Product Technologist

**About us**

EUROFINS MTS CONSUMER PRODUCT TESTING UK LIMITED is part of the globally successful Eurofins Consumer Product Testing. We provide fast, accurate, and cost-effective quality assurance solutions in the consumer products industry.

Our range of testing services include flammability, fibre composition, special claims, restricted substances, as well as toys and childcare products. Additional services include product inspections and social and ethical audits.

Our Retail Apparel Solutions Centre specialises in support to retailers in their product sample approval and critical path to product launch.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To take ownership of the relevant areas of responsibility to meet our business needs, and to be totally committed to these.
- Log samples on the Critical Path when received into the department and ensuring that they meet critical path requirements to achieve delivery dates.
- Measure samples received and complete workbooks as required.
- Ensure Critical Path deadlines are maintained through supplier monitoring. Issue reminders to suppliers failing to maintain critical path deadlines.
- Check artwork against product information and provide feedback to suppliers and retailers on approval or rejection comments.
- Maintain artwork status on the critical path.
- Check physical packaging samples against approved artwork and scan packaging approval samples for barcode code confirmation.
- Scan and check packaging of production samples on arrival for errors and provide feedback to suppliers and retailers on approval or rejection comments.
- Keep detailed and accurate records of all communications in an orderly fashion.
- Build positive and effective relationships with buying teams and suppliers.
- Attend retailer meetings as required.
- Any other reasonable task requested to support the business.

**Knowledge and Experience**

**Essential**
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience at a similar level in Quality management / manufacturing environment
- Understanding of product sealing procedures, including product fit for use.
- Understanding of critical path management
- Experience working with retailers, brands, buying and sourcing offices, vendors, suppliers, and factories

**Desirable**
- Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
- Understanding manufacturing processes and production experience.
- Experience in one or more of these areas, Kitchen Products, Toys, Furniture, Gifts, Stationery, Homewares

**Skills**

**Essential**
- Professional approach
- High level of accuracy and precision
- Achieves high productivity and work quality.
- Ability to work independently as well as being a team player.
- Excellent attention to detail with relevant experience an advantage
- Ability to work at a fast pace and prioritise effectively within a small team.
- Good communication skills
- A responsible, punctual, and flexible approach and with a strong work ethic
- Participates willingly to support the workload of the team.
- Recognises the need for improvement and takes a common-sense approach to problem solving.
- Supports an honest and open working environment.
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Good interpersonal skills with ability to network.
- Flexible and open to change
- Is self-motivated and proactive, and uses initiative.
- Good communication skills, both oral and written
- High standard of organisation and planning skills

**Systems and Processes**

**Essential**
- Understands importance of health and safety
- Sticks to and meets given priorities/ deadlines.
- Recognises the need for focus on key tasks to achieve goals.
- IT literacy
- High standards of attention to detail

**Customer Care**

**Essential**
- Highly customer focussed.
- Good team player
- Provides a high standard of customer service tailored to meet the needs of both internal and external clients.
- Willing, helpful and positive approach to work

**Salary**: From £28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Leeds (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Leeds: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leeds