Hybrid Product Developer

at Foodstuffs, Inc.

• Job title: Product Developer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Auckland, New Zealand

About the role

• Product Developer with FMCG experience creating and improving products for New Zealand’s leading grocery brand. Collaborating with teams to drive product development and ensure quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop customer driven product, using customer driven insights, trends and other available tools in decision making.
• Develop and pursue a deep understanding of assigned categories at market, product, and supplier level.
• Liaise with Product Business Owners, Quality and Technical, packaging and brand to ensure accurate product briefs.
• Co-ordinate market reviews, benchmarking, and evaluation of product submissions.
• Ensure accurate packaging briefs for packaging and design development; proof and sign-off of product label designs.
• Ensure all existing and new Own Brand products uphold Own Brand commitments around CSR and Ethical Sourcing.

Requirements

• FMCG product development experience
• Relevant New Zealand and/or International FMCG Supermarket retail or supplier experience in product development
• Fabulous communication skills
• Understanding of how a cooperative model works
• Comfortable in a highly engaged and collaborative team environment
• Solid background in a retail or manufacturing environment.

Benefits

• Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).