Product Developer - 6 Month FTC in Boston

Overview

Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we are one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. We are a vibrant and fast-moving business with over 28,000 colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our combined revenues were approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, enables us to deliver fresh and frozen food to thousands of stores every day.

What you’ll be doing

We have an interim opportunity for a Product Developer to join our team at Boston on a 6 Month FTC. As a Product Developer, your role will be to develop new, and modify existing products, in line with written briefs, customer expectations and financial targets to create products of sustainable and repeatable quality and sustainable cost. In this role you will be required to:

• Develop new and existing recipes into commercially viable products, benchmarking regularly to gain awareness of the market for a competitive advantage.
• Create recipes alongside the chefs, input recipes onto the recipe management system and review the accuracy of all recipes inputted by the product technologist and chefs to ensure they meet cost, weight and nutritional requirements.
• Ensure the viability of new raw ingredients from an operational, technical and product development perspective to bring innovation and challenge to existing Greencore policies and practices.
• Complete and/or review and approve all relevant documentation (feasibility forms, customer submission forms, concept to process handovers etc.) to ensure accuracy of information shared internally and externally.
• Put all products through the feasibility process; working with the commercial, operations, technical and purchasing teams to solve any issues to ensure concepts are repeatable, sustainable and scalable.
• Compile product costing information and adapt recipes to balance food quality with achievement of commercial brief targets within customer brand standards.
• Present benchmarking, existing (EPD) and new products (NPD) at internal and customer presentations; demonstrate market and food trends awareness to achieve product approval.
• Follow the critical path timelines as directed, escalating incomplete tasks and deficiencies in testing to ensure mitigating action can prevent delays in product acceptance and launch.
• Assist the process team with the scale up production trials, as required, to ensure production quality matches the kitchen quality signed off by the customer.
• Provide leadership to ensure that across the team people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in food product development.
• Analytical; comfortable with producing and reviewing costings.
• Proficient in all elements of product development from concept to launch.
• Proven track record of successfully validating products and producing high quality documentation.
• Confident in presenting to all levels within the business and directly to customers.
• Experience in people management.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits.
• Holidays.
• Pension up to 8% matched.
• Company share save scheme.
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform.
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform.

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.