Senior Food Technologist

2 months ago


London, UK, United Kingdom Undisclosed Full time

Senior Food Technologist

Senior Food Technologist


The location of the role is Paddington, London.

The role can be contract or perm.

The pay rate on offer is £market rates.


The client is a multinational high-street retailer.


Key accountabilities of the role

  • As the technical product specialist in your category, you will maintain our reputation of being the UKs most trusted retailer.
  • Working closely with our supply base and category teams, you will drive the category growth plans to help craft the strategic direction.
  • The role is hugely varied, and no two days are the same You will lead on the quality, innovation, food safety, integrity, ethical and sustainability credentials of our products and work with passionate colleagues to continuously learn and step change our product ranges.
  • Using your technical knowledge, expertise and judgement you'll ensure the consistent delivery of innovative, high quality, safe, and legal products, which meet our brand values, ensuring categories deliver their sales and profit targets.
  • You'll identify and manage the delivery of strategic technical initiatives and be accountable for key technical workstreams.
  • You'll use your knowledge and skills not only to deliver innovative technical solutions to continue to drive sales and customer satisfaction but also to aid your colleagues to deliver category business unit objectives.

Category & Supply Base

  • Working with suppliers to ensure products made safely to agreed standards
  • With category team development of innovative products and setting of quality standards
  • Sourcing & developing suppliers to deliver the strategic needs of the Business Unit
  • With commercial team source raw materials that meet the buying strategy
  • Support business continuity plans and peak volume planning in conjunction with commercial team.

NPD & Innovation

  • Create and deliver research and innovation plans
  • Input to/Determine technical vision and input into the Business Unit strategy for product area

Quality

  • Ensure product quality is continually monitored and maintained. And develop action plans with suppliers to step change quality performance where required.

Governance

  • Utilise knowledge of Food Law to ensure product and packaging is legal
  • Ensure Quality Management System is implemented both internally and at suppliers
  • Ensure suppliers are audited as appropriate ensuring non- compliances are remedied
  • Management of an appropriate independent product testing programme
  • Management & reduction of Customer complaints Technology
  • Provide up to date technical advice across the BU for specific products and other areas of technical responsibility
  • Representation of the Business Unit and the company externally on industry issues
  • Work with cross discipline groups on initiatives that require technical input
  • Exploit new systems and processes to build a better business
  • Ensure ongoing technical benchmarking of industry sector to provide input for selecting a supply base
  • Participation in action groups/project teams to drive business knowledge base and governance of key topics.

People

  • Maintain professional status & accreditation of IFST (or similar body) through appropriate CPD
  • Where appropriate provide line management for the technical team, including; setting the framework for continual upskilling and development of the technical team, involving the team in decision making and having a direct and positive working relationship with team (Technical and Category) Key Measures/KPIs
  • Product innovation & first to market developments & processes
  • Improvement of Product quality
  • Compliance of suppliers and areas responsible for QMS
  • To work with buying & product development colleagues to deliver category plans


Key skills and experience

  • Experience within a Food technologist position
  • Degree level technical qualification in an appropriate subject
  • Where appropriate to hold an externally recognised professional competence (e.g. FIFST, MIFST)
  • Related / Industry experience of specific industries within the Food Sector


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