Specification Technologist

Specification Technologist – Contract

We bring out the best in each other

Bakkavor Meals London - * Remote based *

• Competitive salary
• FTC 6 months 
• Monday - Friday 8.30am -5pm
• Highly competitive reward package including Group Pension
• Excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group

Why join us?

We’re a family and that’s what families do. We champion each other, support each other and help each other to grow and improve. A place of safety, stability and belonging, we put a protective arm around everyone and, when we see talent or potential, we give it a leg up. Finding ways for everyone, whatever their circumstances or background, to develop, progress and become the best they can be

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.

• 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.
• Customer: To ensure the customer interface internally and externally are managed professionally and in a timely manner.
• Audits: Contribute to customer audits and visits demonstrating the full compliance to the specifications administration.
• Technical Standards: Ensure the raw material details entered on the finished product spec 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.
• Health and Safety: To operate in a safe working manner. Support the site/business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety and the environment

 
About you

• Have experience as a Specifications Technologist or Specification Writing. The role may also be suitable for a Food Science Graduate interested by a career path in Nutrition and Specifications of products.
• Be a confident and articulate communicator.
• Have excellent computer skills.

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.

You’ll enjoy:

• A stakeholder pension scheme
• Personal accident Insurance
• Free independent mortgage advice
• Employee assistance programme

• A range of voluntary benefits

• Holiday purchase scheme
• Additional life assurance
• Dental & hospital cash plans
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools
• Affordable loans via your salary
• Proud to be and loyal service awards. 

• Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

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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