We are currently recruiting for a Graduate Food Technologist role in Aston , B6.
The Graduate Food Technologist role is working within the technical team to ensure the produce we are growing, sourcing, processing and packaging meets Legal, Safety, Quality, Ethical & Sustainability requirements.
Main Duties For The Graduate Technologist Role
Task areas for the Graduate Food Technologist include but are not limited to:
Understanding and decision making of product quality and seasonality using key quality data
Support the due diligence system taking responsibility for the maintenance of supplier records
Supporting the supply base by engaging in ethical, sustainability and quality requirements and documenting actions and development.
Internal reporting for both customers and suppliers dealing with all stakeholders and systems.
Communicating with suppliers to discuss quality issues, and Influence and developing supply chain from a quality perspective
Support on internal audits
Auditing and visiting suppliers on international trips
Attendance at customer facing meetings to support wider team
Leading supplier relationships, KPIs and development
Creation of product specification
making quality tolerance decisions
Management of customers specifications and communication to all relevant parties and customer depot QA teams where appropriate, including management of our customers databases as required
Lead as a product specialist and support new product development
Completing sample preparation & benchmarking
Monthly internal and external KPI summaries
Any other reasonable ad hoc duties
Key Skills For The Graduate Food Technologist Role
Applicants must have good written and verbal communication skills, be computer literate with good working knowledge of Excel. Word and Powerpoint
Applicants with a full, clean driving license preferred.
Applicants will be supported in development and growth in the business with relevant training provided
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Manufacturing
Industries
Staffing and Recruiting
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