South Africa Job Openings

Shoprite Group

Product Developer (Fresh Foods)

Brackenfell

FULL TIME

October 8, 2024

Closing Date

2024/10/15

Reference Number

SHO241008-3

Job Title

Product Developer (Fresh Foods)

Job Type

Permanent

Location - Country

South Africa

Location - Province

Western Cape

Location - Town or City

Brackenfell, Cape Town

Purpose of the Job

The primary objective of this position is to contribute to the development of various categories within the Fresh Foods department. These categories encompass a wide range, including but not limited to ready-to-heat convenience meals, seafood, and ready-to-eat meals.
Responsibilities encompass overseeing recipe development, coordinating factory trials, drafting specifications and costings, sourcing packaging materials, negotiating costs, and overseeing product launches. In addition to spearheading new product development initiatives, this role involves continuous research and competitor analysis to gain insights into our customers' preferences regarding fresh food offerings.

Job Advert Details

Job Category

Food Service

Job Objectives

Engage actively in delivering innovative Fresh Foods products, ensuring they drive innovation, enhance core growth, maintain consistent high quality, provide value for money, and ultimately surpass our customers' expectations.
Ensure alignment with the overarching product development process within Fresh Foods, ensuring that product ranges are developed in accordance with agreed-upon product direction while adhering to brand values.
Take charge of and support the product development process across all aspects, including recipe development, conducting factory trials (which requires traveling), drafting specifications and costing, packaging, negotiating costs with buyers, and product launches.
Conduct continuous product, consumer, and competitor research, providing input and implementing various supplier strategies, including reformulating existing products for
enhancement.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams in commercial, technology, and planning to launch competitive and profitable ranges.
Provide essential inputs for packaging development requirements, collaborating with the Packaging and Marketing Department on concepts, packaging, and the new product development process.
Collaborate with the technical team to establish and continuously enhance quality standards and technical product specifications through local and international benchmarking to ensure compliance.
Foster and enhance the relationship with the production team to uphold quality standards, internal systems, process flows, and traceability from raw product receipt through production to finished goods.
Cultivate sustainable, mutually beneficial long-term relationships with suppliers to acquire the best products and inputs.
Interface with the Quality Assurance Department regarding GMP, HACCP, ISO standards, specifications, customer complaints, and other quality matters.
Offer ongoing factory support to address any product-related technical challenges and improve production processes.

Qualifications

Qualification at a Culinary School (preferred) or BSc - Consumer/Food Science or BTech - Food Technology and/or other relevant Nutritional Sciences, Dietetics and Culinary related or equivalent

Experience

+3 years’ experience in a similar role (Product Development)
Development experience within the mentioned categories will be advantageous.

Including experience and exposure:
2-3 years Product Development in a foods FMCG manufacturing / production environment - preferably in fresh foods.
1-2 years exposure to developing food products from inception, through production to the launching stage, improving new and existing products (highly advantageous)
Computer Literacy - Gmail, Google sheets, Google Docs, Google Slides (preferred)

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge
Understanding of food and the production process.
Commercial and financial acumen – basic understanding of the role this plays in the process.
Skills
Strong relationships - including interpersonal skills and EQ. Display a strong team spirit.
Operational efficiency – Diligently staying on top of the details and understanding how they fit into the big picture.
Exceptional communication - approachable, adopt a range of influencing and negotiation styles to facilitate and deal with various scenarios internally and externally

Responsibilities encompass overseeing recipe development, coordinating factory trials, drafting specifications and costings, sourcing packaging materials, negotiating costs, and overseeing product launches. In addition to spearheading new product development initiatives, this role involves continuous research and competitor analysis to gain insights into our customers' preferences regarding fresh food offerings.

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