Oscar Mayer is a Wrexham-based Chilled Food Manufacturing business supplying ready meals to several of the UK’s major supermarkets. We are now looking to recruit a Junior Product Development Chef to join our Team developing our product portfolio in line with customer requirements.

Main Purpose of the Job

To work as part of a team developing new and existing products to improve the range of products available to our customers.

Main Responsibilities

*        Creating product samples which excite our customers, meet the brief, and are within factory capabilities and margin constraints.

*        Seek out new ideas and keep up-to-date with food trends by reading and visiting restaurants, etc.

*        Engage positively with other functions to deliver quality products.

*        Complete concept recipe documentation.

*        Work with Process teams during trials to ensure products meet specifications.

*        Ensure product costing requirements are met and that the costing system is kept up-to-date as required.

*        Carry out value engineering of new and current recipes (new raw materials, new suppliers, amended recipes and processes).

Key Skills Required

• Experience within a professional kitchen in the Hospitality or NPD arena.
• Appropriate tasting capability to ensure food standards are maintained.
• Driving License.
• Accurate and attentive to detail.
• Presentable in appearance.
• Good presentation skills.
• Computer literate.

Hours of work: Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm.