SENIOR DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIST
Peterborough, UK

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
*Develop and launch new products (including duplications) for specified customers to achieve sales growth.
*Link design activity to business strategy by delivering innovative products within the constraints of the brief.
*Use sound commercial and technical awareness of our ingredients, processes and customer requirements to deliver ’right first time’.
*Provide technical support to operations/logistics/purchasing for cost release, quality maintenance and improvement programs.
*Interact with customers to support relationship building and customer intimacy strategy.
*Interact with suppliers and the general marketplace to ensure up to date ingredients and technologies are employed in new developments.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
*Food technology/Food Science Degree
*On-bench development experience in salad dressings, condiments and sauces relevant to our portfolio (or in a similar food environment)
*RSQ experience
*Good communication skills
*Attention to detail
*Ability to work under pressure
*Ability to manage competing priorities
COMPANY
At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone’s contributions and do what’s right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet. Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.
Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889 in a room and a cellar by 25-year-old Willoughby McCormick with three employees, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With 14 000 employees around the world and more than $6 Billion in annual sales, the Company manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers.
While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers from nearly 60 locations in 25 countries and 170 markets in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas, including North, South and Central America with recognized brands including Schwartz.
At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our "Power of People" principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values.
TO APPLY
Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.
McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.