Product Development Specialist

Bakery Specialist

Here at Campden BRI the aim of the Product and Ingredient Development Team is to provide world class research and development support to the food and beverage industry. A key focus is helping clients to bring standout products to market in an efficient yet safe manner. The team also provides technical training and support to the industry.

This role helps to deliver this aim through leadership of the portfolio of research and development projects and training activities within the baking and cereal processing categories. The role will also involve both management and hands on delivery of projects, with support from Technologists and other team members. The role holder will act as the key representative of Campden BRI within the bakery and cereals industry, interacting with clients to generate and deliver against new projects.

A requirement will be to interact with clients, both internal and external, generate project proposals, manage a variety of projects, and deliver the outputs to clients. Presentations to clients will be important for project work, training courses and client meetings. The role will require contact with a broad range of clients (including industry, government, and academia), from practical through to senior managerial.

Position

• Conduct practical project work associated with baking and other activities
• Plan and arrange bakery training courses, leading delivery of the majority of modules and ensuring inputs from other experts on specific modules where necessary
• Develop, negotiate, and manage the portfolio of bakery projects and training courses, ensuring adequate resourcing and on time delivery of projects via personal ownership or delegation to bakery technologist
• Manage agreed projects, liaising with other departments and clients to ensure effective on time delivery
• Write reports for contract projects
• Lead client discussions and generate project proposals for client work
• Help in the development and supervision of junior staff, in particular supporting the Junior Technologist on project delivery
• Help maintain the bakery facilities and equipment including role of equipment officer

Requirements

• Graduate in Food Science or equivalent with proven post graduate experience, or extensive relevant employment experience.
• Proven competence of working in a bakery related environment.
• Extensive knowledge of key bakery raw materials, production methods, processes and baked product analysis is required
• Practical experience across at least 2 of the key bakery categories- Bread, Cake, Pastry and Biscuit
• Analytical and enquiring thinking.
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
• Project and resource management.
• Customer facing experience beneficial

Benefits

• Reward platform with employee discounts and rewards
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Buy and sell holiday scheme
• A generous work save pension scheme, with employee contributions matched by the company up to 10%
• Culture focus around work/life balance (early finish Fridays)
• Subsidised onsite restaurant

Additional information:

Please note this role is based in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. You will be expected to work onsite, although occassional hybrid working may be possible.

Due to our rural location, you do need to have your own transport, as there is no public transport available.

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