Senior Raw Material Technologist

1 week ago


Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Samworth Brothers Full time

About The Role:

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


In this role you will be managing 2 technologists across 2 sites (Saladworks & Kettleby Foods) who coordinate, approve and maintain raw materials and packaging specifications alongside maintaining an accurate list of approved suppliers used by site.

You will be ensuring that ingredients that come onto site are audited against the specification requirements agreed to maintain high levels of quality.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Main contact for NPD at the feasibility stage to check the raw materials are site and customer suitable
  • Attend internal NPD handovers and ensure technologists collate the correct information to be able to start the supplier and raw material / packaging specification process
  • Work with site managers and liaise with suppliers to complete a risk assessment on all materials to ensure internal and customer codes of practices are met prior to product trials starting
  • Liaise with NPD and procurement alongside our suppliers to collate and verify specifications on the group technical database Foods Connected
  • Make sure the team are audit ready at all times with correct site cover and systems in place.
  • Experience working in a technical or quality role within the food industry
  • Computer literate with a good level of competency in Word, Excel and Outlook
  • Able to work calmly, methodically with an ability to prioritise
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Problem solving skills.


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.

About Us:

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.

**_Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative._

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