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The Shoprite Group of Companies, Africa's largest food retailer, operates 2,653 outlets in 15 countries across Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands and reported turnover of R71.297 billion for the six months ended December 2016. The Company's headquarters are situated in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Shoprite Holdings Ltd is a public company li...
Developer: Fresh Foods
The Shoprite Group is Africa’s largest retailer with over 35 million customers and 2,500 outlets. We have recently renewed our commitment to driving the diversification and growth of our Fresh Foods and Private Label offerings. This is a super exciting growth opportunity for the Shoprite Group as we endeavour to better understand and partner with our customers to meet their needs, build their trust and optimise the potential of our Fresh Foods and Private Label offerings. To achieve the ambitious plans defined by the team, we need highly talented people to join us in playing a key role in shaping the face of our Fresh Foods and Private Label offerings across Africa.
The overarching purpose of this role is to participate in the development of products for the Fresh Foods department and facilitating the development of recipes, conducting factory trials, drawing-up of specifications and costing, packaging of the products, negotiation of costing with buyers, and launching of products. Whilst driving new product development, the role also conducts ongoing research and competitor benchmarking to develop a deeper understanding of our customers and their fresh food preferences.
A BSc - Consumer/Food Science or BTech - Food Technology and/or other relevant Nutritional Sciences, Dietetics and Culinary related or equivalent is a requirement. A Minimum 3 years experience in a similar Product Development, Production, Technical Specification, Quality Control role is essential.
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