New Product Development Manager

Tayto Group is a major player in the snack industry, known for producing iconic, great-tasting products. You’ll be familiar with our Golden Wonder, REAL, TAYTO and Mr Porky brands, but we’re also the UK’s leading private label snack manufacturer – supplying all of the major retailers! With a rich heritage spanning decades, we are, and have always been, committed to delivering quality and innovation with every bite!

A huge part of our success is down to the ongoing development of our extensive product portfolio. You could be part of this by joining us at the heart of our business as NPD Manager at our flagship Corby site – which has the broadest range of snack technologies in a single factory in the country!

About The Role

The NPD team play a pivotal role in the success of our business, whether that be through developing new products, improving flavours or creating more sustainable or eye-catching packaging.

As the NPD Manager, you’ll act as a front line contact for all new product development work for both retailers and internal brand customers whilst managing projects through our NPD process.

You’ll play a vital role working closely with internal and external customers to define and develop new products before proving them in the factory and seeing them through to successful launches on shelves across the country. You’ll coordinate departments across the business, pulling them together with one clear goal in mind – the perfect snack!

On a typical day, you will:

• Work closely with commercial and marketing colleagues to ensure profitable product opportunities are developed, presented and launched
• Be the primary NPD contact with some of Britain’s top retailers
• Arrange & deliver successful factory trials in partnership with site planning and operations teams
• Identify product opportunities for customers that meet their strategic objectives
• Manage and document projects in line with our Product Change Process
• Carry out process evaluations, ingredient changes, flavour enhancements and packaging changes for new and existing products
• Assessing and scoring new product developments including competitor benchmarking

What will we need from you?

• Previous experience working alongside brand managers and retail technologists and developers
• Demonstrable experience of working within a fast-paced product development team in a food environment
• Previous experience of working within a medium to large scale branded or own label factory environment would be advantageous
• Ideally a food related degree or qualification

This role will be full time, operating Monday – Friday 08:45 – 17:00. This is an excellent opportunity to join the UK’s largest snack manufacturer and play a central role on putting great tasting snacks on shelves across the country!

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to providing a working environment that is free from discrimination and harassment, and where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.