Product Development Technologist
- Employer
- Kandhu Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- Park Royal
- Salary
- £27000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
- Closing date
- 9 Mar 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Development, Quality Assurance, Technical
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
A very varied technical/development role where the successful candidate will gain excellent real life experience of dealing with many of the major multiple retailers.
OUR CLIENT is a vibrant, fast growing manufacturer of premium snack foods, supplying most of the major multiple retailers, both with branded and retailer own-label products.
THE NPD TECHNOLOGIST role will be focused on working with the Multiple Retailers dealing with:
- Technical and Product related customer queries
- Management of Product Specifications
- Communication of all Technical Aspects of New Product development
- General information management and trouble shooting
- The completion of all associated documentation in relation to the launch of agreed products, including agreeing quality attribute standards with Retailer Technologist
- To ensure all raw material specifications have been validated prior to ordering new materials for line trials
- The completion of product specifications for different customers whether paper based or online with bespoke retailer IT specification systems
THE CANDIDATE
You must have previous experience of working closely with customers, ideally the multiple retailers and will have excellent communication and inter-personal skills.
- Ideally food discipline graduate
- 2 years experience in a development or technical role within the food industry.
- Ability to use micros based specification systems
- Labelling knowledge and packaging sign off
We're looking for a strong work ethic and a high degree of flexibility. Technical, quality and development experience in the food industry is a must. Ideally you will be educated to degree level in a food related subject.
If this job is of interest and you would like to investigate this further, apply TODAY!
If you would like a confidential chat give me a call on 01303 271367 or email me at gary@kandhu.com
Kandhu Recruitment are specialist recruiters within the Food, Drink and FMCG Sector
"Kandhu Recruitment will consider all applications based on each candidate's suitability to the role or similar roles within the Food Sector and if we feel you are a relevant candidate we will process your application by adding you to our secure recruitment database and then contacting you to progress job opportunities further. We do not contact unsuitable applicants."
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Company
Kandhu – 14th Year in Food Sector Recruitment
At Kandhu Recruitment we like to work with people not just “computers or documents that say CV on the top of the page” and that is why we have been successfully supporting our client and candidates in the Food and Drinks Sector for nearly 14 years.
We work with all the main food businesses across the UK from Food Manufactures and Food Importers through to Food Service businesses supplying the massive Pub, Restaurant and Out of Home market place.
UK Wide recruitment and International occasionally we cover all the Core Operational and Head Office roles where a Food Business needs great people, including:
For First Class Advice, Top Jobs and Top Candidates – call us TODAY or drop us an email and we’ll come back to you!
- Website
- http://www.kandhu.com/
- Telephone
- 01303 271367
- Location
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16 The Glenmore Centre
Shearway Business Park
Pent Road
Folkestone
Kent
CT19 4RJ
GB
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