New Product Development Manager

• Lead and Manage Team: Inspire, motivate, and guide the team to deliver exceptional results
• Drive Innovation: Stay at the forefront of food trends and market insights, developing innovative product concepts. Proactively explore new ingredients, processes incorporating future factory capabilities, and ideas to differentiate Cranswick
• Project Leadership: Lead strategic projects from concept to execution, ensuring they align with Cranswick’s goals and deliver value to both customers and the business
• Customer Engagement: Cultivate and maintain strong customer relationships through effective communication and regular engagement, ensuring their needs, feedback, and expectations are understood and addressed promptly and professionally
• Cross-Functional Cooperation: Partner with various departments, including sales, marketing, operations, and technical, to ensure seamless product launches and successful market penetration
• Commercial Focus: Ensure that new product initiatives are commercially viable and aligned with the current or future capabilities of the site, while also being strategically beneficial
• Project Management: Oversee the end-to-end development process, ensuring all projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards
• Launch process custodian: Ensure meticulous adherence to the product development process, rigorously overseeing each stage's completion, accurate documentation, and effective communication with key stakeholders

• Passionate foodie at heart
• Creative and innovative thinker
• Proven track record of managing and leading a team
• Previous experience of FMCG manufacturing (preferably food related)
• Experience in a similar role beneficial but not essential
• Ability to interact with high profile customers

Experience in a similar role beneficial but not essential

• Competitive salary – to be discussed at interview stage, including car allowance
• Job stability at a growing and expanding company
• Commitment to progression and career development
• Competitive annual leave entitlement
• Purchase company shares through discounted share scheme
• Company pension scheme – up to 10% employer contribution
• Access to retail discount app, bike to work scheme, health and wellbeing platform