Product Development Advisor £25,000 pa ++ Benefits

Product Development Advisor circa £25,000 per annum

A wonderful opportunity has arisen for a dynamic individual to join an exciting fast growing Food Manufacturing Company based in Caerphilly.

Reporting directly to the Business Development Director, the Product Development Advisor will work alongside the Director to help manage the development of new (NPD) and existing products (EPD). You will work closely with customers and the production team to ensure the journey from concept to launch runs smoothly, to agreed timescales and procedures. Whilst the Product Development Advisor will be required to work to strict deadlines, you will also need to ensure quality and technical standards are maintained throughout.

As the Product Development Advisor, you will also be responsible for undertaking any administrative duties for the NPD department, ensuring documentation is accurately managed, filed and tracked.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Create and manage detailed project plans, timelines, and budgets for product development initiatives. Coordinate tasks, resources, and milestones to ensure timely product launches.

• Liaise with the buying team in sourcing new raw materials or packaging ensuring that all new raw materials are approved by the technical department.

• Develop knowledge of raw materials and factory processes to help develop new opportunities in product development.

• Assist in completing any relevant documentation required by the customer.

• Update project progress to the wider team, via frequent meetings and in accordance with project timelines.

• Involvement in generation of packaging artwork, approvals and co-ordination with the customer and buying department.

• Proof packaging artwork and ensuring compliance to all relevant laws.

• To support production and process team at pre-production and product launch.

• Responsible for NPD related administration, ensuring all documentation is up to date with accurate information, and stored appropriately.

Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Degree level qualification. Degree in Marketing, Food Science is an advantage.

• Excellent project management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and meet deadlines.

• Strong computer literacy skills, with proficient use of Microsoft packages and social media platforms.

• Flexible with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks at one time.

• Strategic thinking and a creative problem-solving attitude.

• Excellent communication at all levels.

• Excellent numerical and organisation skills.

• Passion for food and a desire to contribute to the growth and innovation in the food industry.

Competencies

• Ambitious.

• Team player who is keen to learn and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.

• Creative and energetic.

• Innovative thinker with the ability to ‘think outside of the box’, offering alternative methods of resolution.

• Excellent organisational skills.

• Excellent presentation skills and high levels of attention to detail.

• Comfortable working on own initiative.

These tasks are not intended as an exhaustive list of the post holder’s duties. The post holder is expected to carry out any reasonable request as deemed appropriate by the Senior Management Team / Company Director’s in order to support business needs.

Product Development Advisor

The candidate will ideally need to be degree qualified (marketing) and previous project management experience is a essential. The product development advisor will be working on new and existing products.

Salary: £25,000.00 pa

Working Hours: Mon – Thurs – 08:00am – 16:30pm / Fri – 08:00am – 15:30pm – Office based.

Holidays: 28 days inclusive of Bank Holidays. The holiday year runs from January to December.

Travel to work from;

Blackwood, Ebbw Vale. Tredegar, Merthyr, Newport, Cwmbran, Caerphilly, Pontypool, Abertillery, Ystrad Mynach.