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Why Dawn Farms?
We can offer an excellent opportunity to be part of a world-class team, equipping our teams with the knowledge and the necessary skills to achieve their full potential. Innovation is a key ingredient of our success in protecting our market position and keeping our competitive edge. To be truly innovative, we invest in recruiting and developing a highly skilled, ambitious and talented team.
Job Purpose
Dawn Farms is currently seeking for a S&I Customer Project Manager to join our Science & Innovation Department to be based in our head offices in Naas, Co. Kildare. As a Project Manager, you will be the key driver of our stage gate (Nectar) innovation process, delivering each project within agreed timelines. You will lead culinary and process-based ideation sessions, manage stakeholder engagement, and ensure effective communication and documentation throughout the project lifecycle. Building over time a track record of success is a key deliverable.
Positions: Full-Time, Permenant
Location: Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Working Hours: Monday - Friday 8am -5pm
Salary: DOE
Role Responsibilities & Duties
- Be the leader for your assigned projects from the start of the brief to the final review within our stage gate process (Nectar).
- Need project concept.
- Explore opportunity assessment / feasibility (business case, market insights, culinary reviews, business case, risk assessments)
- Create pilot trials.
- Test scale up within factory.
- Act production reviews / improvement stage.
- Review of the product and process.
- Completion of the required steps on Navision to ensure all departments are clear at each step of the process, attending where possible all stages of trials (Scale ups are mandatory) and briefing your appointed technologist clearly on what is required at pilot stage.
- Attend all required daily and weekly meetings, ensuring that you maintain all required Nectar reports as agreed with your S&I Manager.
- Presentations to Customers and visit to their facilities are a key part of this role, leading the technical discussions, offering consumer insights and related concepts are key drivers.
- Update your own project innovation pipeline on a weekly basis, communication of any significant changes or delays to the required team members, doing what is required to get the project back on time.
- Present to your team on a regular basis a review of your Nectar projects, offering positive continuous improvement suggestions that deliver to the business core strategic plans.
- Leverage culinary and technical access with key influencers within your targeted Customers and suppliers. Promoting the benefits of using Dawn Farms as there must have supplier and problem solver.
- Developing a network of technical experts that can be called upon to assist within the nectar innovation process.
- Responsible for gate review meetings at each stage of the nectar process
- To demonstrate a high level of competence in food / meat science, food processing, food legislation, specifications and recipe management.
- Completion and recording of all sensory or benchmark analysis, product evaluations and concept reviews in line with the expectation set within nectar.
- To maintain a high standard of cleanliness when using any of the facilities within our facility from desks, kitchens, pilot plant to factory equipment.
- Any other reasonable tasks as outlined by your direct Manager or head of department.
Key Knowledge & Experience
- Minimum of 3 years experience working in the Food Industry with Third level qualification in the Food Science or similar field.
- BSc. Food Science & Technology or equivalent.
- Proven track record in a similar role in a high-risk food environment.
- Excellent Word & Excel Skills Intermediate level.
- Navision experience preferable but not a requirement.
- Outlook experience - Intermediate level.
- Ability to motivate, self-manage and use ones own initiative.
- Excellent project management skills and project leadership ability.
- Team player who works well with others.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to facilitate meetings, provide daily and weekly updates and adhere to all boards and recording systems.
- Innovative and problem-solving mindset with commitment to continuous improvement and delivering customer results.
- Excellent technical ability focusing on problem solving solutions.
- Good attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- A can do attitude.
- Flexible attitude with an aim to meet all business demands.
What we can offer you?
- Annual leave 22 days.
- Pension plan.
- Health insurance scheme.
- Subsidised canteen.
- Employee assistance programme - this programme offers expert wellbeing support 24 hours a day 365 days a year access to counselling, financial information, consumer information, life coaching, health information, autism support, parent coaching, International employee support, all free for you and your family.
- Wellness programme.
- Maternity/Paternity leave benefits.
- Training & Development, Career progression.
- Christmas Savings Scheme.
- Bike to work scheme.
