Senior Product Technologist

World of Sweets; Loughborough; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative team at a leading confectionery distributor as a Senior Product Technologist. This role is pivotal in ensuring product quality and compliance in a sweet industry. You will oversee a talented team and collaborate closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders to maintain high standards. With a hybrid working model, you will enjoy the flexibility of working both from home and the office. The company fosters a culture of creativity and collaboration, making it an exciting place to contribute to delightful customer experiences. If you have a passion for food science and a knack for detail, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Pension

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work scheme

Retailer discounts

In-house training

Qualifications

• Proven experience in the food sector with a focus on quality and compliance.
• Strong organizational and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee product specifications and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Manage product technologists and support NPD launches.

Skills

Technical and quality experience in food sector

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Strong communication skills

Relationship building

Analytical skills

Experience with GMP and Global Food Safety Initiatives

Education

Degree in Food Science or related subject

Job description

Join the tastetastic team at World of Sweets; the UK's leading confectionery distributor, where we believe that work should be sweet as sugar!

We value creativity, collaboration and a commitment to excellence. If you're ready to make a sweet impact in the world of confectionery and roll with the best, apply now and help us delight customers everywhere - because here, every day is a candy-coated adventure.

We’re now looking for a Senior Product Technologist to join the Technical Team, overseeing our Product Technologists based in Loughborough.

Our Head Office roles are hybrid based with 3 days a week working from our office in Loughborough, and the remainder of the week from home.

Key duties of our Senior Product Technologist:

• Assist the Head of Technical and Compliance in ensuring the business and suppliers achieve the agreed legal, compliance, safety and quality standards for our products.
• Work with NPD and the Product Technologists to manage and complete allocated tasks required to enable a successful NPD launch.
• Request and log product specifications and relevant documents from suppliers.
• Complete customer specific technical documents and information requests.
• Organise product sample submissions to external laboratory for appropriate testing.
• Provide and document specific Master data information.
• Maintain accurate documentation and effective record keeping of all Technical Information, including maintenance of the product database.
• Work effectively cross-functionally and provide technical support as necessary.
• Complete the review of product specifications and technical documents for live products at pre-determined intervals.
• Undertake technical visits to suppliers (as needed) to sign off 1st production and complete a quality assessment.
• Build and maintain external customer and supplier relationships with both technical and product development teams.
• Adhere to and keep abreast of retailer standards and ensure accurate completion and maintenance of information.
• Manage the product technologists.

Who are we looking for?

Culture is important to us; our people are our most important asset so ensuring you fit into our culture is key. We’d ideally like the candidate to tick as many of the following as possible:

• Technical and quality experience within the food sector, ideally a degree in Food Science or related subject.
• Outstanding attention to detail.
• Organised, methodical, with excellent administrative and strong communication skills.
• Good relationship building skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in balancing multiple activities with demanding timescales.
• An understanding of the principles of GMP and Global Food Safety Initiatives.
• Proven experience of delivering success within previous roles.
• Actively strives for best practice in systems and processes and identifies improvements.
• Good mathematical and analytical skills.

What can we offer you?

We have a relaxed culture with a truly fantastic mix of people and skills. Aside from the salary we offer pension and life assurance along with a number of benefits including access to two Employee Assistance Programmes for you and your family, a cycle2work scheme, discounts for different retailers and in-house training.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, World of Sweets is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join World of Sweets.