Job Description & Responsibilities

New Product Development: Create new food products based on global trends
Competition Review: Competitor tracking for products, best practises
Product library: Trials and recipe documentation of food
Product Costing: Costing and margin analysis of new products
SOP and Training Content: Content creation for training of new products
Training: Train the trainer programmes and staff training for new products
Vendor Management: Work with external vendors and suppliers to source ingredients-breads, desserts, gravies, sauces , fillings , seasonings for new product development
Cost Management: Monitor and manage product costs. Continuous work on improving product costs through alternate ingredients and new vendors
Process enhancement: Identify opportunities of process and equipment improvement and enhancement in the system
Quality Control: Work closely with the QA team for product related closures-Product Specifications, SOP's, Nutritional Information, Allergens
Overall, the new product development manager/asst manager plays a crucial role in new product development, competitor review and tracking global trends, cost management, vendor management and process enhancement

New Product Development Manager

Job Description & Responsibilities