Specification Technologist

6 days ago

Nelson, United Kingdom The Oval Partnership Full time

Specification Technologist - FTC

Food Manufacturing

Oversees supplier approvals and is responsible for creating, maintaining, and updating specifications for own-label and branded finished products using web-based retailer systems, including artwork sign-off, allergen and nutrition information, to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

* Product Specification Management: Overseeing the development, review, and approval of detailed product specifications, covering ingredients and other relevant factors.

* Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring all product specifications comply with current food safety, quality, nutritional, and legal labelling regulations.

* Project Support: Proactively managing critical path items and addressing issues during the specification-to-launch process to ensure timely and successful product introductions

* Supplier & Customer Liaison: Acting as a key point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers, customers, and technical teams, to resolve issues and manage compliance audits.

* Documentation & Systems: Maintaining accurate, up-to-date documentation and ensuring effective document control and management within relevant systems

* Reviewing artwork against specification, to ensure full compliance with legal and customer specifications.

* Managing and maintaining the raw material and service suppliers approval database, including risk assessment, VACCP, food defence and product authenticity.

* Ensuring retailers technical requests, including customers specifications, questionnaires are responded to promptly

* Provide up to date labelling, nutritional and allergen information on all new product introductions and existing products when label change revision is required

* Ensure technical co-approval of packaging by verifying that artwork aligns with specifications and complies with current market regulations on quality, safety, and labelling.

* Guarantee that all product information, including nutritional data, allergen declarations, and ingredient lists, complies with UK,US,EU food safety legislation and customer-specific standards.

* Support product launches (shelf-life testing and QAS)

* Provide comprehensive documentation and support for customer and third-party audits, such as those for BRC accreditation

* Ensure that all own-label and branded specs are up to date

* Food hygiene level 3 and above

* Relevant industry experience

* Good Communication skills

* Literacy skills

* Numeracy skills

Monday - Friday

OR

Monday - Thursday (Longer days)

FTC - Approx.. 16 Months

Immediate start

£30,000 - £36,000

On-Site - Lancashire

Reach out to Gemma Harris - The Oval Partnership

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