NPD Project Manager

NPD Project Manager

This is a very well-established company with a strong reputation for quality and reliability. They operate to recognised food safety standards, including BRCGS, and maintain a firm focus on responsible practices, long‑term relationships, and continuous improvement all within an industrial scale manufacturing operation.

This is a brand new role reporting into the Head of Development and working with the major retailers in the UK. You will play a pivotal role across customer management, product development, and factory support. Main responsibilities are:

• Coordinate development from concept through to final launch.
• Develop recipes and products, conduct hands‑on development work from initial kitchen trials to industrial trials.
• Be your customers main point of contact for development, optimisation and improvement projects from brief to launch and other queries about products, process and packaging.
• Face to face presentation to customer either at their head office, or on site to explain the company’s business model, development capabilities and technical advantages.
• Manage end to end artwork development, internally and externally.

The successful candidate will have at least 5 years’ experience of working in a similar NPD role within food manufacturing. In addition:

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in Food Science or Food Technology.
• Ideally an understanding of dairy science.
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral.
• A proven record of project management.
• Capacity and capability to lead and deliver multiple projects in parallel.

The NPD Project Manager’s job () is paying £50,000 according to your experience.

The package includes a company pension with a 6% employer contribution (STC), 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, company sick pay, 4 x Death in Service, long service recognition, wellbeing initiatives, free flu jabs, employee assistance programme, free eye tests with £90 contribution to prescription lenses. There is also the possibility of financial relocation help.

This is a site-based role based in Wiltshire, commutable from Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Salisbury, Andover, Devizes, Chippenham and other surrounding towns.

The working hours are Monday to Friday.

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