Overview

An exciting opportunity has opened for a NPD / Product Development Technologist to join a well-established manufacturer who adhere to pharmaceutical and food manufacturing practices based in Bristol, Somerset.

You can expect to achieve a salary of up to £30k.

The Role

Reporting into the Innovation & Technical Director, along with the support of a strong Technical & Quality team, this role offers the opportunity to work in a wide variety of product areas and will see you liaise closely with Technical, Engineering, Production, Sales and with customers to create new products and manage change across a GMP environment.

Objectives

• Working alongside the Marketing and Technical team in driving NPD decisions across the business
• To host NPD meetings with internal / external stakeholders as required
• To develop new products both proactively and in partnership with customers
• To coordinate and support the NPD process from concept to launch on assigned projects
• To ensure all projects are managed under the umbrella of a Quality Management System and all change documentation is clearly communicated across the business
• To liaise with new suppliers or suppliers of new materials to ensure they deliver clear benefits and are introduced with relevant controls
• Liaise with engineering and Operations to trial new materials / components and present the business case for change
• Inform the business of any legislation or environmental change impacting on product or materials
• Artwork checking and approval ensuring legal requirements of labelling are met as required
• Develop and maintain a Label Copy Sheet library and communicate any necessary label amendments in line with legislation
• Lead the product set-up and product change administration
  • Create and maintain data matrices for all licensed and biocidal products
  • Create and communicate accurate BOM structures
  • Manage packaging specifications
  • Create and manage pallet specifications
• Working alongside the customer marketing teams in private label projects including, but not limited to:
  • Proofreading design files and manage the revision process with the artwork agencies
  • Maintaining customer product specifications on online portals

Experience:

• Strong communication skills
• Project Management experience essential
• Used to working under pressure and managing multiple deadlines/projects
• Able to work independently and on their own initiative
• Highly driven, flexible and approachable
• Knowledge of NPD processes within a similar entrepreneurial business
• Can- do attitude, prepared to tackle tasks and deal with new challenges positively
• Technical product background experience essential
• Experience of operating within a Quality Management System
• FMCG experience desirable (not essential)
• Experience of working with Microsoft and Adobe packages
• Eye for detail

JK Recruitment

Please be aware that we receive a high volume of interest for each of our roles and we cannot guarantee we will be in touch if you are not shortlisted for the position. At JK Recruitment we aim to provide the best possible opportunity to take your career forward, we will be in touch within the next seven days if your application is successful. Please continue to visit www.jkrecruit.co.uk to keep up to date with further vacancies.

We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.