Senior Specification Technologist

Senior Specification Technologist

We’re Proud to be Bakkavor

Salary: Competitive

Benefits include pension, flexible benefits, 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Location: Bakkavor Meals London – Cumberland site

Ways of working – Remote -  Flexibility is required for business needs and requirements. Minimum requirement is one week on site for training & induction and Spec team days

Contract Type: Permanent

Shift: Monday – Friday 8.30am-5pm

Why join us? 

We’re proud of what we do, why we do it and who we do it for. We’re proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards. We’re proud of our caring culture, loyal colleagues and future focus. But, most of all, we’re proud to enable and empower everyone to believe, achieve and succeed.

What we do. 

This particular role is at our Bakkavor Meals site in Park Royal - West London. Split across 3 factories and 1 distribution centre. The factories make chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products & savoury accompaniments and employs over 2,000 people.  

About the role.

We are looking to recruit a Senior Specification Technologist to join our technical team.The Senior Specification Technologist (SSPT) is responsible for creating and managing finished product specifications for retailers, ensuring compliance with customer requirements, legal labelling and artwork standards.

This role involves working within retailer systems, maintaining accurate records and supporting product launches by verifying on-pack claims and raw material details. The SSPT ensures specifications are completed accurately and on schedule, contributing to the smooth delivery of finished products.

This role is suited for someone detail-oriented with expertise in specification management, legal labelling and artwork review. Familiarity with retailer IT systems and a strong understanding of document control is essential for maintaining accuracy in product specifications and tracking changes to raw materials. Practical communication skills are necessary for managing customer interactions, addressing discrepancies and supporting the team with technical knowledge

Accountabilities.

• Technical Standards: Completion of finished product specifications to meet the critical path and/or customer requirements, ensuring completion to right first time requirements for the retailer 

• NPD: Review of finished product artwork to ensure the finished product artwork standards and legal requirements are met and delivered to the agreed critical path. Escalates appropriately internally/externally if discrepancies found

• Customer Management: To ensure all retailer online systems are reviewed and the housekeeping of site details are kept up to date and accurate.

• Audits: Support business during customer visits and audits. Demonstrating where needed the full compliance of the specifications administration.

• Technical Standards: Ensure the raw material details entered on the finished product specification are the most up to date and applicable for the launch of the product. Tracking any changes to raw material supply and updating finished product specs accordingly

• Quality Systems: Maintain high standard of document control relating to the details required for all finished product specifications.

• Communication: ensure that inaccuracies found during the specification to Launch process are raised in the appropriate manner to the relevant manager as quickly as possible.

About you

• Good problem-solving skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• The ability to build credibility & rapport, build effective relationships with colleagues, direct reports and multi-functional peers
• Good communication & Collaborative skills and experience engaging with people to influence decisions
• Good organisational and time keeping skills to enable effective time management

• Good Team player
• Good IT skills with knowledge of Microsoft 365 and MS excel
• Ability to supervise a team effectively with good motivation, coaching and delegation skills
•  Relevant academic qualifications or experience working within a factory environment

What you’ll receive.  

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.   

• Life Assurance (1 x salary) 

• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role) 

• Private medical insurance (after 5 years’ service) 

• Staff Shop 

• Stakeholder Pension Scheme 

• Discount & cashback platform  

• Personal Accident Insurance 

• Free health check 

• Employee Assistance Programme 

• A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans) 

• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme 

• Free independent mortgage advice 

• Discounted tutoring for children 

• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary 

• Free car parking – Site dependant 

 Proud to be Bakkavor.  
  

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!  

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