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Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!
At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Private health scheme
- Employee discount scheme
- Experience annual pay reviews
- Profit related pay
- Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities
- Hybrid working
- Fixed term contract 13 months
The opportunity
We are looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Product Specification Technologist to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for completing and maintaining product specifications for a variety of customers, including M&S (Find), Co-op (Co-op Core), Sainsbury’s (Evolve), Morrison’s (Mcreate), Tesco (TDQ), and Waitrose (Product Pathway Specification System). You will also work on product specification systems for Aldi and Lidl, as well as for other smaller accounts and food service customers.
Key responsibilities:
- Product Specifications: Complete and maintain detailed product specifications for multiple retail and food service customers.
- Recipe Management: Draw up and maintain recipes for factory use, coordinating with the process team to compile necessary information, including shelf life and analytical results.
- Customer Interaction: Engage with customers via Teams and in person to ensure all product specifications are approved and finalized.
- Artwork Management: Generate and review product artwork to ensure accuracy and compliance with specifications.
- Critical Path Management: Coordinate and manage project timelines, ensuring all tasks are completed according to agreed critical paths.
About you
We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -
- Must have a good analytical might set and good attention to detail, and good understanding of food law.
- Be adaptable to working in a fast-paced environment and working to different and sometimes demanding timeframes and be good at managing different work criteria.
- Ideally a Degree in Food science and/ or a HND in Food Science; although candidates with different degrees based in a skills-based background will be considered.
We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.
Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family.Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!
About us
We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.
At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.
Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.
