Compliance and Regulatory Technologist

Job title: Compliance and Regulatory Technologist
Department: Technical
Responsible to: Group Compliance and Regulatory Manager  
Salary: A competitive salary is available plus great company benefits  
Location: Main place of work is New Moon (Kettering) with some travel to Little Base (Farringdon) OR Main place of work Little Base (Farringdon) with travel to New Moon (Kettering) 
Hours: Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week 

Little Moons are frozen and chilled mochi, a fusion of Eastern and Western cuisine – soft and chewy rice flour dough wrapped around balls of ice cream, cheesecake, or chocolate ganache to create a distinctive, bite-sized, and delicious dessert that’s bursting with flavour.

Their rollout across Europe has been pioneered by sister and brother duo Vivien and Howard Wong, who founded Little Moons in 2010.  The product’s roots are in high-end restaurants, but over the last five years retail packs have swept the ice cream category in grocery and food service.

The business has rapidly established mochi, and snacking ice cream across Europe. In FY22 we generated more than £50m in revenue, and in FY23 we are targeting +50% YoY growth.  Based on experience in the USA, mochi ice cream is likely to make up 2-3% of the total ice cream category within 1-2 years.

We are very proud of the culture that we have built at Little Moons. Not to stroke our own egos, but we are a great bunch of people—smart, passionate, interesting, and funny—who work hard to support and live our values, all the while keeping our mission in our forethoughts. 

The Role:
The Technical Team at Little Moons are the guardians of our delicious products as well as the enablers of future growth. To support the delivery of the ambitious team agenda we’re looking for a self-starter Compliance Technologist who’s hungry to have impact on a business. This role will be responsible for the day to day compliance of the business and supporting the delivery of innovation into operations

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivery of accurate and up to date food packaging data to fulfil business commitments and legal obligations
• Maintenance of QUID calculations and working with finance to ensure correct loading of BOMs
• Reviewing artwork and packaging to ensure legal compliance 
• Review and sign-off of all specifications in line with business requirements
• Completion of technical requests for other departments
• Bar code generation and validation
• Ownership of the supplier (including service suppliers) and raw material approval process and supplier reviews
• Regulatory and export queries.

Essential Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in a food technologist role (ideally for a BRC certified company)
• Graduate in food science or technology field 
• Knowledge of food labelling regulations in the UK and EU, experience of other countries a benefit
• Experience of supplier and raw material approval
• Experience of using online specification systems, benefit if this is Foods Connected
• Understanding of food safety and HACCP within a factory and how NPD/EPD can affect this
• Self-motivated and excellent communicator
• Team player with a flexible and positive approach
• Assume accountability for their work and deliver to agreed timescales
• Attention to detail in a fast-paced environment
• Lead by example, have energy and enthusiasm to resolve issues

*Multilingual is a benefit

Some of the benefits of working here include: 

Little Moons is a fast-growing and dynamic business, the nature of which means roles and responsibilities can change and grow quickly and at scale. We never stand still for long, and for the right person this represents an opportunity to grow and evolve your role and responsibilities with us and to develop your career at pace.

We will provide you with as much support, guidance, and training as you need, and offer the below benefits to boot:

• Medicash, Private Health Scheme & Life Insurance  
• Enhanced New Baby Leave available.
• We understand that mental health matters. We partner with Health Assured to provide remote emotional support to team members.
• Discretionary annual bonus based on personal & company performance.
• Up to 4 weeks of paid sick leave
•  Respect, trust, and honesty. Personal and professional maturity is important to us, and we keep each other honest
• Your holidays – We believe in finding your work-life alignment and encourage all staff to use their 25 days, plus public holidays
• Additional days off with long service
•  Personal CPD budgets & team volunteer days

To be engaged, you must feel included and valued, so we have built, and nurtured, a culture where inclusiveness is not a buzzword, but a way of being.

Our approach to diversity is simple —it’s about embracing everyone, and everyone is welcome at Little Moons.   We are committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation or expression.   We are diverse in age, race, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective. Our diversity fuels our innovation, bring diversity of thought, and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve.

All applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom.