About The Cornish Company
Born and buttered in Cornwall, we're on a mission to smuggle our land's finest produce to mouths nationwide, from cream teas to pasties, and everything delicious in between.
Five years in, we're one of the UK's fastest growing food and gifting brands, with a team of 20 and serious ambitions for what comes next. We're passionate about our producers, obsessive about quality, and we move quickly.
The Role
This is a commercially-focused role sitting at the heart of how we grow our product range. You'll be responsible for finding, developing, and launching new products, sourcing quality suppliers across the UK, negotiating white-label arrangements, and building seasonal ranges that land with our customers.
This isn't a product manager role in the tech sense. It's a buying and new product development role in a food and gifting business, and we're looking someone who knows the difference.
What You'll Be Doing
Sourcing & Supplier Management
- Identify and onboard new food and gifting suppliers across the UK (and beyond where appropriate)
- Negotiate white-label arrangements, pricing, lead times, and minimum order quantities
- Build strong ongoing supplier relationships to ensure quality, reliability, and preferential terms
- Evaluate supplier samples and quality-check new products before launch
Product Range Development
- Build and own seasonal product ranges for key occasions, Mother's Day, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and more
- Develop new product lines such as brownies by post, pasties by post, and other gifting formats
- Work closely with the marketing team to ensure ranges are commercially viable and tell a compelling story
- Monitor product performance and make range decisions based on sales data and customer feedback
Commercial & Operational
- Own the product development calendar, ensuring ranges are ready well ahead of seasonal windows
- Manage landed cost calculations and margin analysis for new products
- Coordinate with the warehouse team on packaging, presentation, and fulfilment requirements
- Maintain an up-to-date supplier database and product pipeline
What We're Looking For
Essential
- 3–6 years of experience in a buying, sourcing, or NPD role, ideally in food, grocery, or gifting
- Proven track record of negotiating with suppliers and managing supplier relationships
- Commercial acumen: you understand margins, MOQs, and what makes a product viable
- Strong organisational skills, you can manage multiple product launches simultaneously
- Self-starter who can operate with a high degree of autonomy
Desirable
- Background in food retail buying (supermarket, farm shop, deli, or food gifting)
- Experience with white-labelling or own-brand product development
- An instinct for what sells, you understand the gifting customer
- Familiarity with Shopify or e-commerce operations
What We Offer
- A genuinely autonomous role with real influence over the direction of the business
- A small, fast-moving team where your work has visible impact
- Competitive salary of £45,000 – £55,000 depending on experience
- Cornwall-based role with supplier travel covered
- The chance to help shape a brand with serious growth ambitions
We're more interested in relevant experience and commercial instinct than a polished application, tell us what ranges or suppliers you've worked with and why this role appeals.
Pay: £45,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bodmin PL31 1EX: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bodmin PL31 1EX