About The Role

The Product Development Specialist will implement the Brand & Trading strategy for thedevelopment of Own Brand products, ensuring that all products deliver against their benchmarkand that innovation & newness reflects customer needs and is landed in the relevant categories. Toensure that all products comply with Morrisons technical & nutritional policies.

We are currently trialling a 4 day week. At this time the working pattern is 4 days per week of 9hours per day, based in our Bradford Head Office.There is also a requirement to work 1 in 4 Saturdays (6 hours). 

You'll be responsible for the following tasks;

• Drive innovation & product development to deliver against the Own Brand & Trading strategy
• Ensure all new products are developed to required quality standards and land on time as part of agreed activity.
• Adherence to critical path 
• Ensure delivery of agreed iconic lines
• Monitor key trends within the market and ensure that Morrisons does not fall behind
• Improve nutritional content of Own Brand products – delivering robust plans for Salt, Sugar & Calorie reduction
• Work collaboratively to ensure a total customer offer is developed across food and that duplication is removed
• Work closely with other teams to deliver the right customer offer
• Support internal / external PR of Own Brand
• Control and maintain integrity of all product documentation Ensure correct supplier capability for Own Brand products

About You

You'll need skills and experience like this;

• Food Science / Technology background
• Practical experience of Product Development gained from either retail or manufacturing organisation ideally within added value meat, fish, cheese background.
• Passion for food
• Creative thinking and ability to convert insight / trends into finished food products.
• Ability to break down the cost drivers of product formulation.
• Ability to prioritise & flex to the changing needs of the business
• Ability to build strong internal and external relationships at all levels with the ability to influence.
• Customer focussed with a positive attitude 
• Experience of working in fast paced environment with lots of change

About The Company

Proud of our roots, Morrisons is a leading Yorkshire food retailer, serving 11 million customers across 500 stores a week. We’re also the UK’s second largest food manufacturer.

Together, we make millions of products a year in our 18 manufacturing sites, allowing us to focus on what our customers want: good quality, fresh food and great value.  

Our people make Morrisons. We’re passionate about recognising diverse talent and building careers for our people.

We’re forward-thinking and stay one step ahead in an ever-evolving industry, giving us exposure to creative initiatives which improve the offering to our customers.In return for looking after our customers, we look after our people with great perks, lots of career opportunities and the training and support everyone needs to be the best they can be.

We pride ourselves on being a diverse and inclusive business and are committed to making Morrisons a brilliant place to work, harbouring an environment where our people can thrive. 

Treating all colleagues with respect and dignity is the Morrisons way - we celebrate individuality and love different perspectives. It’s what you bring to the table that matters. 

New Ways of Working

The wellbeing of our colleagues is really important to us and we want everyone to have a great home and work life balance. Because of this we've introduced a four day working week for all full time colleagues based at our head office in Bradford.

You’ll be able to flex your working hours around the core hours of 10am-4pm, and can choose to do different hours each day as long as you’re covering these core hours. Each four day week will contain four average nine hour days.

To be more competitive and support our stores and sites more effectively, we now work over a six day operation, Monday to Saturday inclusive, and everyone in our head office now works one Saturday in every four (or 13 a year), albeit Saturday will be a shorter working day of 6 hours.

Your non-working day will need to fit in with the business needs so more information about this and which day you'd take off will be discussed at your interview.