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Proud to deliver high quality products and develop a high-quality career

Development Manager

Salary - Competitive

Location - Boness

37.5 hours per week

Why join us?

We're constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more.

About the role.

As a Development Manager you will work as an integral part of the development team at pace in a fast moving environment, by producing innovative food products - that can be mass produced without any loss of quality or taste, which reflect our customer's trends and requirements.

You will provide support at all key stages from concept / ideation to handover to the Process Team ensuring a smooth transition.

Role Accountabilities
Business Communication: Has effective internal working relationships across key functions to ensure the delivery of the Development process activity.
Leadership: Manages and supports the team to effectively deliver the development activity to the highest standard, ensuring delivery of projects through critical path management
Customer: Has good overall awareness of retailer development requirements and their relevant brand standards. Has effective customer relationships.
Culinary: Has the ability to present product to internal and external customers. Demonstrates culinary knowledge and expertise
Category Management: Has an understanding of category management principles and the ability to apply them.
Product Innovation: Has a good awareness of relevant food trends, uses all mediums to generate ideas and has the ability to funnel and prioritise.
Business Knowledge: Fully understands relevant site capabilities and has an understanding of broader Group capabilities.
Product Development Cycle: Manages the internal business development process ensuring product development delivers in line with customer and business expectations.
Market Awareness: Has an overall awareness of relevant product ranges in the market. Monitors and benchmarks product quality and escalates issues.
Pipeline Management: Responsible for ensuring all product development is clear and accurate on sector pipeline document.
Behaviours: Attention to detail, fast paced, positive, dynamic, creative, tenacious, resilient, alignment to BV values. About you.
1-2 years experience from a similar FMCG role with the food industry
Excellent organisational, investigative problem solving and communication skills
Drive, energy and enthusiasm
Previous experience of working within a results orientated team
Good standard of IT skills to include power point, word and excel
Customer experience
People management skills
Innovative
Critical thinking skills
Critical path management
Full UK Driving licence {Location dependent} What you'll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You'll enjoy:
Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
Private medical insurance
Annual Bonus Scheme
25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
Staff Shop
Stakeholder Pension Scheme
Discount & cashback platform
Personal Accident Insurance
Free health check
Employee Assistance Programme
A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
Free independent mortgage advice
Discounted tutoring for children
Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
Free car parking - Site dependant Proud to be Bakkavor

We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

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