Manager New Product Development & Commercialization
Salary: 120000 - 130000
Location: Jerome, ID
Posted: October 28 2024
Minimum Degree:
Relocation Assistance: Available
Manager New Product Development & Commercialization
(Frozen Food Manufacturing, Twin Falls, ID, Onsite, Relocation Assistance)
We are a frozen appetizer and potato product manufacturer and offer a growing range of side dishes and finger foods, including twice-baked potatoes, potato skins, battered and breaded wedges, fried and filled skins, breakfast bites, potato rollers, mozzarella sticks, and other extruded products.
Summary
· Responsible for creating and developing new products and changes to existing products.
· Work with adjacent departments, external suppliers, and customers to develop innovative frozen food products for the Retail and Food Service sales channels.
· Responsible for the idea, the implementation, the successful market launch, and the technical project support of the development activities.
· Support sales with product-specific issues.
· Research and analyze local and global trends to continually optimize the products to stay “on trend” and provide our customers with new and innovative products to grow their business.
· Responsible for all benchtop and production-scale work, ensuring on-time product launches that meet all quality and cost parameters.
· Support cost savings and/or continuous improvement projects in the factory.
· Responsibility for specification writing and regulatory requirements.
· Manage two direct reports.
· The manager of NPD (New Product Development) will work closely with the NPD group in Europe.
· P&L responsibility for the department
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate has...
· A successful education as a chef, food technologist or equivalent experience.
· Ideally, several years of professional experience in product development of frozen products, ideally finger food, potatoes, and cheese-based snacks.
· A customer-focused mindset: the ability to work with customers to understand their needs and create innovative product solutions.
· Has an independent, structured, and goal-oriented work ethic.
· Has strong communication skills and collaborative cross-functional experience
· A proven, hands-on team leader with a creative and innovative approach.
· Must have successfully led a team in the past.
· Adept in MS Office programs and project management tools.
· An economic mindset for development work and someone who can balance market realities with innovation
Travel: Up to 10% of the time both domestically and internationally; Valid driver’s license and passport.
Compensation: Dependant on experience and skill level
Relocation Assistance for the right candidate, prefer local candidates.
Benefits:
Competitive Salary
Health Benefits
401(k)
Holidays, paid vacation, and sick days
Opportunity to grow your career in an international company.