Specification Technologist - 12 month FTC

About the Role As a Specification Technologist, you will be responsible for generating, maintaining, and delivering thorough product specifications within required timeframes, supporting the Stage Gate process and ensuring all information meets safety, legal, and quality expectations. Working closely with suppliers, technologists, chefs, and commercial teams, you’ll ensure specifications are accurate, robust, and kept fully up to date throughout the product lifecycle. Key responsibilities include: Supporting suppliers in compiling, editing, and maintaining high‑quality ingredient, packaging, and product specifications. Ensuring all specifications are delivered within critical path timelines and accurately reflect products at final submission. Reviewing and approving supplier-submitted specifications while maintaining a “right‑first‑time” approach. Working closely with the QADEX team, becoming the subject matter expert on the specification system and resolving supplier queries. Liaising across technical, culinary, and commercial teams to gather data, ensure legal compliance, and maintain accurate information for labelling and product launch. Depending on your role, you may be fully on-site or have a mix of on-site and home working – this is what we refer to as ‘Hybrid’. Our hybrid working policy allows colleagues to work from home for part of the week, with a minimum of three days on-site, depending on business needs. Please see our Hybrid@Harrods policy on our Career Site for more information or speak to a member of our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions regarding the requirements for this role. About You In this role, you will bring strong attention to detail, a proactive approach, and the confidence to collaborate with colleagues and suppliers across the business. You will be comfortable managing competing priorities, adapting quickly as deadlines or project needs shift, and using your technical and legislative knowledge to support safe, compliant product development. You’ll thrive in a fast‑paced environment, enjoy problem‑solving, and take pride in delivering excellent work that supports our Gold Standard expectations. You will bring: Experience with specification writing, reviewing, and specification management systems. Knowledge of food legislation, allergens, and labelling requirements, including FIR and Natasha’s Law. A minimum of 1-2 years of experience and a Degree within Food Safety or a relevant field. Strong communication, organisational skills, and confidence working with multiple data sources and stakeholders About Us Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers, and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences. Our Promise to You Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business. Uniquely You Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply. At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional. If you want to know more about our people and our culture, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, Facebook or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods Additional Information: Time Type: Fixed Term (Fixed Term) Department: Food Safety & Technical (Zoe Chick) As one of the world’s most prestigious brands, and a highly sought-after employer within luxury retail, we aim to provide a working environment in which we can exceed both our customers’ expectations and the expectations of each other. To maintain our high standards, we invest as heavily in our people as we do in our products and store. As well as offering an unforgettable experience for our customers, we offer an exciting, challenging and motivating environment for our employees. We demonstrate how we value our team through an extensive pay and benefits package, as well as through a number of programmes that reward and recognise employees for exceptional performance. Our employees can also accelerate their careers through opportunities to work with talented people, development training, and chances to raise their profile in the luxury retail sector.