Trainee Product Developer

We are seeking a creative and detail-oriented Trainee Product Developer to join our dynamic Product Development team. In this role, you will support the creation, development, and improvement of products, ensuring they meet the highest standards of quality and align with our brand’s vision. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about food, eager to learn, and looking to grow within a fast-paced environment.

As a Trainee Product Developer, you will be a part of the global Product Development department, managed by the Product Development Manager. You will work with global operations to develop and improve products both locally and globally.

The Trainee Product Developer will be responsible for supporting the Products team in creating and developing new products, as well as improving existing products to meet recipe briefs on time. The responsibilities of a Trainee Product Developer include concept creation, ingredient sourcing, recipe development, and management of the HQ development kitchen.

You will need to have a high focus on quality and an eye for detail to help calculate nutritional and allergen information for products, as well as assist in the creation of quality and workflow documents to ensure high standards are met across the stores. You will thrive in an organised kitchen environment, where ingredients are stored neatly and appropriately for efficient sample making. Ultimately, a great Trainee Product Developer should be a true foodie—creative, curious, and able to deliver high-quality work, often within tight timelines, while working well within our brand pillars.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Development: Assist in the development of new products from concept to launch, including idea generation, ingredient sourcing, recipe formulation and help to refine workflows and processes to enhance quality, taste and consistency.  
• Kitchen Management: Manage and oversee the HQ JOE development kitchen, ensuring that ingredients and equipment are properly stored and maintained. Manage regular ingredient orders for recipe testing and development.
• Tasting Coordination : Organize and manage tasting sessions for the products team and other stakeholders to facilitate internal reviews, feedback, and recipe approvals. 
• Quality Assurance: Ensure all ingredients and final products for NPD/EPD projects are stress-tested under the conditions BTC and can uphold quality in preparation for sign-off with Operations and Compliance. 
• Product Implementation: Ensure all ingredients and final products for NPD/EPD projects are stress tested under the conditions BTC and can uphold quality in preparation for sign off with Operations and Compliance. 
• Nutritional and Allergens: Support the calculation of nutritional values and allergens alongside development to ensure products comply with industry standards and regulations. 
• Market Research: Stay informed about industry trends, competitor products, and customer preferances to contribute innovative ideas to the development process. 

Qualifications 

• Education: A degree in Food Science, Nutrition, or a related field is preferred but not required.

• Experience: 2-3 years of experience in the food service industry is ideal. 

• Skills: Solid ability to taste, evaluate, and articulate flavors.

• Language: Fluent in writing and speaking in English

Personal Attributes 

• Passionate and foodie

• Curious and creative

• Team player

• Good communication skills

• Organised and detail-oriented

Benefits

We offer a benefits package that includes a paid pension plan, health insurance, parental leave, and additional vacation. Besides that, we provide some Joe-ified benefits:

• Our global headquarter is located with great accessibility in the heart of Copenhagen and accommodates 130+ employees

• Our office facilities include a fully staffed JOE & THE JUICE bar, serving breakfast, daily lunch, juice and barista coffee

• Our office features an ambient atmosphere with carefully curated music

• In Joe we have a flat hierarchy where all opinions are valued, allowing plenty of room for input and improvement ideas

• Our monthly social calendar is packed with great activities such as running club, wine tasting, creative evenings and Friday bars

• You will have a BTC (Behind the Counter) shift in one of our bars twice a year

• Coming: Fitness facilities filled with all equipped you need to keep yourself healthy and fit, along with already accessible showers as well as sauna and cold plunge.

Process

We are looking for a candidate to start at the start of October and will conduct interviews in September .

Please address any questions to Alicia Skill – alicia@joejuice.com.

We consider applications through LinkedIn Recruiter Easy Apply or through Recruitio.