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Excellent opportunity for an NPD Co - Ordinator to join a leading provider FMCG to major retailers.
Reporting to the Head of Product Development & Innovation, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing the development of new products to meet technical and process parameters in a profitable manner.
Requirements:
- Relevant NPD experience within flour and baking, or FMCG considered.
- Scientific and Technical Skills
- Passion for new product development and food.
- Ability to communicate with stakeholders internally and externally.
- Must be passionate about baking and confectionery
- Create and execute NPD projects by understanding the market and consumer needs!
- Attention to detail
Role& Responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver new products in a timely manner to ensure all products are technically compliant to the brand and retailer requirements and codes of practice.
- Responsible for the input of correct recipes to the company’s recipe management system.
- Photo shooting of new products and video presentation.
- Weekly reporting, update sensory analysis records
- Attend internal weekly brand & retailer meetings as part of the internal stage and gate process.
- Work closely and communicate effectively with the Process Team.
- Manage the samples that are required for nutritional purposes & for customers efficiently so all are prepared, labelled and dispatched correctly.
- Continue the rationalization of ingredients and recipes.
- Provide metric’s on a weekly basis so reporting can drive continuous improvement.
- Marketing the new product
- Provide training for the sensory and new product in the factory.
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