Product Technologist

Job description

Company information

Danone is a major FMCG company in the UK, with market leading brands across four divisions: Waters (Evian, Volvic), Dairies (Actimel, Activia, Shape), Early Life Nutrition (Aptamil, Cow & Gate) and Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition (Neocate, Fortisip).

Early Life Nutrition and Advanced Medical Nutrition, which constitute the Specialized Nutrition category, offer nutritional solutions with the shared goal of improving the health and well-being of vulnerable individuals. This ambition stretches from the first day of pregnancy into old age, with similar activities in terms of innovation and scientific research. Specialized Nutrition focuses on allergies, from prevention to treatment, with Early Life Nutrition and Advanced Medical Nutrition working hand-in-hand to foster synergies and strengthen Danone's leading position in this sector. The Nutricia brand is a key asset for both businesses, thanks to a medical legacy of more than 120 years and a recognition of health leaders around the world.

Nutricia is Europe’s largest specialist nutrition company and the market leader in the UK. We specialise in the delivery of medical nutrition for the very young, the old and the sick, supplying high quality feeds to patients and consumers. Our purpose is to pioneer nutritional discoveries that help people live longer, healthier lives.

When it comes to finding a great place to work there are plenty of things to look for: inspirational colleagues, freedom in your job to make a real difference, and a shared ethos you can truly believe in. Throw in top perks, a responsive and dynamic environment and unrivalled opportunities to develop personally and professionally and you’ve found something pretty special. You’ve found Danone.

Here at Danone we put people at the centre of everything we do – whether we’re developing ground-breaking new products, taking care of individual patients, or supporting the community. And if you join us you can expect exactly that sort of attention too.

What about Nutricia?

Nutricia is enjoying double digit growth in production volumes as the medical nutrition products have a strong market share. The business is operating within a mature market but there is still scope for expansion both within local and global markets, and the emphasis in the coming years with be on maintaining volume growth, whilst ensuring we drive our cost targets in the right direction.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of Product Technologist.As a Product Technologist, you will be responsible for the development of medical nutrition products. You will manage all development activities ensuring that new and reformulated products will meet the project brief, can be implemented on production scale and adhere to all the relevant legislative, nutritional and safety requirements. You will contribute to the management of the medical project portfolio in line with the division strategy and deliverables. You will be a strong product development technologist with a proven track record in delivering new innovations and/or product life cycle management.In return you’ll get a fantastic benefits package and salary dependant on your experience. This is a 12 month fixed term position.

What will I be doing day to day?

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To work cross functionally and progress to time a portfolio of technical projects

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To be responsible for all technical and process aspects of projects from concept to launch. This will require working cross-functionally with many areas of the business to cover aspects such as product composition and product design, packaging and process, legislation, support to costing, manufacturing (in house and externally) and technical support to marketing

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To pro-actively look for opportunities to innovate via the development and introduction of new process/technologies - an ability to identify technical solutions to new innovative ideas is key to this role

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To provide ongoing technical support to the business for new and existing products

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Preparation of reports and presentations to senior levels

What does the ideal candidate look like?

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A graduate in a scientific discipline relevant to food or pharmaceuticals with relevant product development experience

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Proven creative flair for NPD

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Knowledge and expertise of process technologies (including in house processes, liquids & powders and ingredient interactions) with FMCG or pharmaceutical background

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Demonstration of a high level of technical knowledge when communicating internally and externally

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Excellent communication and leadership skills to drive cross-functional project teams

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Significant relevant work experience

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Ability to prioritize workload effectively and enthusiasm to independently

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Highly committed to see projects through to completion

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Strong CODE behaviors (Committed, Open, Doer, Empowered)

Interested in this role and have the experience we are looking for? You can submit your CV via https://jobs.danone.com/site . All you have to do is search for the role using the job title and apply by uploading your CV and answering a few questions before Friday 6th March 2020 .