DERRY-based software as a service (SaaS) firm Foods Connected is serving up 45 additional jobs paying average £41,000 salaries after investing heavily in its business as it seeks to target new export markets.
Foods Connected provides SaaS based tools to help food-based companies manage their complex supply chains.
It has developed 25 different modules in key areas such as supplier compliance, food safety & quality, specifications & NPD, traceability and procurement & supply chain.
It plans to increase its headcount in the north west from 62 to 107 by the end of this year, with the new roles coming across software development, sales & marketing and technical roles.
Managing director Roger McCracken, Managing Director at Foods Connected said: “We set up the business 10 years ago with just three people but now employ 71, including nine in Australia. With this latest investment plan to grown to a total of 116 employees by the end of 2023.”
In 2020 the senior management team at Foods Connected took part in Invest NI’s Ambition to Scale programme which he said helped the company clarify its future direction and set in place clear strategic targets.
“These include developing our software solutions, growing our export markets and developing our business as a great place to work.
“The 45 new roles, which will all be based in Derry, will help us realise these targets, and will generate over £2 million in annual salaries.”
Invest NI interim chief executive Mel Chittock said: “Foods Connected is already trading in the UK, Ireland, European and Australian & New Zealand markets, but now has set its sights on new markets in the US, Middle East and South Africa.
“Our trade team based in South Africa is already working with the company to help it assess the opportunities this market can offer.”
