Development Technologist

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!
At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

Benefits for Colleagues

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity

In the role of Development Technologist you will be a key member of the New Product Development team supporting the launch process from concept to launch.
Development Technologist Responsibilities:-

• Creating briefs and working with internal bakeries and external contract manufactures across Food To Go & Savoury Pastry, primarily across our brands Urban Eat, Leaf & Loaf & West Cornwall Pasty Company.
• Delivering Innovation that is driven by consumer and customer insight.
• Continuously developing and introducing new and improved products to meet strategic objectives of the business and expectations of customers.
• Generating internal and external briefs
• Conducting market research to investigate and identify customer needs

The Ideal Candidate
We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

• A good working knowledge of the chilled food industry.
• Have the confidence and ability to work with people at all levels, including customers with the ability to understand the external and internal customer.
• Basic levels of IT, numeracy, and literacy.
• A current full clean driving licence. Good presentation skills required
• The Development Technologist role may require extensive travel around the UK from time to time meeting key customers and suppliers

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.
Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member - you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.
At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.
Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.