Product Technologist
Excel Recruitment
- Cork
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Generous salary doe
- Bonus
- Pension
- Illness benefit
- Life assurance
- Agile working
- Ensure all Own Brand Products are consistently delivered to the consumer while meeting the agreed standards for the product.
- Bench marking of products in the marketplace.
- Ensure packaging is as sustainable as possible while maintaining the integrity of the product through shelf life.
- Conduct market research to identify range gaps, together with Trading Developer and launch these lines to market using the Stage Gate Process.
- Liaise with the design team to develop and project manage pack design.
- Ensure 100% compliance with all policies and legislation.
- Compliance with the stage gate product development process.
- Ensure that the Process and Product are protected and continuously improved.
- Develop a clear and concise understanding of the business priorities and play a vital part in delivering the guiding principle of the lowest cost.
- Third-level degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Food Business, or relevant courses.
- Excellent project management skills, communication and influencing skills.
- 5 years of hands-on experience in the FMCG sector/food manufacturing/retailer environment in a transferable role such as Development/Project Management/ Technical, ideally in the fresh product area.
- The ability to work individually, as well as part of a large, cross-functional team.
- Functional hands-on experience in: Supplier and product selection, product quality optimisation, supplier negotiation, and project management and planning.
- Computerised specification systems.
- Legislation, legal labels, product specifications, and product and packaging cost modelling.