Customer Food Technologist

Customer Food Technologist

Location:          Central London (high end)

Salary:              c£27-29k + benefits.

My client, a supplier of high end food and beverage, is looking for a Customer Technologist to join their expanding Technical team.  Responsible for some of their biggest customers, your job is to ensure their premium, high-care products are in-line with Customer codes of practice and technical requirements.

You:

• Degree in Food Science, Nutrition or similar function is desirable
• HACCP, Auditing, Food Safety qualification would be advantageous.
• Experience in a food technical role (customer facing) in a fast paced environment
• Experience of a high care, ready-to-eat and/or chilled is a distinct advantage
• Ability to work cross functionally and a good communicator.
• Extremely well organised, good at communicating at all levels, strong computer skills.

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and updating the product specification systems.
• Carrying out quality checks across two of their sites in London as required and recording finding.
• Dealing with incoming complaints and enquiries from both clients, suppliers and end users of products in your category range.
• Represent the business in customer technical meetings, conferences, bench-markings, visits, audits and other customer events, feeding back relevant information to the wider team and following up actions appropriately.
• Proactively engage with customer’s technical representative to ensure continuous and mutually beneficial development of the account
• Ensure there is adequate provision of technical support to the wider team to ensure compliance with customer requirements

To apply please send your CV keeley.grindrod@silven.co.uk quoting ref KG/11556 or call 0161 832 7463 / 07399 935 170 for a confidential chat.