Product Technologist - Food

SGS; Sealand Manor; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global inspection company is seeking a Product Technologist - Food in Sealand Manor, UK. This role involves ensuring product quality and standards through managing quality specifications and assessments. Candidates should have experience in Technical/Quality Management in the food sector. Attractive benefits include performance bonuses and medical cover.

Benefits

Performance related bonus

Private medical cover

Length of Service Awards

Qualifications

• Relevant Technical/Quality Management experience/qualification(s) in a related area.
• Practical working knowledge of legislation and technical standards.
• Experience of delivering quality products to customers.

Responsibilities

• Manage processes of negotiating Quality Attributes Specifications (QAS).
• Ensure all products have QAS completed and active.
• Conduct scheduling for product assessment panels.
• Document outputs from attribute panels with suppliers.
• Monitor product quality post-launch against agency standards.

Skills

Technical/Quality Management experience

Knowledge of legislation and technical standards

Product knowledge of legal quality products

Proficient in Igloo or Ice Check

Advanced user of MS Packages

Job description

As the world's leading testing, inspection, and certification company, we, SGS, provide value to society by enabling a better, safer, and more interconnected world. We sustain global standards across diverse industries, including the consumer products sector.

At SGS, we perform a broad range of food testing and analytical services at our laboratories. At SGS we provide expert food testing solutions, supporting the food production retail sector, ensuring their products meet market expectations, thereby reducing risk, improving efficiency and building consumer confidence.

At SGS, we believe in rewarding our employees for their hard work and commitment. As part of our team, you would be eligible for:

• Performance related bonus (discretionary and subject to eligibility criteria)
• Private medical cover (subject to eligibility criteria)
• Length of Service Awards

Job Description

• Job Title - Product Technologist - Food
• Type - Permanent

Based onsite at our prestigious client, this is role is focused on driving the assurance of great and consistent product quality whilst upholding the ongoing processes to make sure that standards are met.

• Leading and managing the entire end to end processes of negotiating and agreeing Quality Attributes Specifications (QAS) and agreeing standards for depot quality checks
• Ensuring that all products have QAS completed, approved and active in line with all critical path timings
• To conduct all of the required scheduling, planning and preparation for the product assessment panels
• Documenting outputs and associated actions from attribute panels and managing these through with suppliers and SGS through to approval and subsequent specification activation.
• Monitoring product quality post launch against agency standards, reviewing and interpreting complaints and sales related data to determine frequencyschedule

Qualifications

• Relevant Technical/Quality Management experience/qualification(s) in a related area (Food/FMCG)
• Practical working knowledge of legislation and technical standards
• Product knowledge and experience of delivering legal quality products to customers
• Proficient use in systems - such as Igloo orIce Check
• Advanced user of MS Packages

Additional Information

SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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