Food Innovation Manager

Food Innovation Manager

We are looking for a Food Innovation Manager to join our team. Based in Milton Keynes with a hybrid working model, you’ll split your time between the office, suppliers, and stores.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead end to end food innovation projects, acting as the UK & Ireland subject matter expert and owning multiple developments from early concept through to launch via the Innovation Stage Gate process.
• Create exciting, on trend food concepts, developing, optimising and validating recipes that balance creativity, customer appeal, nutritional guidelines and commercial viability.
• Drive cross functional collaboration, working closely with Operations, Technical, Finance, Marketing and suppliers to ensure products are scalable, safe, and executable in store.
• Manage supplier partnerships and product quality, overseeing the journey from kitchen samples through factory trials to full production, ensuring consistency and quality standards are met.
• Champion the end-to-end consumer experience, supporting tastings, trials, research and packaging considerations to ensure every product delivers against Domino’s standards and strategy.

What You’ll Bring

• A background as an innovation development chef or similar hands‑on food innovation role.
• Experience within food & beverage or FMCG.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to influence at all levels.
• A practical, solutions focused mindset and passion for food innovation, a naturally creative approach combined with commercial awareness.

How We Will Support You

• The opportunity to lead high profile, exciting food innovation projects.
• Exposure to new and emerging areas, including health focused development work.
• A collaborative, creative environment where ideas are encouraged and challenged.
• The chance to build strong relationships across stores, suppliers, and central teams.
• Hybrid working and travel opportunities across the UK, Ireland, and Europe.

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