Senior NPD Manager

Senior NPD

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We are working with an outstanding company who are growing by 100% year on year with a clear purpose and vision. You will be joining a team of over 50 professionals as a Paid Content Creator in Nottingham.

The job:

You will create bold exciting products while ensuring our existing lines stay best-in-class — balancing creativity with technical excellence. You\’ll turn ambitious ideas into commercially viable products and drive improvements across the current range to strengthen our portfolio and meet evolving customer needs. The challenge lies in delivering technical precision while embracing innovation, ensuring every product that launches or evolves enhances the brand.

Your focus will be split between hands-on development work; in the test kitchen and factory floor and strategic problem-solving, finding technical solutions to complex challenges.

You’ll act as Technical Project Lead, owning critical paths end-to-end for both in-house manufactured and white label suppliers through pulling together all internal teams external suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

Spot trends and shape the future – dive into market research to uncover customer cravings, emerging trends, and competitor moves, fuelling bold product innovation that push the boundaries of our industry.
Make the magic happen – lead cross-functional squads from Marketing, Procurement, Production, and Regulatory to turn ideas into ready-to-launch products.
Create recipes worth raving about – develop new formulations that hit the sweet spot between functionality, cost-efficiency, and top-tier nutrition.
Put products to the test – design and run sensory panels, shelf-life tests, and compliance checks to ensure every launch is a winner.
Own the technical detail – keep product specs sharp, accurate, and fully compliant, leaving no stone unturned, ensuring projects are up to date with all the latest information
Lead from the kitchen to the factory floor – coordinate trials, tweak processes, and champion technical excellence from first blend to final product.
Chase the next big thing – explore new ingredients, technologies, and white-label opportunities to keep us ahead of the curve (and the competition).
Solve the unsolvable – troubleshoot challenges fast and smart, keeping every project moving and every team inspired. What You\’ll Bring

You’ll have significant experience (3 – 5+ years) in food product development, with strong technical skills and a track record of delivering successful launches from concept to launch. Ideally, you’ll have worked with Added Value Meats, Thermal Processing.

You’re a strong project manager who can juggle multiple projects while maintaining precision on technical detail, confidently navigating the challenges of an ever-growing factory and product line.

Company Benefits

Extensive health care cover including full cancer coverage and a choice of hospitals or consultants (AXA top package)
£250.00 learning budget for courses, books, or other self-learning activities
Regular team events from Axe throwing, crazy golf, to cocktail making
Casual dress
33 days’ holiday per year
Your birthday off or a different day if it falls on a non-working day
Ability to sell any unused holiday back at the end of the Holiday Year (maximum 1 working week)
Contact Joel Fletcher or Emma Buttler at Prescient Group
If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV.

We receive many applications, so if you do not hear back within 7 days, consider your application unsuccessful this time. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies.

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