Development Process Manager

Location: Hamilton

Shift: Monday to Friday

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

We have an opportunity for a Development Process Manager to join our Scottish Cluster Development Team, based in Hamilton.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with leading brands, major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. We make 75% of the UK’s sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes. This is what we do, and why we’re in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special.

The Process Development Manager will deliver product launches and ensure quality and profitability and will be responsible for the development and maintenance of the Process Blueprint and New Product Design frameworks from a process perspective. They will also support commercial growth strategy by leading and driving the food, quality and innovation agenda with the customer, development team and wider business.

This is a fast paced role, where the successful candidate will have a Degree level in Food Science, Food Technology, Process Engineering or similar. They will provide leadership for creation and delivery of process excellence across Scottish Cake. Manage and support efficient and effective process development workstreams. They will champion process excellence, inspire and educate the team to know what good looks like.

This role is based in Hamilton, however travel to other sites in the Scottish Cluster is essential. This is a great opportunity for someone to gain experience with one of the UK’s largest bakery businesses. They’ll work closely with a friendly and engaging team from both a site and group perspective, offering opportunities for growth and long-term career development.

This is what you’ll actually do!

As the Development Process Manager, they will successfully deliver product launches on time and in full against the development trial plan. Manage trial critical paths, forecasts and plans & controls own resources to deliver development activity to the agreed quality and to trial budget. They will contribute to the culture of quality and continuous improvement ensuring the right resource, behaviours, values and development plans are appraised and developed through teams. Demonstrating a passion for process excellence.

They will recruit, lead, motivate and inspire direct reports up to senior development technologist level to achieve personal development and continual improvement. As well as motivate and manage the process team to efficiently deliver NPD launches and process capability expansion. They will support and mentor team members.

To be successful in the role, they will build strong and effective internal and external customer relationships, be focused on developing fit-for-manufacture launches and processes. They will drive and implement process excellence and process capability expansion. Presenting facts, concepts and assessments to internal and external customers with backed up rationale. Influences and persuades customers to accept changes, new processes etc.

Ideally this is you!

• Degree level – Food Science, Food Technology, Process Engineering or similar
• 5+ years’ experience within the food industry, bakery or similar role
• Knowledge and passion for food processing, material properties, continuous improvement, problem solving
• Excellent communication skills
• Computer literate – particularly Microsoft Word & Excel
• Driving License
• Basic knowledge or above Food Hygiene

What's in it for you?

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!)
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – t&cs dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

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