Specification Technologist - Crewe

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Specification Technologist - Crewe
£32,000 per annum
Monday to Friday 8.30 - 17pm, Flexibility to work from home.
Driving Licence Required
Join our Specification Team at The Compleat Food Group in Crewe, where your expertise will be pivotal in crafting and delivering
both new and existing product specifications.
You'll play a crucial role in designing brand and customer specifications that not only meet but exceed our high standards and
legal labeling criteria.
You will be working closely with our customers and internal teams, building strong, positive lasting relationships.
Contributing in providing top-notch administrative support to our group-wide functions.
You will respond to customer requests and queries with professionalism and efficiency, making a significant impact in our
continuous journey towards excellence in the food industry.
What you will be doing:
1. Working to the latest labelling guidelines and our customer codes of practice you will:
2. Complete and maintain Customer Specifications and portal systems in line with customer category plans and our company
agenda covering raw materials, packaging, and legality aspects.
3. Undertake the completion of paperwork for the product development team and wider business when required.
4. Lead the artwork process at site level and support group in order to produce legal packaging in line with retailer and
industry standards
5. You will ensure that specification information is accurately written and updated in a timely manner. Ensuring they align with
customer critical paths and group-level projects.
6. Working with various functions, such as Procurement, Technical, Development, and the Packaging teams, you will be responsible
for ensuring they have accurate and up-to-date raw material and packaging supplier information.
7. Manage the specification administration process from concept through to de-listing of products.
8. Conduct annual specification reviews for your site and support other sites where required.
9. Follow the assigned critical path for delivering customer specifications and raising flags about potential deadline concerns.
10. Support development managers and chefs in recipe formulation, legal labelling, QUIDs and submission forms when required. Use
"Recipe Professor" system where required
11. Support artwork meetings and as necessary internal customer meetings.
12. Support in customer/audit visits to site from a customer specification perspective
The candidate we are looking for will have a passion for food and an enthusiasm to learn on the job in a fast paced sector of the
food industry. The position is suitable for a candidate looking to continue their career within the food manufacturer industry but
wants to move into a more admin/desk based role or looking to get into other areas of NPD, Process or Technical.
Experience:
* Some customer specification system experience
* HACCP / Food Safety Training
* Meat analysis experience
* Critical path management
* Food manufacturing experience within an FMCG environment
* HACCP / Food Safety Training/basic knowledge
Key Skills:
* Planning, organisation and project management
* Communicating at different levels of seniority
* Attention to detail
* Identifying solutions
* Intermediate computing skills
* Administration experience
* Driving Licence
Qualities:
* A passion for food
* Enthusiasm to learn and grow within the role
* Self Motivated with a flexible attitude
* Enjoys problem solving
* Loves working as a team, with well-developed interpersonal skills
The Compleat Food Group are proud to build an inclusive and respectful culture where all our colleagues feel safe, supported and
valued. A place where they can bring their whole selves to work to achieve exceptional results and thrive.
We continue to attract diverse talent into our teams, because we know greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides
a better working life. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do.
Recruitment Agencies We have an active and trusted Preferred Supplier List to assist us if required.
We do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies.
Please submit your CV, interviews will be held in initially on teams, followed by a face to face interview at our site in Crewe
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