Product Technologist - Food

TN United Kingdom; Wales; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Product Technologist to ensure high-quality food standards. This role involves managing quality assurance processes, negotiating specifications, and monitoring product quality post-launch. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in technical management, with practical knowledge of legislation and standards in the food sector. Join a dynamic team dedicated to delivering legal quality products while enjoying a supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion. If you are passionate about food quality and compliance, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in Technical/Quality Management in Food/FMCG.
• Practical knowledge of legislation and technical standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage QAS negotiations and standards for quality checks.
• Monitor product quality post-launch and manage complaints.

Skills

Legislation knowledge

Technical standards knowledge

Product quality assurance

Complaint analysis

Education

Technical/Quality Management qualification

Tools

Igloo

Ice Check

MS Office

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Job Description

• Job Title: Product Technologist - Food
• Type: Permanent
• Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 pa DOE
• Location: Onsite - 5 days per week
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Based onsite at our prestigious client, this 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.
• Conducting 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 frequency schedule.

Qualifications

• Relevant Technical/Quality Management experience/qualification(s) in a related area (Food/FMCG).

Essential Experience

• 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 or Ice 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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