SpecificationTechnologist

Specification Technologist

Location Tipton

Salary – £27 - £29k per annum

Full time

Benefits:

Canteen

Company pension

Free parking on site

Job description

To ensure that finished product specifications are completed including all legal, safety and customer specific detail as required.

To manage the finished product specifications within the business, including updates to ensure compliance with Panesar Quality Management Systems and customer requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

Educated to degree level in a Food related discipline or equivalent industry experience.

Min 3-year experience working for min 12 months in a specification’s role.

Effectively manage own time and workload.

Have a good understanding of HACCP.

Experience of retailer specification portals and policies, (including those of ASDA, ALDI, Sainsburys, Hamiton-Grant, QADEX)

Responsibilities

Complete online and manual specification templates with recipe information, ingredients declaration, nutritional, allergen and all relevant safety and legal detail.

Work with Technical Managers, Product Developers, suppliers and all relevant stakeholders to deliver detailed specifications that capture all appropriate quality, sourcing, safety and legal information for our products and packaging.

To create, check, review and approve finished product specifications and pack copies in customer agreed format and policies.

To check, review & approve client artworks and labels including packaging as required.

Provide support to clients in the completion of accurate specifications & artwork projects through regular feedback and advice.

Organise pack copy review meetings with Product Developers and all relevant stakeholders to ensure artwork consistency meetings are completed in accordance with project timelines in the most cost-effective manner.

Review and maintain Customer Specifications Manuals of signed specifications.

Maintain and update the recipe management systems in accordance with specifications process.

Plan and prioritise workload to enable effective and accurate delivery of multiple projects.

Be prepared to take part in Technical Service Team routine tasks as required.

Become familiar with the workings of Panesar factories to aid the accurate completion of finished product specifications.

Competencies Skills & behaviours,

Influencing

Develops a wide range of well-established relationships both internal and external (including specialist contact) utilising these relationships to achieve positive business outcomes

Problem solving

Demonstrates a sensitive awareness of potential problems especially the likely strategic impact and understands the implications for business performance and direction

Ensures completion of the project/task within the specified targets, evaluating successes against functional strategy/plans and recommending change

Key relationships / Stakeholders

Head of Technical

Site Quality Managers

NPD Technologists

Commercial Director

Site Managers

Procurement

Customers

Suppliers

Artwork houses & printers

Line manager

Technical Services Manager

Please apply with your CV in the first instance.

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