NPD Process Technologist - Sweet Bakery

Love turning kitchen brilliance into factory reality? This is where craft meets scale. A rapidly growing bakery manufacturer is looking for an NPD Process Technologist who thrives on taking concepts from bench to full production — without losing soul, quality, or commercial edge. You’ll be the bridge between development and operations, owning scale-up trials, troubleshooting process challenges, and ensuring launches land right first time. What you’ll be doing * Leading factory trials and first productions * Translating kitchen recipes into robust manufacturing processes * Working closely with Technical, Operations, and Commercial teams * Driving continuous improvement across bakery processing methods * Supporting site capability development for future innovation What we’re looking for * Strong bakery category experience (essential) * Hands-on factory trial and scale-up experience * Confident stakeholder communicator * Solutions mindset — calm under pressure, practical in delivery If you enjoy the smell of fresh product launches in the morning, you’ll fit right in