Job Description
We are Protein Works™
Increase your chances of an interview by reading the following overview of this role before making an application.
Rewind to 12th December 2012. Out of a freezing cold office (because we couldn’t afford heating back then!), our founders huddled round a couple of laptops. This was the moment. After a year of working round the clock and a lifetime of tempering the thirst to create a world class brand, we pressed LAUNCH. That was the moment Protein Works.™ website went live to the world.
It’s not an overly fancy story, we know. There’re no garages worked out of, no office in the Bay Area to talk up. But fancy isn’t in our DNA, innovation is. With the idea to rock the very foundations of a sports nutrition industry that had become stagnant, we set out to create a health and fitness brand that put pure quality & wow service before the lowest possible price. We knew we’d be the underdogs from the very beginning. But you know what? We love that.
Fast forward around 10 years and the journey from humble Cheshire beginnings, to over 3 million orders shipped globally may be in the bag, but our future is just beginning.
At our Cheshire based HQ we live and breathe the full business mix – an ever-growing facility across two sites and almost 100,000sq ft. On Campus One, you’ll find everything to do with Innovation & Manufacturing of our award-winning products. Just around the corner, on Campus Two, you’ll discover everything from Sales & Marketing and Product Development to Supply Chain Planning, Finance and Customer Experience.
The Role: Junior NPD Technologist
This role is based within our head office in Runcorn and has the following main responsibilities:
· Analyse market research, sales data, competitor products, consumer trends and insights.
· Report on new product opportunities based on these insights.
· New product formulation with a view on commercialisation, nutritional benefits and approved claims.
· Upscale from concept to launch effectively communicating with several departments to launch date.
· New product set up on internal systems.
· Develop relationships with external suppliers and contract manufacturers to support the NPD pipeline.
· Supply chain support to minimise risk of interruptions to business.
· Support or carry out trials on new equipment, processes, packaging or ingredients.
· Customer support on nutrition and product enquiries.
You’re Naturally Like This…
- Possess a “can-do” attitude.
- Highly enthusiastic with a drive to improve and develop new ways of working and improving.
- Have a growing strategic mindset and appreciation.
- Avid self-learner.
- Highly motivated self-starter with a flexible attitude.
- Competent at extracting information and make effective use of it.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to clearly communicate complex topics in simple terms, to a variety of audiences.
Non-Negotiables
· Previous experience in nutrition, food & drink or supplements sector.
· Educated to degree level in food or nutrition.
· Innovative thinker who is willing to experiment and push boundaries.
· Exceptional eye for detail in both product development and documentation.
· Uses constant self-learning to keep up to date with the latest industry trends.
· An understanding of concept to launch development processes.
· Strong organisational, project management and time-keeping skills.
· Excellent communicator and team player across the business.
· Driven self-starter who thrives working in a fast-paced environment.
· PC literate – Microsoft Office, nutrition systems, product set up systems, etc.
· Interest in food, health & wellness, fitness or nutrition.
We Think This Type of Person Would Kill the Role!
· An exceptional graduate with work placement or work experience in a product development role.
· An NPD Technologist looking to break out from an established team into a high impact role.
· An NPD Technologist looking for that next step up into a role with real responsibility and impact.
· A highly numerate individual looking for a challenging role.
· Someone looking to unleash their potential in a highly commercial organisation.