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Senior Specifications Technologist
Group Retailer Specification Technologist
Location: Market Harborough
Sector: Food Manufacturing / Ingredients
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £40,000
Working Arrangement: Hybrid - 4 days office-based / 1 day remote working
A leading food manufacturing business is seeking an experienced Group Retailer Specification Technologist to join its Technical & Quality team. This is an exciting opportunity for a specification professional with strong experience working with major UK retailers, product specifications, food labelling, and regulatory compliance within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
About the Role
The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and maintenance of:
- Finished product specifications
- Labels across a diverse portfolio
- Adherence to food safety, legal, quality, and authenticity requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate information from multiple manufacturing sites and supply partners to:
- Create new product specifications and product labels
- Develop and maintain accurate product specifications using a right-first-time approach, ensuring compliance with:
- Customer standards
- Legal requirements
- Internal policies
- Support new product development by:
- Creating sample specifications
- Participating in artwork and labelling approval processes
- Manage specification amendments via established change control procedures, ensuring:
- Appropriate stakeholder approval
- Effective communication of changes
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- Respond to customer enquiries by:
- Gathering technical and product information from internal teams
- Providing professional, informative documentation
- Support certification activities for products requiring:
- Halal, Kosher or Organic accreditations
- Monitor changes to:
- Customer requirements
- UK/EU legislation
- Assess potential impacts on products and processes
- Continuously review and improve:
- Specification systems
- Processes for compliance, efficiency, and effectiveness
- Maintain:
- Specification records
- Development systems and documentation
- Support the wider specification team with:
- Creation and maintenance of specifications and labels
Person Specification (Requirements)
- Degree-level qualification in Food Science or a related discipline
- Minimum 5 years' experience in:
- Food product specification creation and maintenance
- Proven experience working directly with:
- Major UK retailers
- Retailer specification portals
- Strong understanding of:
- Food safety
- HACCP principles
- Quality systems
- Knowledge of:
- UK and/or EU food labelling legislation
- Good understanding of:
- Food manufacturing processes
- Raw materials
- Allergens
- Finished products
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a logical approach
- Ability to:
- Influence stakeholders
- Drive actions to completion
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
- Exceptional organisational expertise with the ability to:
- Prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail and strong numerical skills
- Proactive, solution-focused mindset with:
- Positive attitude
- Willingness to embrace new challenges
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What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to join a well-established and growing food manufacturing organisation
- Exposure to a diverse and innovative product portfolio
- Collaborative work environment focused on:
- Quality
- Food safety
- Continuous improvement
- Career development opportunities in a respected technical function
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