Product Development Coordinator

We are working with a leading manufacturing and retailer who are looking for an engaging and highly organised Product Development Coordinator to join their team to support with all administrative and operational support to the wider team!

This varied role, is an ideal opportunity for a graduate who has recently completed their studies within a food science or nutritional based degree. The successful candidate will be passionate about food, highly detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously; key duties will include;

• Manage the administration and scheduling of panels.
• Distribute product information to Product Managers
• Maintain schedules and coordinate diaries for those attending onsite reviews
• Track product panel outcomes
• Prepare rooms, ensuring all materials and products are ready for evaluation
• Coordinate and maintain product sampling schedules
• Arrange product deliveries
• Support and participate in sampling sessions
• Ensure products are prepared and presented
• Support the submission of products into relevant industry awards
• Work closely with PR and Events teams
• Provide general administrative support
• Assist with all project administration and coordination activities
• Support trend research and market insight gathering

This is a challenging opportunity and ideal for a candidate who has an interest in both business administration and food science. This hybrid role, would be a great first step within a Product Development opportunity.

The successful candidate will be;

• Experience within food manufacturing, retail, product development or FMCG
• Knowledge of market trends and competitor analysis
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail
• Strong administrative and coordination skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Competent in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience maintaining trackers, schedules and reporting documents
• Comfortable working in a product development environment
• Strong problem-solving skills

If you hold the above skills and experiences and are looking for an opportunity to move into a Product Coordinator role, please submit your CV for review. Please note if you have not heard within 7 days your application has been unsuccessful.