resources and superb talent from the industry. They are driving a culture of sharing best practice and support across sites which is being positively received across the site NPD teams.

The business enjoys long-standing, collaborative relationships with key retail partners. It has set out clear sustainability goals and an exciting innovation strategy backed up by strategic investment.

To succeed here you’ll need to have strong team leadership skills as an established NPD Manager in food manufacturing. Proven experience in launching successful new product ranges for retail customers.

If you enjoy being at the heart of the development process at site, leading from the front, this is a great opportunity to make your mark.

If you’d like to know more, click apply to send over your CV or get in touch with Rachel to discuss.

REF. RLP