Senior Product Development Technologists

5 days ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Lawson Williams Consulting Group Full time

Broaden your responsibility, develop the skills for PD management
- Inspirational NZ owned and grown companies
- Why not expand your career in Wellington or Christchurch

We love working with New Zealand success stories, companies that have focussed on quality products from day one, bringing innovative and fresh products to consumers and winning.

These are excellent opportunities to bring your full Product development expertise to the team, to assist the business get better at its product development processes and influence an already great brand with your ideas.

These businesses give their Technologists broad responsibility where you will take full ownership of projects and lead teams to achieve success.

The environments allow lots of room for personal growth as the businesses strive to move fast, innovate and lead.

If you wish to move into Product Development management in the future these roles will provide the skills and experience to enable it happen.

**The role**

As Senior Product Development Technologist you will join small but talented technical teams who are immersed in the delivery of new and improved existing products from concept to commercial reality.

You will use your leadership capability take full project responsibility and play a key role in enabling and leading products to successful market release.

You will use skills in
- Innovation planning and concept development
- Formulations
- Technical troubleshooting and production support
- Product renovation, cost reduction and quality improvement
- Working with suppliers re product selection & validation and supplier assurance.

You will work with a wide range of team members across technical, production and marketing and share the success of the whole business.

**Skills and Experience**

Attributes and experience typically required include:

- A passion for eating and developing good food
- Relevant tertiary qualification (Bachelor of Technology, Food Science or equivalent)
- Practical and innovative product development experience working within food manufacturing GMP environments
- Well-developed interpersonal and influencing skills, high energy levels and a “can-do” attitude
- Strong project management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Entrepreneurial and innovative in your approach
- An energetic self-starter and a team player with a great sense of humour.

**How to apply



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