NPD Development Chef | Dungannon

Vickerstock are delighted to be recruitment partners with our client where innovation is at the heart of the company on the appointment of NPD Development Chef. Our market leading client serve a wide range of retailer top quality beef and lamb.

Reporting to the NPD Project Manager, you will be responsible for culinary support in the form of leading and supporting on cooking, development of new concepts, idea generation and trends for products.

What your typical day will look like:

• Supporting cooking for customer panels, lunches other culinary support required
• Possess an up-to-date knowledge of food, ingredient, market & customer trends to ensure concepts are first to market.
• Responsible for the interpretation of all development briefs, ensuring a concept list is drawn and issued to customer after feasibility studies.
• Support on both attending and advising on innovation safaris.
• Brief new ingredients and work with suppliers to ensure concepts are market leading.
• They will work in the Scope and Develop Gates and will require collaborating with and take direction from the site NPD teams to ensure the NPD process is followed and all developed products are commercially viable and technically safe & able to be processed and meet the customer/consumer needs.
• Responsible for the creation of NPD concepts and their input into the RP system ensuring margins are achieved.
• Take responsibility for own development and progression.
• Purchase of ingredient and equipment for product panels in line with company standard policies
• Manage time and diary for travel to ensure time is best utilised to manage business requirements.
• Attend daily department meeting to update on progress and support other team members as required.
• Communicate regularly with customers and deal with queries in a timely manner, building strong business relationships.

What you will need to succeed:

• Proven track record in a similar role and/ or specialist chef qualifications
• Demonstrates market leading culinary skills and a passion for food, creativity flair and an understanding of food trends for restaurants and retailers.
• Good organisation skills, project management and understanding of customer and site requirements, capabilities, and policies.
• Good knowledge of the meat and added value industry across multiple retailers.
• Demonstration of customer and site confidentiality across all projects
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills both internally and externally
• Good customer management skills
• Ability to work effectively and in a highly productive manner as an individual or as part of a team.

What we hope you do next:

Sound like the career move you’ve been after and would like to hear more, pick up the phone to Anna now on T 028 9031 3720, or send an updated CV – in Word format – via the link on the page (or email).

If this opportunity doesn’t quite get the taste buds flowing but like me you are passionate about food, let’s get a chat and see how I can help grow your career.