New Product Development & Commercialisation Lead

Reporting: Head of NPD & Commercialisation

Location: VIC

About Allied Pinnacle

Allied Pinnacle is a world-class flour milling and bakery business with more than a 100 year history, and a driving purpose to ‘bake the future from flour’. Backed by Nisshin, Japan’s largest milling business, Allied Pinnacle transforms Australian grains into iconic and much-loved household products, providing market leading solutions from grain to table.

To continue into the next century, we’re searching for individuals that are keen to bring our values to life – Act as One, Better Every Day, Own It, Think Differently and Enjoy the Ride.

An opportunity currently exists for a NPD Developer, on a full-time permanent basis. The purpose of the NPD Developer role is to lead and support the development and commercialisation of innovative, high-quality bakery products that align with market trends, customer needs, and business objectives. This role is responsible for managing the end-to-end product development process—from concept ideation and formulation through to scale-up, launch, and post-launch review—while ensuring compliance with food safety, regulatory, and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop bakery products from concept (consumer trends, pain points, Customer brief) to commercialization

- Create test / prototype formulations for bakery (including Shelf-life testing and sign offs with Customer/internal teams, costings, sensory appeal)





- Apply comprehensive technical and practical baking expertise to consistently provide high-quality products aligned with customer requirements, detailed specifications, and manufacturing capabilities.

- Maintain detailed documentation of formulations, processes, and test bake results.

- Develop pre-production trials and production outcomes

- Engage with suppliers to explore a comparative outcome, as well as identify new ingredients, trends, innovations

- Work with the regulatory team on all new products to meet relevant food safety, regulations, sustainability and labelling needs.

- Provide correct formular information and supporting documents for audits and certification clarity, working closely with Quality and site manufacturing teams.

- Sustainability and Nutrition - incorporate relevant health and wellness trends through sustainable ingredients, claims and Health Star Ratings, working closely with R&D; teams

About You To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Robust technical knowledge of baking ingredients, processes, and equipment.

- Understanding of ingredient functionality (e.g., flour types leavening agents, gluten yeast types).

- Familiar with organoleptic and sensory evaluation, shelf-life testing, and product scaling.





- Proficiency in formulation calculations and Costings Proficient in Word, excel, able to use Optiva/other formulation data bases

- Able to identify and translate consumer trends in baking.

- 2–5 years of experience in bakery product development, formulation, or R&D; (depending on role level). Proven track record of launching successful bakery products from concept to market.

- Experience with both artisanal and industrial bakery

Why Join Allied Pinnacle?

At Allied Pinnacle, we believe our people are the key ingredient to our success:

What's in it for You?

- Be part of a warm, friendly and inclusive culture where people are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work.

- Enjoy a flexible hybrid working model

- Gain broad exposure across a well-known Australian food business, working with products enjoyed by many Australians every day.

- Work in an environment where fresh pastries and croissants from the oven are part of the experience.

- Access wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

- Access free onsite parking via our booking app

- Feel valued through reward and recognition programs that celebrate contribution and success.

Apply Now

If you are that NPD Developer that’s looking to progress your career don't delay in uploading a cover letter and up to date CV today.

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We appreciate every application and will be in touch with shortlisted candidates.

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📌 New Product Development & Commercialisation Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 Allied Pinnacle
📍 Melbourne