- Location: West Midlands
- Job Type: Development Manager
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Salary: c£50k
- Date Posted: 06/12/2023
- Expiry Date: 06/01/2024
Process Development Manager – Food Manufacturing
Location: West Midlands
Salary: c£50k
Summary:
The successful candidate will lead customer/category Product Development activity to achieve targets, deliver right first time launches and also act as the customer’s first POC
The Role:
- Taking responsibility for the project management of all customer and category product development activity to meet critical path and feasibility plans, ensuring successful right first time launches
- Contributing product knowledge and customer insight within the category team, ensuring development is aligned with customer requirements and financial measurements
- Test the design of new product concepts throughout the creative and implementation stage
- Build and maintain customer relationships, acting as dedicated customer/category contact
- Develop team capability through coaching and development
The Candidate:
- Ideally degree educated/degree level in consumer science or with equivalent knowledge
- Experience delivering high quality, sustainable commercial products within food
- Ability to lead multiple projects and prioritise own and others focus
- Demonstrate leadership qualities
- Good understanding of food manufacturing principals demonstrated through feasibility of proposals
The Company:
- A leading food manufacturer with a strong passion for food and meeting customer/ consumer needs
If you would like to know more about this role please contact Lois Osborne on 0161 832 7463 or email Lois directly at lois.osborne@silven.co.uk quoting reference #LO/PDMS