Specification Technologist

Supplying retail, food service, wholesale and manufacturing sectors this well-established, ingredients business are seeking a specification technologist to generate and maintain accurate raw material and finished product specifications, manage specifications including maintenance of customer portals.

Key Responsibilities

As Specification Technologist, your key focus will be to ensure that all customer specifications, pack copies and artwork are accurately set up and that all the necessary customer documentation is produced to meet critical path timescales and launch deadlines.

The role of Specification Technologist is quite varied and no two days are the same. You could be working on a new product range or making changes to existing ranges, so developing a key understanding of products will be essential.

You will be responsible for reviewing copy artwork to ensure that the pack information is accurate and in line with customer technical labelling policies, so you’ll understand the importance of getting things right first time.

You will also get involved in reviewing raw material specification content to develop specifications for each raw material to improve compliance.

Personal Profile

At least 12 months experience of working within food manufacturing and writing specifications for retailers, foodservice or manufacturers.

Strong communication and influencing skills and be comfortable in dealing with a wide range of people at all levels.

Someone comfortable managing multiple tasks and delivering results against tight deadlines.

Good understanding of specifications system and be computer literate to a strong level.

This is a hybrid role and you will be required to work 2 or 3 days a week at the company HQ in Essex

Ref Code: FMW41540LHF

To apply, please e-mail in strict confidence, with a comprehensive CV, including salary details, quoting the above reference and for the attention Lisa Fox.

Due to a high volume of responses, we cannot reply to each application individually. If you have not had a response within one week, we are sorry to say your application has not been successful on this occasion.