London based - available for UK and international assignments
Languages: Bilingual English / French, Spanish & Armenian Basic Proficiency
Product Development
- Category insights, food trends and gap analysis
- Ideation and brief generation
- Branded and own label product development
- Concept generation and formulation
- Raw material and new supplier sourcing
- Third party out sourcing
- EPD, renovation and value engineering
- Sample creation, submissions and product sign off
- Factory trials – hands-on management including post trial activities
- Critical path elaboration and management
- Artwork management – pack copy, online systems, key lines, verification, sign off and attendance of first print pass
- Launch count down, first production & post launch review
Technical Development
- Retail Submission Forms
- Coordination of shelf life & organoleptic assessment and verification
- UK Retailer on-line specifications
- Elaboration of quality attribute standards (QAS)
- Labelling and bar coding
- Initial new supplier audit and assessment
Development Process
- Establishing Centers of Excellence – developing team skills to deliver “what good looks like”
- Development disciplines and documentation
- Feasibility Assessment and Stage Gate process
- Innovation Funnel and Business Planning
- Budget planning and management
Manufacturing
- Driving Innovation led capital expenditure within cross-functional team for medium & long-term priorities
- Production Facility / CPU comissioning
- Equipment commissioning and testing
- Production process trouble shooting
- Line balancing and process evaluation
- Waste evaluation and process streamlining
- Process training
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Supply Chain Solutions
Food to Go - Contract Catering - QSR
- Menu development and regeneration
- Product builds
- Supplier sourcing