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Food Technologist

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Kent
Salary
£25,000 - £35,000 + benefits
Closing date
28 May 2022

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Food Technologist – Retail Customers

£25,000 - £35,000
North Kent
Job ref: 8134
Chilled Food

The company

The company is an innovative and fast-growing prepared product business supplying the UK market and leading retailers with high quality products.

About the Food Technologist job

The purpose of your role will be to manage and deliver the technical agenda and build strong relationships with selected retail customers plus represent the company with customers and third parties from a technical perspective.

Key tasks:

  • Ensure that strong and proactive relationships are built with the retailer technical representatives.
  • Ensure there is adequate provision of technical support to the factory and wider team to ensure compliance with customer requirements.
  • Ensure retailer online portals and systems are accurately maintained.
  • Manage the investigation process into product rejections and complaints and communicate with suppliers and customers to understand causes.
  • Actively work with the NPD team to lead and drive the delivery of new product development projects
  • Work with the retailer’s technical representative to ensure any NPD / EPD is in line with the factory’s capabilities and their expectations
  • Manage the writing of specifications, artwork approval, pre-production trials and other key NPD activities
  • Proactively engage in site-wide initiatives and projects to improve quality and shelf life
  • Manage and support the creation and maintenance of customer quality contracts and QAS.

Skills & experience required for the Food Technologist job

  • Strong technical/quality assurance track record in the food manufacturing industry.
  • Experience working and managing relationships with the major UK retailers.
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of food safety technical requirements.
  • Knowledge of the food NPD process and related technical requirements.
  • Strong relationship building and communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • UK driving licence and own transport due to site location.

More details

The Food Technologist job is based in North Kent and is paying £25,000 - £35,000 according to your experience.

Benefits include casual dress, company events, company pension, on-site parking, referral programme, sick pay, and the option for some working from home.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 8 am - 5 pm.

How to apply

To be considered for the Food Technologist job, please click the Apply button.

After you have submitted your CV, we will aim to contact you in 1-2 business days on the assumption that your skills and experience match the job requirements.

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Alternate job titles

Customer Technologist | Technical Coordinator | Technical Account Manager | Technical Manager | Technical Administrator | Retail Technologist | Food Technical Jobs

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

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Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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