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Product Developer – Food

Excel Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting for this highly successful multinational retailer which specialises in selling quality clothing, beauty and home, and food products. As a Product Developer, you will direct and deliver the commercial food product development in line with the category plans and the food business strategy. Dublin city centre based. This is a 12-month contract role.

Package

• €55-75k doe
• Bonus
• Pension
• Healthcare
• Agile working
• Staff discount

Responsibilities of this Product Developer job include:

• Keep up to date with trends in foods and lifestyle, and packaging and ingredients (e.g, involving active research, travel, eating out and comparative shopping).
• Set and deliver the product strategy agreed by the food division, developing products/ranges in line with range values defined by yourself or Head of Product.
• In depth understanding of the brand’s competitor product categories.
• Input into the category strategy with the Trading Manager, Brand Marketing, the Technologist, and the Buyer.
• Identify commercial product development opportunities within your area of responsibility.
• Follow the Stage and Gate development process and manage your projects to ensure critical path targets are met and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead on product quality standards setting the benchmark for the industry, identifying relevant benchmarks and centres of excellence.
• Identifies opportunities to bring on board new suppliers to deliver market leading innovation.
• Proactively use tools, data, and insights to drive your actions and decisions – these can include Campden, store tastings, Wirral, One Pulse/VYPR, brand insight, home evaluation, customer feedback, CIU, and awards feedback.
• Ensure continuous personal development and learning, to further develop technical and business competency skills.

Requirements of this Product Developer job include:

• Active interest in food, culinary trends, and food development.
• Ability to apply culinary knowledge and skills to product development.
• Ability to demonstrate commercial acumen.
• Relevant systems.
• Highly organised at managing projects.
• Ability to analyse and interpret market and customer data.

Aoife McCaul is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or call Aoife McCaul 01 871 7613 for more information. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.

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