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Are you passionate about food and innovation? Do you love developing new products and bringing fresh ideas to life?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a R&D Assistant to join a dynamic team, contributing to the development of an ambitious three-year innovation pipeline across multiple well-known brands. This role offers the chance to be part of a company that prioritises sustainability, biodiversity, and a better approach to producing healthy, delicious food.
We are looking for a proactive and creative individual, ideally a recent graduate eager to kick-start their career in product development within the food industry.
Company Benefits:
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Including health insurance, pension, and more.
- Company social gatherings
- Extra leave days
- Parking on-site
- Hybrid - 2 days in the office
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop innovative product concepts that align with brand values.
- Research culinary trends and analyse category and market opportunities to drive innovation across multiple brands.
- Turn creative ideas into real products, including:
- Collaborating with third-party suppliers on recipe development.
- Producing kitchen samples, testing recipes, and working with factories to conduct trials and refine products.
- Liaising with internal teams (marketing, category management, purchasing, commercial, supply chain) and external suppliers to bring concepts to market.
- Understand key business requirements, including P&L and profit management.
- Ensure compliance with the Innovation.
- Support the creation of trade materials by providing relevant information to key teams.
- Contribute to various projects as part of the innovation pipeline.
Experience and Skills Requirements
- A background in food, nutrition, or innovation is ideal.
- Passionate about food, with a keen interest in new trends and ideas, and the ability to develop an exciting innovation pipeline.
- A strong communicator who can inspire and engage both internal and external teams to bring exceptional products to market.
- Creative and analytical, with a problem-solving mindset and a drive for excellence.
If you have not been contacted within 5 working days, then unfortunately on this occasion your CV has not been shortlisted.
