Lead Product Developer

Cranswick Gourmet Sausage is our fast-paced sausage facility located in Hull. Using only the best cuts of British pork, fresh herbs and spices, Cranswick are the UK's leading producer of gourmet sausages and burgers, supplying major retailers and foodservice outlets alike. Our Cranswick Gourmet Kitchen site, just next to Gourmet Sausage, offers a true end-to-end foodservice solution. Cooking our raw products we are able to harness our expertise in bacon curing and premium sausage production.

We currently have opportunities for motivated individuals to join our NPD Team as a Lead Product Developer to deliver NPD projects for the customer base from concept to launch ensuring these meets both the customer and company expectations, whilst satisfying all relevant technical criteria, leading to a timely and faultless successful launch, supported by the relevant site / Department functions.

Shift: Monday-Friday; 08:00-17:00 (Office hours)

Key Responsibilities:

• Time to be split over both Cranswick Gourmet Sausage and Kitchen sites.
• Work with the Development team to deliver new concepts / projects in line with the brief and manage development projects from concept through to launch.
• Work up concept samples in conjunction with the NPD Chefs and Technologists for internal and external presentations ensuring recipe costs are within target parameters.
• Set critical timings and ensure all project aspects are delivered as specified satisfying customer and business, commercial, nutritional and process development requirements.
• Work with the NPD Chef to create new and exciting recipes ensuring that products are delivered to the correct specification satisfying consumer, customer, business, commercial, operational, nutritional and process development requirements.
• Play an active role in customer visits / pre-production / launches where appropriate/ packaging development.

What We Offer:

• Training and carer development
• Friendly work environment
• Pension package
• Access to our 'Feed your Wellbeing' hub, offering a range of retail, restaurant and entertainment discounts and wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity to purchase extra holiday
• Discounted share scheme
• Discounted local gym membership
• Death in service insurance
• Additional holiday with service

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Food Technology degree (or similar)
• Previous management experience in an NPD function
• Demonstrates a passion and understanding of food quality.
• Ability to create a favourable first impression, project yourself and present with confidence.
• Positive, friendly, driven attitude with an outgoing personality
• Be able to communicate well with both shop floor and senior stakeholders alike.
• Able to enjoy working within a fast-moving environment with change and high expectations.

A full job description is available upon request. Salary to be discussed at interview stage.

Internal applicants must inform their line manager before applying.

Please note that if a suitable candidate is found, this closing date may be brought forward.