Who are Danish Crown?

We are a food company owned by Danish farmers, supplying high-quality food to customers and consumers worldwide. From butchers to business developers, we are more than 26,000 colleagues.

Why come to Danish Crown? – Here are a few reasons for you to think about.

• An amazing 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays – that’s 36 days holiday a year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Matched company pension scheme
• Heavily discounted meat is available to all staff through the staff shop.
• Well-being programmes, with free optional health care cash plans to cover your everyday healthcare costs and which offer a wide range of digital and virtual wellbeing tools to support both your health and the people you care about.
• Free Employee Assistance Programme for all colleagues and their families
• Free parking
• Free tea and coffee on all sites

Development opportunities for those who would like to progress in a global business

Area of responsibility

This role will report directly to our NPD Manager and will link across all the UK sites to assist in the delivery of our NPD & EPD requirements. Success in this position would come from being able to act as a bridge between product development and production, ensuring smooth transitions from concept to full-scale manufacturing. 

Responsibilities;

Key responsibilities include overseeing production processes, troubleshooting issues, testing product quality, and implementing improvements to increase efficiency and product performance while ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards.

Requirements;

• Minimum 3 years previous experience within food process and manufacturing is essential, with UK retailer customer facing experience preferable.
• A clear understanding of the retailer ‘Stage and Gate’ gate processes.
• A flexible working schedule due to factory trialling and launch schedules.
• Ability to manage projects and time effectively and meet deadlines.
• Confident working independently within a fast-paced factory environment.
• Clear and punctual communication with all departments during the product development stages.
• Good IT skills using Excel, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
• Level 2 or more HACCP and Food Hygiene training preferable.
• UK Driving licence.