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Graduate Food Specifications

Job Posted: 7 hours ago

Salary: £ 28,000 - 35,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: South Yorkshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

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 our Food business. Collation, validation, and accurate input of data is required into Retailer and Company databases.

You will have responsibility for generating pack copy data and reviewing artwork to ensure that the pack information is accurate. Ensuring 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.

What we need from you...?

  * 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 be doing...?

  * Ensure all necessary information is presented in a format to enable the generation of a finished product specifications and product labels which meets with all relevant legislation.

  * 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 polices 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

What we offer you 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

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