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Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.\nAs proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.\nTo succeed at pladis you need to bepurpose-led,resilient andpositive to succeed here because we expect pace andagility, we insist oncollaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact\nClick “Apply” to get started.\nContext and role purpose\npladis operates in highly competitive, fast moving markets where it is essential to maintain and extend market share through\nprofitable branded growth. Successful innovation through product development, continuous value improvement and\nconsumer perceived quality superiority vs. the competition are critical.\nThis is an important role responsible for supporting in the development of protocepts to prototypes to fit with concepts that\nwill drive brand strategies. They will work with cross functional teams to bring to reality technical briefs.\nThey will support the Head of Innovation in the delivery of an ambitious and transformational breakthrough product strategy\nthat is aligned to the growth ambition and sustainability aspirations of the company.\nThe role requires an individual who is competent and skilled at working across cultures and functions and collaborating to\ndeliver with others. They need to be able to work effectively with external partners to identify appropriate opportunities and\ndrive development of innovative solutions, best practice approaches and systems.\nKey areas of focus for the role will be on:\nDelivering technical concepts into product development\nSupporting the Process Engineering Centre of Excellence within the Global Innovation Team\nSupporting in the development of solutions to technical hurdles\nSupporting in the provision of a technical response to commercial briefs\nDelivering bench samples and supporting in the running of pilot / factory trials\nSupporting in ensuring costs are managed in line with trial budgets and project plans\nThe ideal candidate will have solid core technical skills and be able to understand the needs of the business, our consumers\nand customers to support the Senior Product Development Manager in creating and driving an exciting product agenda.\nGlobal R&D works hand in hand on many initiatives with partners in the other functions (both globally and within regions) to\ncreate strong competitive advantages for pladis including:\nProduct Innovation\nLeads centres of excellence for key areas to build and share core knowledge and drive standards\nPortfolio transformation for Health and Happiness\nSustainability (i.e. environment-friendly initiatives)\nTransformational Productivity, through product reformulation\nSpecifically on Breakthrough product, the role needs to:\nSupport in the delivery of the medium to long term roadmap to drive innovation sustainability and productivity\nBuild internal cross-functional expertise and relationships to support to deliver that agenda.\nWork where needed with regional product development and engineering teams.\nBuild collaborative relationships with Suppliers, capturing and sharing best practices on the market.\nThe position will report to the Head of Innovation for the Savoury category. It is expected that the incumbent will work very closely with their counterparts across the Central Innovation & technology team to effectively delivery the joint growth and transformation agenda and ensure balanced focus on the productivity and sustainability deliverables.\nPrinciple Accountabilities:\nDeliver against the technical aspects of product design, meeting quality, cost and timings outlined.\nSupport the Process Engineering Centre of Excellence to unlock new-to-pladis processes and scalable product architectures, improve quality, robustness and speed from concept to manufacturing scale.\nBuild global technology platforms surrounding innovation opportunities with a focus on unlocking new process technology opportunities to enable these\nUtilising in depth understanding of science, evidence, data and facts to make clear recommendations on product and process design aspects\nConnect and consult with external suppliers and propose materials/processes that deliver business benefits in line with project objectives.\nApply robust scientific methodologies to develop research hypothesis and execute bench and pilot plant experiments/trials.\nCharacterise ingredients and final products using a broad range of techniques, such as texture and rheology\nAnalyse and interpret analytical data with full ability to implement results and provide next steps recommendations.\nCollaborate with others to build and deliver appropriate solutions to defined technical hurdles.\nEnsure timely completion of project documentation.\nEnsure technical gates are completed at each stage plus ensure the completion of ingredient specs, product specs,\nHARA, and product quality attributes delegating tasks to project team as appropriate.\nDeveloping bench samples, planning and participating in pilot plant and factory trials (pladis and Suppliers), and presentation of samples to marketing and other stakeholders.\nEnsure that all work is carried out in a safe and hygienic manner, following factory or bakery GMPs.\nDraw up product specs to final status ensuring effective handover of the development to the regional Categories Product Development Teams.\nContribution to pladis Innovation strategy through support of conceptualisation and proactive NPD.\npladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.\nWe operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.\nWe will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. 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