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Our client are a leading food manufacturer who specialise in prepared foods. They are looking for a Raw Materials Technologist to join their team on a fixed term contract.

In this busy and exciting role, the key focus will be to complete food safety risk assessments and specifications for raw materials entering the business.

Working cross–functionally to ensure all new raw materials are sourced and purchased from approved suppliers and to acceptable specifications.

Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, this role will involve working closely with Group Central Technical, Specification, NPD, Buying, Process and Quality departments.

Accountabilities:?

* Complete food safety risk assessments for raw materials and liaise with suppliers to capture all relevant information

* Carry out ongoing assessment of ingredients to ensure suitability and compliance

* Ensure all raw materials have an approved and active specification

* Generate, maintain, and update relevant raw material systems and databases - liaising with Operations, Technical, Buying and NPD as appropriate

* Work closely with manager to ensure that all suppliers either existing to the business or a new supplier/material to be introduced into the business has full/current approval status

* Participate in Technical audits including customer and Group Technical

* Ensure that all information held centrally on supplier approval is reflective of the factories supply base and risk assessment outcome

* Escalate appropriately internally / externally if discrepancies are found

* Assist in the capture of information and co-ordination of responses in the event of a food safety alert.

* Assess suitability of materials against retailer’s codes of practice

* Open communication with the procurement, technical and operational teams - where products fall outside the specification into the reject category

About you.??

* Drive and enthusiasm in all aspects of the technical role. Be able to work effectively within a team environment and also on own initiative

* Be computer literate and conversant in Word, Excel and Access packages and be able to generate procedures, graphs, reports and presentations

* Have a flexible approach to the role and the hours required as dictated by the business needs

* Be an effective communicator (written and oral) at all levels of management and with both internal and external customers / suppliers

* Minimum of 2 year’s experience at a senior QA level with a good understanding of HACCP

If you would like to know more about this opportunity please get in touch, or apply with your CV today