Senior Process Technologist

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity

We have the opportunity for you to join our team as a Senior Process Technologist, to lead and engage with the process of taking product development from NPD handover through to launch into the market. Identify improvement opportunities with current products to consistently deliver high quality products to our customers. You will be responsible for Product Critical Path and delivery of successful launches. Some of what you can expect to be doing includes:

• Organisation and implementation of new products, processes and changes to existing products within the business
• Management of customer critical paths in line with the Samworth Brothers Launch Process
• Champion products from concept to launch.
• Manage post-trial outputs to include initiation of BOM’s, completion of product specific documentation, organisation of samples for microbiological & chemical testing, customer samples and organoleptic testing.
• Manage post-trial meetings, capturing actions and ensuring close out of actions.
• Engage and build positive relationships with our customers both internally and externally.
• Create and manage pre-production agenda in conjunction with the Samworth Brothers Launch Process
• Collaboratively work with manufacturing teams to identify process improvement opportunities with the Business and lead initiatives.

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

• The successful person will need to be a self-starter with excellent project management skills and the ability to work under pressure, be flexible to work around the needs of the business, as well as have good attention to detail and IT skills.
• Previous experience in a similar role is required and a qualification in a food science or related discipline is preferable.
• Be able to work to strict timescales and pressures of managing the customers through sample requests, visits and email/phone call communication where needed.
• Previous experience of managing staff is preferable.
• Must be flexible in working hours. Typically Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5pm working hours but flexibility is required including weekends and bank holidays for launches and trials.

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member - you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

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