Job Description
Join our team at Kraft Heinz to shape the future of the food industry from our London office in the iconic Shard! In the Innovation and Growth Team, we're dedicated to creating consumer-centric products, streamlining processes, and making a meaningful impact on consumers' lives.
About the Position
We are looking for a Product Developer (Senior R&D Technologist) to lead all aspects of product development, from concept to launch. This hands-on role involves working closely with cross-functional teams, injecting creativity into our products, and taking ownership of the development process. It offers significant responsibility and the opportunity to expand your skills across various product categories. Are you ready to bring innovation to life?
In this role you will be responsible for:
- Full ownership of product development and execution (partnering with cross functional team), including co-creation of strategy, product pipeline and concepts - co-packer briefing - prototype development - product tasting - nutritional profiling - claims - regulatory and quality - costings - scale up and implementation.
- Supporting packaging development and structural design. Providing innovative solutions for the consumer experience and driving the company's sustainability agenda.
- Building strong relationships with external manufacturers, organizing co-creation development sessions and utilizing the full breadth of their capability, as well as internal network with Procurement and Commercial functions
- Identifying relevant consumer trends to translate into product pipelines and future launches.
- Implementing a consumer experience focused mindset throughout the product development process, utilizing a test and learn approach and building connections with consumers throughout.
Qualifications
Please kindly note that you need to have a UK Working Permit in order to proceed for this position.
- BSc in Food Science or Technology or equivalent in a related field, such as Biology, Chemistry, Engineering
- 3+ years of work experience in an R&D development role
- Track record of taking products from concept to launch
- Experience in packaging and/or working in an international company and complex / matrix organization is helpful
- Experience in an FMCG company is helpful
- Strong proficiency in English
- Negotiation and influencing skills to launch products in-line with stretching timelines and cost targets
- The ability to adapt: You have a flexible and pragmatic approach and can build collaborative relationships
Professional Attributes
Communication: At Kraft Heinz you'll easily be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. Therefore, it's important you have excellent interpersonal skills, to deal with all kinds of different team members.
Resilience: You're able to bounce back after a disappointment or set back, big or small. And always continue to move onward & upward.
Project management skills: You're organized, structured and always have an overview of all the deliverables. You know how to bring multiple projects to a successful ending within the given timeframe.
High pressure: You don't get easily stressed by pressure, on the opposite, a demanding and dynamic environment is what keeps you energized.
Team player: Achieving results is nice, but achieving results with the team is simply the best. Being a standout colleague means you're sometimes a leader, sometimes a follower but always working towards the same common goal together with your teammates.
What We Offer You
- An ambitious employer; we only want the best for you
- A competitive salary and excellent bonus structure
- A fast career track like only few other companies can match
- Flexible and hybrid working approach
- Family-friendly and inclusive work environment
- Competitive benefits package to support mental, physical, financial and social well-being
- Trainings and coaching to help develop your skills
- Last but not least; there is always room for new insights. If you have an idea, please let us know, and we can set it in action!
Location(s)
London - The Shard
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.
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What We Do
At the heart of this journey is our ambition to create an enterprise where powerful AI solutions augment humans and where small mission-based teams are in relentless pursuit to solve tangible problems for our consumers, customers, and the enterprise. That ambition requires us to create a modern cloud and data ecosystem - a one of its kind that becomes the neural network of our company. We want you to bring your tech-self to us. We use Python, R, Spark, React, Tableau, Snowflake, Azure, and others to solve the problem on hand. In-turn, you can look forward to high-impact challenges, no bureaucracy, entrepreneurial small teams, and a unique opportunity to create and build something bold, awesome, and impactful – all while honoring our 150-year heritage and a portfolio of 200 iconic and emerging brands!
Why Work With Us
Our ambition is to become a best-in-class Digital leader by making data-driven investments that drive smarter business decisions. You’ll invent the next wave of augmented intelligence products where software & humans work side-by-side to rethink every aspect of our company. You’ll make an imprint & leave your legacy on every part of our business.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We also believe providing a more flexible and agile model is essential in today’s workplace. A majority of our office-based employees will be able to work remotely for up to two days each week.
