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Job Description - Quality & Specifications Technologist

Job Title: Quality & Specification Technologist
Reporting To: Head of NPD
 
Hales Group are happy to be working with our client based in Eye for a Quality/Specifications Technologist! This is a fantastic role for someone in Quality to come in and work with a newly established team, working with new products and showing their passion for food, with potential scope to develop themselves.

Salary - Negotiable, depending on experience. 
Hours - Monday to Friday 8.00am till 4.30pm
 
Duties include, but not limited to:
 
  • Works with all customers across all categories
  • Presents new products to Head of NPD to gain agreement from customer development and buying teams
  • Scopes, develops and sells in new concepts and ideas
  • Has key input into critical paths from concept to launch
  • Inputs into site management
  • Attends customer NPD submissions. Prepare concept samples, supporting paperwork and will cook and “sell” products at the submissions
  • Attends weekly NPD meeting to ensure that all actions are completed on time, presenting all relevant information.
  • Communicate with Head of NPD and customers
  • Formulates and implements critical paths
  • Plan, organise and control resources to deliver concepts to an agreed quality and timescale
  • Responsible for developing commercially viable concepts to maintain a creative catalogue of products, with all products meeting target margins
  • Follow company Food Safety and Quality procedures.
  • Ensure the Company’s Health and Safety policies and procedures are always followed
  • Implement and maintain Good Manufacturing Practices throughout the NPD process
  • Responsible for general upkeep of development kitchen to BRC standards.
  • Ensure that commercial, operations and technical teams have all the relevant information for product launches and to provide support throughout the launch
  • Responsible for trails and product testing in the kitchen and factory.
  • Oversees Internal and customer pre- productions
  • Monitor quality of new and existing products and manage benchmarking sessions at the same time as maintaining awareness of relevant retailer ranges.
  • Work closely with the Head of NPD to ensure all products are compliant to Food Safety
  • Ensure all samples are packed and presented well so customers receive them in good condition
  • Responsible for all new product concept development, both proactive to drive new sales as well as responding to customer briefs.
 
Key Attributes:
 
  • Experience in working in a product development team, preferably within a food ingredients industry
  • Minimum of 2 years working in a development function
  • A flair and genuine interest in food and new product development
  • Effective communication skills and ability to compile meaningful and accurate presentations
  • Proficient in MS Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
  • Flexible approach to work hours
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at all levels
  • Valid driving licence
For more information regarding the Quality and Specifications Technologist role, please apply and we will contact you to discuss!!
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