Technical & NPD Recruitment For Food Manufacturers
Helping food manufacturers strengthen Technical and NPD teams to minimise food safety risks and maximise product innovation
Helping food manufacturers strengthen Technical and NPD teams to minimise food safety risks and maximise product innovation
Jarvis Johnson is your trusted recruitment partner in Food Manufacturing.
We specialise in placing Technical, QA and NPD professionals to keep your business audit-ready, food safety compliant and a thriving innovation pipeline.
With decades of experience and a thorough understanding of Technical and NPD roles, we help you hire right...first time.
If you're a hiring manager or talent acquisition partner under pressure to deliver food safety, protect your brand, and build high-performing Technical and NPD teams, let's talk.
Your peace of mind is our priority.
Jarvis Johnson is the heritage brand in Food Manufacturing Recruitment.
Headed up by founder Lisa Marie Godfrey (née Johnson), Jarvis Johnson help Food Manufacturers with overstretched Technical and NPD Departments.
Food Manufacturers tell us they have Heads of Technical who are concerned about not having a fully-resourced team in place to perform well in third-party and customer audits.
Having an under-resourced or under-performing Technical and QA team can increase the risk of potential Food Safety risks. In addition, not having the right NPD team in place can mean the company falls behind with the pace of innovation that customers expect.
Having been around for over 26 years, our title of the ‘heritage brand’ in Food Manufacturing recruitment has been hard-earned and we love sharing our knowledge and expertise with Food Manufacturers and Technical, QA and NPD candidates.
Here at Jarvis Johnson we strive to make to make the recruitment process collaborative and not combative.
We treat all candidates and clients with respect, giving honest and timely feedback.
As a team we have vast knowledge of what makes Technical and NPD teams work and we use this daily to help our clients and candidates. We care about our team and we have flexible policies in place to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
We work hard to retain our reputation as an ethical, inclusive and knowledgeable “heritage brand” whilst embracing new technologies and methodologies which mean we can out-run the pack and give our clients a competitive advantage!
Well motivated, focused and talented Technical and NPD teams, who don't feel pressured into working long hours that can bring about work-life imbalance
Your Heads Of Technical and NPD able to focus on strategic, future-forward projects
The reassurance of always feeling "audit ready" giving you the freedom from audit anxiety and worrying about what under-resourced and under-pressured teams might be 'missing' in the factory
Our recruitment process will help you to identify well respected, thought leading individuals to head up your Technical and NPD Teams
Partnering with the right recruitment agency can minimise the risk of poor quality hires, hidden turnover costs and extended time-to-hire.
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