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NPD Assistant - food manufacturing

Job details
Posting date: 31 May 2024
Salary: £28,000 per year, pro rata
Additional salary information: pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 30 June 2024
Location: Diss, Norfolk
Remote working: On-site only
Company: b3 jobs ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 8689

Summary

NPD Assistant
c. £28,000 pro rata
Norfolk / Suffolk Border
Food Manufacturing
Job ref: 8689

The company
This role is working for an award-winning, prepared food manufacturer that creates delicious and innovative products that are supplied to and sold in all the major UK retailers and high-quality independent retail outlets.
About the NPD Assistant job
The purpose of your role will be the day-to-day management of New Product Development Kitchens ensuring they are to the required hygiene standard, tidy and organised.
Key tasks
• Preparation of product concept samples for customer presentations, repeat samples for customer reviews and required samples for PR and photography requests.
• Intake and management of all new ingredients arriving for the new product development and liaising with ingredients suppliers.
• Help with the updating of internal paperwork, updating recipes, cooking trials etc.
• Assist in the development of new product cooking instructions, then cooking validations.
• Liaising with Factory Production, Distribution and Technical regarding raw material requirements, incoming and outgoing samples.
• Assistance with the organization of factory trials, (scale up from kitchen concept).
• Shopping for market reviews, customer presentations and visitor lunches.
About You
• Experience of working within a professional kitchen or catering environment.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced ever changing environment with a large range of projects.
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and quick to learn.
• A confident cook with a passion for food… everything food!
• Happy to learn, not afraid to give it a go.

More details
The NPD Assistant job is based on the Norfolk / Suffolk Border and is paying c. £28,000 pro rata according to your experience – the working hours a total of 30 per week, Monday to Friday between 7.00am and 6.00pm and are very flexible according to your needs. A driver’s license is required.

The package includes:
• 28 days per annum inclusive of paid bank holidays.
• Free onsite parking.
• Subsidized canteen.
• Staff shop sales.
• Workplace pension (after initial qualifying period).
• Staff and family events.
• Monthly employee draws.
• Long service awards.
• Annual profit related bonus.
• Private counselling support services.

Alternate job titles
Graduate Development Technologist | Product Development Assistant | Junior NPD Technologist | Food Product Developer | Food NPD Jobs | Food Science Graduate Jobs | NPD Technologist