NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Summary about this job

Detail information about job NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. Terms and conditions vacancy

About Us:
Craveable Brands operates over 570 restaurants across 3 iconic Australian brands - Red Rooster, Oporto and Chicken Treat. Combined our restaurants hire over 12,500 employees and serve over 150,000 customers a day. It's safe to say we're cooking. 

As the largest Australian owned quick service restaurant operator our extensive intellectual property focuses on restaurant operations, supply chain, franchising, IT, marketing, store design and construction, food innovation, and customer satisfaction. 

About the role:
Reporting directly to the Head of Menu Innovation, the successful candidate will be responsible for moving products through the NPD Gate process for the Oporto brand and working closely with Marketing, Supply Chain and Operations to develop new products in line with their Marketing calendar. Your strong communication skills will be on show as you liaise with our supplier partners to source the latest consumer insights and NPD ideas and to implement our projects on budget & on time. You’ll also organise and present tasting sessions internally as part of innovation gate meetings, organise food samples and collate feedback.  You’ll have an in-depth knowledge of food ingredients and functionality, microbiology and food safety which you’ll demonstrate through creating and manage recipe development to deliver accurate and timely recipes within the IPP.

About you:
This is an exciting time for our brands as they each go from strength to strength and continue to build upon their successes. To be successful in this role you’ll have 7 plus years’ product development and technical food experience including sound credibility with industry suppliers together with formal qualifications in Food Development / Food Safety. You’ll also have passion for food and food innovation and a sound knowledge of world cuisine, market trends and methods of cookery. Finally, your attention to detail will be second to none and your technical and commercial expertise will make you a stand out in this role.

If you’d like to kick off a craveable career with us today, then click on the link below and apply away!

*Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.