Job Description
No of positions: 01
Location: Lahore
Job Type: Permanent
Gender: Any
Age (25-45)
Required Travel: 10%
The Company:
Our client is a chain of bakery and cafés. It's a young company but they have established their network across Punjab. They have exciting plans for nationwide expansion. To help them expand they are looking to recruit talented Product Development Manager.
The Role:
OVERALL AIM:
To assist in the management of the development programme at our client, including responsibility of developing and or engineering products, kitchen trials, product costing, factory production trials, feasibility and product launch scheduling.
The main responsibilities of the Product Development Manager role are as follows:
- To evaluate new products during development process through conducting appropriate in-house and external taste panels - and maintain full & accurate records of results.
- To provide technical support to other departments including - product cooking times and temperatures, recipe ideas, nutritional data etc.
- To effect continuous product evaluation of both, company and competitors products - varieties, formulation and quality), recommending action accordingly.
- To carry out initial ingredient sourcing through close liaison with Technical and purchasing departments.
- To control and record all development samples across all departments - ensuring feedback and action plans are agreed.
- Manage the process control from development concept to finished production item, organising production trials, cost, product reviews and development schedules. Ensure full transfer to Technical and Production at first commercial production.
- Monitor and review the on-going performance of new products and production requirements as necessary.
- Carry out ad hoc projects and product feasibility reports as required.
Job Specification
The Candidate:
- Degree in Human Ecology/Home Economics/Food Technology or related subject
- Up to 2 years post graduate experience in a development role or, an experienced development chef is essential
- Strong knowledge of brands, values and processes
- Tenacious and detailed in approach, with a' can do attitude'
- Team player