Senior Specification Technologist
Salary: Negotiable
Work Type: Permanent
Location: Huntingdon, England
Industry: FMCG
About us:
We are a company that takes pride in our people as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do.
We have multi-category expertise with a focus on quality and innovation. We deliver what customers need and consumers want with expert taste and growth mindset.
Our business began with meat, and we've developed a market-leading expertise with unmatched quality globally. We're always investing in new technology to deliver more value, efficiency and consumer-led innovative solutions.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for a professional and experienced Senior Specification Technologist to join our growing Technical team. As a Senior Specification Technologist you will provide support for technical matters liaising with customers and suppliers on technical requirements, specifications and product information. As a key member of the Technical team, you will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to prioritise workload and work well as part of a team. The successful candidate must have a strong understanding of technical processes with experience in specification writing
Key responsibilities as a Senior Specification Technologist will be to:
Leading and supporting on critical path management.
Co-ordination and implementation of all activities relating to specification and artwork generation for new and existing products.
Ensuring that all artwork adheres to legal and customer standards.
Interaction with customer design / technical teams and printers to ensure all critical path timings are achieved.
Ensuring that customer specifications are to gold standard and accurately transferred to internal systems.
Training, managing and motivating Specification Technologists within your team.
Ensuring that all work meets commercial, technical and customer requirements.
Managing internal packaging and Ingredient specifications.
Required experience/expertise to succeed as a Senior Specification Technologist will include:
Experience in the food manufacturing industry in a technical role within Food Manufacturing and strong ambition to progress their career within the Technical environment.
A degree or qualifications within a Food Science or Technology discipline.
Strong knowledge of recipe generation, food nutrition and food labelling.
Experience of working with an online retailer specification system and a good working knowledge of computer systems.
Good verbal and written communication skills with a high attention to detail.
Ability to work to strict deadlines with good project management and organisation skills.
Support a culture of continuous improvement initiatives within the business.
What you get in return:
25+8 bank holiday allowance
Life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary
Opportunities for development and internal promotion
Cycle to work scheme
Share Save scheme
Variety of discounts at well-known retails and gyms
Free car parking on site
Subsidised canteen
Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
Aviva DigiCare+ (Online GP)
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