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Specification Technologist Welwyn Garden City, England

Nestle

Full Time Welwyn Garden City, England 35000 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Position Snapshot

Business Area: Cereal Partners UK

Customer Brands Specification Technologist

Location: Welwyn Garden City or Bromborough (hybrid working – at least 2 days per week in the office) with occasional travel to other UK sites

Monday – Friday

Attractive Salary + potential bonus + other fantastic benefits

Although this is a full-time permanent opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discussing individual’s flexible working needs, don’t let this stop you from applying.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our growing own label technical services team at Cereal Partners UK. If you have the passion for cereal, a keen eye for detail and with a proven track record in successfully supporting a technical services function, then this could be the next exciting step in your career. We are a forward-thinking, fast-growing business with opportunity for long-term career development.

A little bit about us

Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) is a leading global breakfast cereal company and the maker of Nestlé breakfast cereals, including global favourites such as NESQUIK®,FITNESS®, CHEERIOS® and CHOCAPIC®. With more than 50 brands to suit all ages and lifestyles, we strive to make breakfast better with convenient, tasty and nutritious food that helps people start their day in the best possible way.

A day in the life of a Specification Technologist …

Reporting into the Own Label Business Unit Controller and working closely with the Own Label Customer Technical Manager, the successful candidate will have direct responsibility for the management of customer finished product specifications.

Key responsibilities will include the following:

The co-ordination of all customer specification systems, ensuring the correct prioritisation is made to meet customer deadlines. This would include…
- Completion of specifications/questionnaires aligned with internal & external customer expectations of accuracy and content, by proactively sourcing required information.
- Supporting the technical team in the calculation of nutritional and ingredient declarations.
- Checking, maintaining and managing data within specification management systems, plus ensuring that respective parties within the business are kept up to date.
The co-ordination of the artwork approval process, which includes…
- Working with internal/external teams to ensure pack copy generation that is aligned with customer specification and approval to agreed critical path.
- Supporting the technical team by providing labelling and nutritional advice.
- Managing Brandbank approvals and communication
Supporting factory teams with customer complaint enquiries, which includes…
- Analysis of data received and follow up on agreed actions.
- Completing customer scorecards and KPIs.
Monitoring nutritional analysis; initiating corrective actions as appropriate.
Adhoc support to the technical team, such as…
- Raising POs
- Audits and customer visits
- Keeping the wider business updated of upcoming changes
- Shopping for product samples and updating master documents

What will make you successful?

Competence in working with most of the retailer specification systems and having exceptional attention to detail is essential.
Exceptional organisation skills (excellent planning and workload prioritisation skills) with an ability to problem solve/analyse data.
A strong team player, who is a self-starter and a good communicator that has a flexible can-do approach.
Competent IT skills (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and web-based software).
Experience in a technical role within the food industry, or a relevant Food Science degree essential.
Knowledge & understanding of the Own Label market.

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

Job advert closing date: 30/06/2023

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

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