Food Specification Manager

at  Compleat Food Group

EXPERIENCE:

• Customer specification system experience (food related)
• HACCP / Food Safety Training
• Meat analysis experience
• Critical path management
• Food manufacturing experience within an FMCG environment

KEY SKILLS:

• Planning, organisation, and project management
• Communication at different levels of seniority across various teams
• Presentation skills
• Identifying solutions
• Microsoft Office including Excel and Word

PURPOSE:

To support the New Product Development (NPD) team in creating brand and customer specifications in line with company and customer standards against legal labelling criteria. Build and maintain positive relationships with customers and internal stakeholders whilst providing administrative support to group wide functions and specific specification customer requests.

YOUR DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Effective completion and maintenance of customer specifications and portal systems in line with customer category plans and company agenda including raw materials, packaging and legality.
• Work alongside Procurement, Technical and Packaging to ensure that teams have acquired and maintained accurate raw material and packaging supplier information
• Management of the specification administration process from concept, through to delist.
• Adhere to latest labelling guidelines and customer codes of practice whilst understanding customer policies and procedures
• Complete documentation in support of the product development team and wider business when required.
• Support artwork process and lead at site level to produce legal packaging in line with company, retailer and industry standards
• Support in customer/audit visits to site from a customer specification perspective
• Promote and follow safe working across site and advice immediately on unsafe work practices.