Product Developer
Closing Date: 12 June 2025
Minimum Requirements
- Relevant Degree/Diploma in Consumer Science/Food Science/Product Development
- 4 – 7 years product development experience
- Experience in product development in the relevant category is essential
- Knowledge of Retail Merchandise principles and proven track record of identifying and launching new categories and repositioning established ranges within specific categories
Competencies
- Analytical thinking
- Controls Quality & Standards
- Customer Orientation/Passion for Customer
- Influencing and Innovative
- Attention to Detail
- Team Orientation
- Strong Communication Skills
- Judgement
- Commercial and Financial Acumen
- Building relationships and collaborative networking
- Ability to effectively plan, prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
- Problem solver who can identify any key issues in a changing environment
- Team player
- Driven and adaptable
- Retail environment experience
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and effectively implement the Innovation Agenda for the product area by identifying suitable products for new and improved offers to ensure outstanding product deliverables
- Develop and launch new products in accordance with the company processes and development criteria
- Defined product development process is followed, including products sign offs and Commerical alignment
- Ensure the successful launch of all new products, both regionally and nationally within the stipulated launch periods.
- Enable factory trials / first packing, production at the suppliers with Food Technologists
- Keep abreast of competitor activities, topical issues, current events, food industry, trends and technology
- Ensure packaging process is followed, and awareness of sustainability targets
- Make recommendations for new attractive on shelf and improved packaging specification to ensure reduction of costs and improved functionality and customers acceptance
- Ensure that each new product and process undergoes a comprehensive and documented evaluation
- Use outside influences and/or centres of excellence to help drive innovation agenda
- Monitor the performance of new and improved products to take the appropriate action for non-performers and evaluate the contribution to improved customer satisfaction as well as the increased profitability of the range
- Monitor sales and profitability of products
- Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers; demonstrates confidence and expertise when interacting with suppliers
- Work with suppliers according to company values.
- Communicate regularly with suppliers to mutually share financial and other performance criteria; uses metrics to identify performance gaps.
- Develops and implements contingency plans to close development gaps
- Analyse work errors, successes and failures in order to sets learning strategies to rectify and increase knowledge; recognise gaps in own skill set, seeks and takes advantage of learning opportunities by applying new learnt skills on the job to enhance effectiveness
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