West Cork Recruitment are delighted to be working with a leading food production company based in Bantry, recruiting for a NPD Food Technologist.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic team that develops branded and private label seafood products for the Irish & European retail market. The role involves working closely with the Technical, Production and Market & Sales departments to launch high quality added value seafood products. Working with a team of technical & commercial professionals, you will get involved in the latest innovation projects, ensuring new products are technically safe and legal with the correct specifications. To succeed in this role, you will need a culinary arts/food technology/science background and be able to apply your knowledge in a commercial setting.
Key Responsibilities
* Ensuring all new products are consistently delivering for the consumer while meeting the agreed standards for the product
* To take lead and assist on NPD & EPD projects through the NPD process for concept to Launch, working cross functionally to deliver innovation and renovation projects.
* Ensuring 100% compliance with all policies and legislation
* Coordinate the day-to-day NPD process of line extension and brand pack -resizing projects from project brief, right through to launch
* Monitoring compliance with stage gate product development process and implementing Lean NPD techniques
* Ensuring that the Process and Product are protected and continuously improved
* Developing a clear and concise understanding of the business priorities and playing a vital part in delivering the guiding principle of lowest cost
* Liaising with Key Account Retail Customers and delivering NPD projects at Customer meetings.
* Contributing to, and taking lead on innovative NPD Projects
Experience / Skills
* A Third level degree in Food Technology, Food Science or Food Business
* 3+ years hands on experience in the FMCG sector/food manufacturing environment in a transferable role such as Quality/ Technical/ Development
* Project management and planning
* Excellent communication and influencing skills
* The ability to work individually, as well as part of a large, cross functional team
* Outstanding attention to detail
* A love of food, Fish and the latest trends
* Functional hands-on experience in: Quality systems e.g. BRC Standard, HACCP systems, Allergen control, ETC
* Good technical knowledge of specification and customer systems such as TTL, HG, Igloo or similar
* Current Knowledge of Legislation, legal labelling requirements
* Supplier and product selection
* Product quality optimisation
* Application of benchmarking and lean techniques
* Product and packaging cost modelling
* Supplier negotiation
* Process oriented, required to demonstrate strong organisational, analytical, communication and negotiation skills
* Proven trouble shooting and problem-solving skills
* Proactive hands-on approach with a can-do attitude
* Good working knowledge of pack copy process and packaging management tools
* Ability for flexible working hours and travel
If this role is of interest to you, please reach out to or call Laura on
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: €30,000.00-€50,000.00 per year
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Work authorisation:
* Ireland (required)
Work Location: In person