NPD (New Product Development) Graduate Project Manager

Salary: £108 per hour

Our client is a global leader in food manufacturing selling products in over 100 countries with 25 factories worldwide. They are a great company to work for offering excellent career progression and job satisfaction. They are currently looking for a seeking an NPD Graduate to be based in Frome, Somerset to support the development and optimisation of the Company’s product range in line with the strategy defined by the business.

NPD (New Product Development ) Graduate Project Manager Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

Working with the major retailers in the UK you will be the main point of contact for development from brief to launch.

* Be your customers main point of contact for development, optimisation and improvement projects from brief to launch.

* Be a pivotal contact between all departments to ensure a smooth launch of the new products or changes in the factory.

* Manage end to end packaging development with the right process and legal checks through to sign off either for development projects and design or legal updates.

* Develop products, either pro-actively or in response to customer briefs.

* Manage the organization of the industrial trials, communicate the results, actions/improvements to be carried out and follow up on them.

* Ensure the products will be produced in the normal conditions on the current equipment, raise and communicate any concerns about possible difficulties.

* Understand and know how to use the pilot plant and development lab, suggest improvements and notify breakdowns/malfunctions.

* Liaise with other departments to ensure new products, processes and ingredients. Meet production, quality and legal requirements alongside with customers’ requirements.

NPD (New Product Development ) Graduate Project Manager Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate

The successful candidate will be a Food Science graduate with a hands on attitude. Excellent communication skills both written and oral. Good at selling ideas.

Able to prioritise and handle complex situations to lead and deliver multiple projects in parallel. You must be able to work unsupervised and achieve results within tight deadlines.

The ideal candidate should display 4 essentials qualities

1. Passionate about food

2. Fast learning. Ability to assimilate new information and knowledge efficiently

3. Driven and determinate to achieve results

4. Able to work in a fast-paced environment

NPD (New Prodct Development ) Graduate Project Manager Company Package:

The role offers excellent career prospects working for a market leader and a comprehensive benefits package including training, health care, free eye tests and £90 towards glasses, a good pension, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, life assurance and wellbeing initiatives.

If you would like to apply for this role, please send an up to date copy of your CV to Kate Evans as soon as possible quoting reference GPG219