Product Development Manager - Fresh Prepared Food (12 month FTC)

What’s in it for you

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About the role

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We have 2 exciting opportunities for passionate and experienced individuals to join us as Product Development Managers - Fresh Prepared Food on a 12 month FTC.

These role will see the successful candidate define & deliver the product development proposition for their area by developing & launching great quality, value & innovative products for customers, through strong project management & collaborative working.

Experience of working in the food industry is preferable.

You will be responsible for

• Leading the product development process with my NWT & suppliers, ensuring quality and innovation are at the heart of what we do and all new products have clear customer & business rationale and land with maximum impact.
• Ensuring all our products are formulated in line with our product rules, corporate initiatives & brand guidelines.
• Owning & managing the critical path and artwork process using our product development systems, effective stakeholder management and communication to ensure all products are launched on time.
• Developing & driving a future strategic plan for my area that feeds into & compliments the product & category plan.
• Working collaboratively with product direction to ensure cross category projects & seasonal events are delivered.
• Ensuring our products are always great quality by regularly reviewing and reformulating them where needed.
• Visiting our supplier partners to understand their production capabilities for future opportunities.
• Keeping updated with trends in product & packaging, competitor activity & market dynamics & sharing with my team.
• Advocate for Tesco, sharing my expertise & passion for product, actively participating in events & social media.
• Leading change & contributing to the wider business taking ownership and ensuring delivery of x-functional projects.
• Considering commercial implications throughout development in order to maximise quality.
• Developing and leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct & always acting with integrity and due diligence.

You will need

• End to end product & proposition development.
• Range management in a fast paced environment.
• Experience of working in the food industry or formal qualification.
• A passion for product & trends.

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About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here. 

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.