New Product Development (NPD) Specialist

About The Role
At Morrisons, we're proud to produce and manufacture many of our own food products, helping us stay close to our customers' needs. You'll be part of an exciting team that creates delicious food products. Whether it's innovating new items or perfecting existing ones, your work will have a direct impact on our customers' tables.

As a key player in our product development team, you will ensure the New Product Development (NPD) and Existing Product Development (EPD) end-to-end processes are completed on time and in full for the site. This role is suitable for candidates currently in NPD Manager or Senior NPD Technologist roles.

Your main responsibilities will be:

1. Development Process Management: Overseeing the development process, from the initial concept through to the process handover, including both NPD and EPD projects.
2. Communication: Maintaining regular communication with key stakeholders to ensure everyone is updated on project progress.
3. Project Management: Managing timelines and ensuring that all tasks are completed on time.
4. Documentation: Ensuring that all required documentation is completed correctly for regulatory compliance and product consistency.
5. Collaboration with Retail Teams: Collaborating closely with retail teams to meet their product briefs.
6. Supplier Collaboration: Sourcing new raw materials and processes, and handling paperwork related to supplier interactions.
7. Recipe Formulation: Formulating recipes and preparing product samples to meet specified briefs.
8. Factory Trials: Coordinating and attending factory trials to ensure production processes meet quality standards.
9. Production Runs: Overseeing pre-production and first production runs to ensure product consistency and quality.
10. Benchmarking and Tasting Sessions: Running sessions to evaluate product quality and create action plans to address any issues.
11. Post-Launch Reviews: Attending reviews to assess product performance in the market and making necessary adjustments.

About You

In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined in the job description, there are several key qualifications and attributes that are essential for success in this role at Greenside Manufacturing, Bradford.

1. Passion for the FMCG Industry: A genuine passion for the meat industry or pastry products and a dedication to delivering high-quality products to customers.
2. Exceptional Communication Skills: The ability to inspire and engage with stakeholders at all levels.
3. Strong Project Management Experience: Demonstrated experience in New Product Development (NPD) with a track record of managing projects from concept to launch.
4. Relationship Building Skills: Building and maintaining strong relationships with colleagues, suppliers, and stakeholders.
5. Enthusiasm and Drive: A proactive and results-oriented mindset to drive projects forward.
6. Organisational Skills: Strong skills for managing complex projects with multiple tasks and deadlines.

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
• 15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Market leading pension and life assurance
• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Long Service Awards
• Optional Payroll charity donations
• Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave

About The Company

From a Bradford market stall to the UK's 4th largest supermarket chain and the UK's 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer, we are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK at just under 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our 18 manufacturing sites provide our customers with the freshest produce from flowers, fish and veg to burgers and bread, all delivered to our stores via our 6 distribution sites by our 2,000 strong fleet.

Every week, 11 million customers pass through our doors and over 110,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. We cover more than 11 million households with our delivery service. With competitive, permanently low prices, we are committed to helping our customers save money every day.

We are foodmakers and shopkeepers and #wemakemorrisons.