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Can you bring exciting food to life and help create market-leading meals and desserts? If you are inspired by all things food, thrive on solving problems, and get excited about turning ideas into reality, our Senior Product Developer role is for you. We are seeking an experienced Product Developer to join our passionate team of chefs, technologists and dietitians who deliver award-winning innovation, acting as a development lead on one of our market leading business units across key projects and programmes. This is a role where creativity meets technical expertise and where, as the lead developer, your work truly makes a difference to our customers across the UK. You will play a pivotal part in leading and driving the Wiltshire Farm Foods product pipeline, improving current favourites, and pushing the boundaries of what great food can be. This is a hands-on leadership role, where you will take ownership for delivering exceptional development projects and programmes from concept through to launch. You will confidently navigate the stage-gate process, ensuring every product meets our standards, policies and customer expectations, while guiding and influencing stakeholders throughout development. You’ll identify emerging trends and opportunities, pitch exciting new ideas to the business, work closely with our Category Development team, and lead projects that enhance our customers’ experience and deliver competitive advantage. This role is based at our UK Headquarters in Trowbridge Wiltshire.
Job Responsibility:
Lead and manage Wiltshire Farm Foods development programmes at all stages of the development process from concept through to launch
Provide leadership and team development support
Ensure compliance with apetito development processes and company policies
Deliver market leading innovative, proactive and responsive product development
Identify & deliver product quality, nutrition and cost improvements, taking account of the needs of all stakeholders
Support the improvement of Development processes and procedures
Proactively identify and propose new opportunities to improve our Wiltshire Farm Foods range
Manage and deliver projects directly assigned by the Head of Product & Process Development
Requirements:
Real passion for great food
Proven track record in food product development
Experience managing the transition of new products to full scale production (including factory trials)
Ability to inspire and lead team and colleagues to deliver exceptional results
Experience collaborating across teams to achieve successful outcomes
Strong project management skills
Great presentation and communication skills
Creativity, persistence and resilience
The ability to influence and motivate stakeholders
Strong problem-solving ability
Nice to have:
Experience in chilled or frozen manufacturing
Background in prepared meals categories
Strong culinary or sensory evaluation skills
Good commercial awareness
What we offer:
Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
Discretionary annual bonus scheme
Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
Subsidised canteen
Free parking
Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts