Junior Product Developer

2 weeks ago

Mangere, New Zealand Foodstuffs North Island Full time

**12 month fixed-term opportunity**

**Ko wai mātou - About us**

Have you heard of Pams, the most popular grocery brand in the land? That’s us

Our products provide customers with choices when they shop at any New World, PAK’nSAVE or Four Square store. Foodstuffs Own Brands is a national organisation responsible for managing own brand products across both Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island Co-operatives.

We’re passionate about developing customer-led products for every New Zealander and develop and procure Foodstuffs’ private label offering under its brands Pams, Pams Value and Pams Finest.

**Te Tūranga - About the role**

What an opportunity to a manage the full lifecycle of product development

From supporting product range proposals and reformulations to ensuring commercialisation aligns with customer expectations and target pricing. As an ambassador for Own Brands, you will champion product excellence and customer value through strong supplier partnerships and effective project execution.

Staying informed on food trends and customer insights, you will be collaborating across teams to deliver category action plans, supporting product and packaging briefs and ensuring compliance with brand and safety standards.

This opportunity also oversees the management of test kitchen operations, sample management, sensory evaluations so another area of NPD to add to your repertoire.

**He kōrero mōu - About you**

Bringing a strong foundation in food science and product development, with hands-on experience in the FMCG/retail or similar sectors, you will combine your technical expertise with a flair for creative value add ways of working.

We are looking for our next Foodie who can offer:

- A tertiary qualification in Food Science or a related field, with practical experience in packaged goods development
- Ability to utilise market insight tools like AC Nielsen, Dunnhumby, and Mintel to inform customer-driven decisions
- Strong interpersonal skills and confidence in cross-functional collaboration and delivering presentations & information to a range of audience types
- A passionate foodie with a creative palate, exceptional time management, and a proactive work ethic, always curious to learn more

**Ngā painga - What we offer**

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits
- Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including 36 free EV plugs
- Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
- Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday
- Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

**Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.**

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

**Don’t ‘shelve’ your potential, come join us as our next Foodie

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