Specifications Technologist

TieTalent; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Up to 7.5% pension

Life assurance

Wide range of online and in-house training

Employee discount scheme

Job summary

A leading food company in Barnsley is seeking a Specifications Technologist to join a dynamic team. This permanent role involves creating and maintaining product specifications and ensuring compliance with industry regulations. Applicants should possess a food or science-based degree, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects effectively. The position offers competitive salary and various benefits including training and employee discounts.

Qualifications

• No/little food industry/spec writing experience for junior role.
• 2+ years specification writing experience for experienced technologist.
• Strong influencing skills required.
• IT Competent.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple fast paced tasks/projects whilst delivering results against tight deadlines
• Ability to transfer data accurately with high attention to detail.
• Ability to work without supervision and on own initiative, self-motivated/driven.
• Organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to align with the company Leadership Values

Responsibilities

• Generate pack copy data and review artwork for accuracy.
• Maintain specifications and data to ensure correctness.
• Liaise with various departments to ensure compliance.
• Create specifications for retailers, foodservice, B2B and branded products and ensure all data is correct and accurate.
• Process, check and approve specifications.
• Ensure all necessary and accurate legislative information is incorporated into the specifications, ensure compliance to customer policies for own label products and internal policies for branded products.
• Ensure all necessary information is presented in a pack copy format to enable the generation of a product label which meets with all relevant legislation.
• Understand, maintain, and develop knowledge of retailer/foodservice plus other customer requirements to enable maintenance of customer specifications on their chosen systems/portals.
• Liaise with Suppliers, Technical, Procurement, Regulatory, R&D, Technical Account Managers, Marketing and Project Managers to ensure products are compliant and that the correct data is used to complete customer and branded specifications.
• Generation of pack copy data and checking of artwork to ensure that it is compliant, correct, and reflective of the pack copy.
• Answering enquiries relating to the products managed including allergen, ingredient, and nutritional information.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Ability to manage multiple tasks

Self-motivated

Self-motivated / initiative

Independent work

Communication skills

IT literacy

Education

Food or Science Based Degree

Tools

IT Competent

Job description

Overview

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Permanent role based in Carlton, Barnsley. Working as part of a fantastic team reporting into a Senior Specification Technologist, this role is varied and is required to write and maintain finished product specifications for products supplied and produced by and on behalf of Premier Foods. Collation, validation, and accurate input of data is required into Retailer and Premier Foods specification databases.

What you'll be doing...

• Generate pack copy data and review artwork to ensure that the pack information is accurate.
• Ensure provision of data is conducted in a timely manner and to the correct "Gold" standard.
• Ongoing maintenance of specifications and data as required to ensure all information is correct and up to date.
• Create specifications for retailers, foodservice, B2B and branded products and ensure all data is correct and accurate.
• Process, check and approve specifications.
• Ensure all necessary and accurate legislative information is incorporated into the specifications, ensure compliance to customer policies for own label products and internal policies for branded products.
• Ensure all necessary information is presented in a pack copy format to enable the generation of a product label which meets with all relevant legislation.
• Understand, maintain, and develop knowledge of retailer/foodservice plus other customer requirements to enable maintenance of customer specifications on their chosen systems/portals.
• Liaise with Suppliers, Technical, Procurement, Regulatory, R&D, Technical Account Managers, Marketing and Project Managers to ensure products are compliant and that the correct data is used to complete customer and branded specifications.
• Generation of pack copy data and checking of artwork to ensure that it is compliant, correct, and reflective of the pack copy.
• Answering enquiries relating to the products managed including allergen, ingredient, and nutritional information.

Qualifications and experience

• Junior - qualifications as required but no/little food industry/spec writing experience.
• Experienced Technologist - current experience within Food Industry and/or 2+ years specification writing experience.
• Food or Science Based Degree/qualification
• IT Competent.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple fast paced tasks/projects whilst delivering results against tight deadlines
• Ability to transfer data accurately with high attention to detail.
• Ability to work without supervision and on own initiative, self-motivated/driven.
• Organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to align with the company Leadership Values

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary
• Up to 7.5% pension
• Life assurance
• Wide range of online and in-house training
• Access to an employee discount scheme, with access to hundreds of nationwide retailers

Ready to apply?

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV tailored to this opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you.

A Great British Food Company. Premier Foods is one of Britain's biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 13 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country.

Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you'll find them in 90% of British households.

At Premier Foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.