Jenn at Wallace Myers is currently seeking a Customer Project Manager for our client in Naas

Contact Jenn on 014408352 or email

Please note : This is a Culinary Innovation role and a Food science background is mandatory

Title: Project Manager
Department: Science & Innovation
Reports to: Technology Manager/Head of Science & Innovation
Hours of Work: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm plus flexibility around overtime and trials Location: Naas, Co. Kildare
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time, 39 hours per week
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Purpose of Role:
This person needs to be a key driver of our stage gate (Nectar) innovation process and is expected to deliver each Innovation project within the agreed timelines set out by the business.

• Foodie
• Be the innovator
• Be a lean champion
• Team player

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Be the leader for your assigned projects from the start of the brief to the final review within our stage gate process (Nectar).
• Completion of the required steps on Navision to ensure all departments are clear at each step of the process, attending where possible all stages of trials (Scale ups are mandatory) and briefing your appointed technologist clearly on what is required at pilot stage.
• Attend all required daily and weekly meetings, ensuring that you maintain all required Nectar reports as agreed with your S&I Manager.
• Presentations to Customers and visit to their facilities are a key part of this role, leading the technical discussions, offering consumer insights and related concepts are key drivers.
• Update your own project innovation pipeline on a weekly basis, communication of any significant changes or delays to the required team members, doing what is required to get the project back on time.
• Present to your team on a regular basis a review of your Nectar projects, offering positive continuous improvement suggestions that deliver to the business core strategic plans.
• Leverage culinary and technical access with key influencers within your targeted Customers and suppliers. Promoting the benefits of using us as there must have supplier and problem solver.
• Developing a network of technical experts that can be called upon to assist within the nectar innovation process.
• Responsible for gate review meetings at each stage of the nectar process
• To demonstrate a high level of competence in food / meat science, food processing, food legislation, specifications and recipe management.
• Completion and recording of all sensory or benchmark analysis, product evaluations and concept reviews in line with the expectation set within nectar.

Key Deliverables:
Process performance measures.

• Conversion rate of your Innovation projects to the market / pipeline
• Cycle times (by stage gate / to market)
• On time / within budget
• Feedback from team / Customers

Experience required for role
Minimum of 3 years' experience working in the Food Industry with Third level qualification in the Food Science or similar field


Qualifications required

• BSc Food Science & Technology or equivalent experience
• Proven track record in a similar role in a high-risk food environment.

Specific I.T skills and level (Basic / Intermediate / Advanced)

• Excellent Word & Excel Skills - Intermediate level
• Navision experience is preferable but not a requirement
• Outlook experience - Intermediate level

All applications will be treated with the strictest of confidence
Contact Jenn Dinan on 014408352 and email your CV's

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