This company is innovating to reduce the use of scarce resources within the world’s largest industry – food. They have proven that they can significantly reduce the use of water, power, labour and chemicals in food processing and production. Their products mean that food can be safer and fresher, creating opportunities to reduce food waste and improve process efficiency. They are seeking enthusiastic engineers who want to build a better world and help realise their vision.
Candidate Profile
They are looking for a Product Manager with an Engineering background and an appetite to solve the challenges of the Food Industry to lead the design and development of new products. You will have extensive experience of working within a new product development setting.
Essential Requirements
- Demonstrable experience delivering successful outcomes taking a product to market, from product design, development and manufacturing, through to customer installations and data analytics, ideally within a regulated sector
- Electrical/Mechanical/Design Engineering Degree
- Good understanding of project management principles and technical documentation
- Working knowledge of quality standards CE and ISO9001 certification
- Strong stakeholder management abilities
Key Responsibilities
- Ensuring and supporting the definition, design, engineering, marketing, sales, support and commercial success of a range of the company’s products in line with the company’s goals
- Working to collate and define new product concepts and features from customer and market feedback
- Working with the executive management team, Board and external collaborators to document holistic justifications for undertaking proposed developments
- Working with the relevant functions to present the justifications for the new product concepts and features as a coordinated product plan and roadmap for approval by the board
- Ensure that the science, engineering and technology required to deliver all approved product developments is documented in a project plan and is proceeding on time and on specification
- Liaising with Marketing, Sales and Support to ensure definition and execution of a coordinated plan of user testing, product release and training activity to optimize the commercial success of each product
- Work with company advisors and/or Technical Writers ensuring full, informative and accurate product documentation
- Establishing pilot projects with potential partners to evaluate the scientific and commercial potential of new product ideas and technologies
- Develop product descriptions, customer benefits, application notes, blogs supporting all Marketing, Sales and Support activities as requested
- Manage a team of Development Engineers
- Build prototypes and contribute to research and development activities
What They Offer
- Competitive Salary plus Bonus
- Stock Options (subject to qualifying)
- Car Allowance, Laptop & Mobile Phone
- Up to 5% matched contributions pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave