Product Development Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 19 March 2026
LOCATION
Basingstoke
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Manufacturing
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SKILLS

Product Development Food Manufacturing Line Management NPD Project Management Technical Leadership

FULL DESCRIPTION

Product Development Manager, Fixed Term Contract (12 Months)

Competitive salary and excellent benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast growing and evolving global FMCG manufacturer as a product development manager, managing the pipeline of concept-to-launch product development, working at the forefront of food technology and sustainability, developing new products and driving innovation and excellence for a range of market-leading global consumer products.

Product Development Manager

*Basingstoke*

Product Development Manager, Fixed Term Contract (12 Months)

Competitive salary and excellent benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast growing and evolving global FMCG manufacturer as a product development manager, managing the pipeline of concept-to-launch product development, working at the forefront of food technology and sustainability, developing new products and driving innovation and excellence for a range of market-leading global consumer products.

You will be responsible for:

  • Leading a product development team and a portfolio of complex NPD and innovation projects
  • Technical leadership, governance and management within the product development team, ensuring product solutions are consumer led and robustly validated
  • Project delivery and technical guidance to influence technical feasibility, approach and timeline of projects
  • Forging strong and effective relationships with a network of technical and non-technical stakeholders, both internally and with suppliers.

About you

You will have a background in food manufacturing, line management experience and a sound technical understanding of ingredients - experience of powder-manufacturing processes would be highly desirable - new process technologies and hands-on management of multiple projects. You will also have a high level of numeracy in order to interpret trend analysis and consumer insights, with some knowledge of statistical tools for analysing data.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual looking to further their career. If you are interested and have a proven track record of success, we would like to hear from you. Please call Camilla Clark at [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Specialist Recruitment or apply now, with your CV, on-line.

### Key info:

Location:

Basingstoke

Ref:

55892643

### Contact [Employer hidden]:

### +44 (0)203 725 4663 / +44 (0)1600 711795 / +44 (0)1432 803320

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