NPD Project Manager

NPD Project Manager £45,000 – £50,000 DOE Commutable from: Cheshire, Deeside, Shrewsbury, Oswestry If you feel you’re in the position to take that next step up from Senior NPD Technologist into management, this might be the perfect role for you. With fantastic support available from a terrific Head of NPD who has worked with some of the biggest names in the food manufacturing industry, you can learn from them and excel your career. You’ll be very hands on working in state-of-the-art kitchens, heavily invested site with a brilliant team of product innovators and chefs. The Candidate. * The right NPD Project Manager for this role will be able to exemplify successful product launches within a chilled food manufacturing environment. * You will have had exposure to being customer facing and presenting directly to any of the top 6 retailers. * This business works with all the major retailers, and you will be customer facing. * Ideally you will be able to communicate cross functionally, analysing recipes in line with customer and company expectations. * A passion for innovation and a forward-thinking attitude will certainly take you far within this business. * This would suit a senior NPD Technologist looking to step up or alternatively an accomplished NPD Manager who loves the level they’re operating at already. The Role. * As the NPD Project Manager you will be working closely with two of their key customers who are in the top 6 big retailers. * You’ll have a team of 3x product technologists. * Develop teams of technologists and help them climb the ladder. * There will be an expectation to keep up to date with all the current trends within your category. * You will be collaborating with key stakeholders/head of departments to make sure all products that are developed are commercially viable. * Successful deliver on concept, creation, and development, working cross functionally. The Business. * One of the leaders within their respective food category. * They’ve featured in The Grocer & Food Manufacture throughout this year. * Bags of investment ongoing with this site. * Company benefits and career progression as they’re part of a large food group. If you’re interested in this opportunity, please submit your CV via the link provided quoting reference HM/TNT/998 True North Talent is recognised as a trusted supplier of permanent, contract and interim recruitment services to the food manufacturing and FMCG industries. Our teams of specialist recruiters operate across Operations/Engineering/Technical/NPD/Supply Chain and Commercial. We may hold your data, as per our privacy policy detailed on our website. We are looking to speak to innovation, NPD, development, new product development, EPD talent commutable from: Cheshire, Deeside, Shrewsbury, Oswestry Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will only contact successful applicants