Product Development Assistant, Dishpatch

Job description

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity with a brand new role to join Dishpatch as a Product Development Assistant, reporting into our Head of Food Product.

Waitrose & Partners recently acquired Dishpatch, the meal-kit delivery service that provides restaurant-quality home dining made by some of the UK’s leading chefs.

So, what is Dishpatch? Dishpatch replicates a restaurant experience without leaving the house with chef-prepared dishes. Customers can choose from over 30 Dishpatch menus delivered to their doorstep nationally on Fridays – perfect timing for an indulgent weekend meal! Unlike other meal kit companies, Dishpatch’s dishes come pre-prepared with only a few simple steps to finish and serve, truly taking the hassle out of high-end home dining for our customers.

About the role

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Salary range: £24,000 - £31,900

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Contract type: Permanent 

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Interviews: in person w/c 31st March 

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Location: Our Dishpatch base in North Greenwich, London (likely 4 days per week)

The Dishpatch base in North Greenwich is conveniently located near to the tube station or if driving, a few minutes from the Blackwall Tunnel with on site parking. 

Dishpatch provides Michelin star food in the post. We’ve spent almost 5 years building the business working with some of the top leading UK chefs, bringing this exceptional quality food, direct to peoples homes.

Key responsibilities

We are looking for a Product Development Assistant to support the Food Product team in delivering menu strategies and product development to agreed deadlines. 

You will be assisting with product development activities including testing dishes and building recipes, menu launches, project administration, sales and feedback analysis and appropriate communications such as updates, reports and presentations. 

The role will work across the development kitchen and office, supporting the small Food Product team in the journey of launching menus.

This will be a hugely varied role, and would require someone with strong attention to detail, great communication skills and a willingness to learn. 

Please see a full job description attached to this advert.

Essential skills/experience you’ll need 

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Kitchen experience or culinary training

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Knowledge and passion for food

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Strong communication skills (written and verbal)

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Good organisational skills

Desirable skills/experience you may have

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Recipe testing and development

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Worked with a central recipe database or with building specs & recipes

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Business-related knowledge

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Experience reporting & analysing data

Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining JLP. 

For internal use only :

About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

Attachment: Job-Outline-Product-Development-Assistant.pdf