Product Developer

• Salary: market-conform

• Holiday allowance: 8%

• Year-end bonus: 2%

• Travel expense scheme

• Holiday days: 24 holiday days (based on full-time employment), with the possibility to purchase extra leave days

• Pension: A good scheme according to the CAO Vleessector

• Development opportunities: Budget and space for training and education to further develop yourself

• Innovative working environment: Working from our location in Oudewater, you will be part of an ambitious and entrepreneurial organization where innovation, creativity, and continuous improvement form the basis for success.

Does your heart beat faster from developing the next generation of hybrid meat products, the tastiest BBQ assortment, or surprising new minced meat products?

Then this is a great opportunity to turn your ideas into products that will actually be on the shelves soon.

• Translating briefings into creative and feasible product concepts;

• Independently developing, testing, and optimizing meat applications, particularly in the areas of shelf life, food safety, preparation, and scaling up;

• Assessing raw materials, semi-finished products, and end products for quality and sustainability;

• Making hand and pilot samples and providing representative samples;

• Organizing and conducting internal trial sessions (with the customer) or external ones;

• Managing recipes and product specifications (raw materials and additives) in relevant systems and ensuring them in collaboration with QESH;

• Managing counter samples and conducting shelf-life studies;

• Seeking and maintaining contact with suppliers regarding ingredients, trends, and innovations;

• Supervising trial productions and first factory runs;

• Writing and managing work instructions for Operations;

• Thinking along about assortment, trends, and technical improvements.

About Westfort
Westfort Vleesproducten is a Dutch family business with a long history in the pork sector. We purchase our pigs directly from Dutch pig farmers - many of whom are also family businesses - and process them into meat and meat products for customers in the Netherlands, Europe, and far beyond. In recent years, we have grown into an innovative company of world stature with approximately 1,600 employees, spread across our locations in IJsselstein, Oudewater, and Hedel.

Westfort Retail is our location in Oudewater, where we specialize in the production of a wide assortment of consumer packaging. Our assortment includes various types such as: loose minced meat, burgers, sausages, strips, "ready-to-eat", BBQ slices, and various natural beef and pork products.

What do you bring?
With your knowledge, experience, personality, and ambition, you contribute to the daily delivery of high-quality meat products to our customers.