Vickerstock are excited to be working in partnership with our award-winning Food Manufacturing client on the appointment of NPD Specifications Technologist to join the team at their state-of-the-art factory in Craigavon.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive Salary DOE
• Monday-Friday
• Company pension
• Free parkinG

What your day to day will look like:

• Organise resources to achieve the day to day delivery of factory trials and projects
• Assist in the monitoring and benchmarking of product quality of new and existing product.
• Support the process of creating and delivering customer NPD samples & mock-ups
• Organise & deliver nutritional, organoleptic, micro and cooking analysis samples
• Organise factory trials and help write up factory trial reports
• Generate accurate recipes and QAS type documents
• Co-coordinate all information for new product specifications and transfer data into specific customer formats.
• Sign off packaging, including checking artwork against specification through several stages.
• Produce and amend internal factory specifications for each new product or update changes to existing product specifications.
• Manage customer specification web systems, including sensory assessments for new products, preparation of attribute sheets and organisation of photography of visual standards.
• Review & update customer specifications within required timelines
• Review new product shelf lives from the laboratory and new suppliers and convert them to product specifications.
• Any other duties as required by management.

What you will need to succeed

• 2 years experience in a similar role working successfully with other departments
• Experience with Technical Systems and Standards and Management within Food Manufacturing.
• Third level qualification in a relevant discipline
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to liaise with people (internal and external) across all levels
• High level of computer literacy to include Microsoft Excel, Word and Internet
• Methodical approach, highly organized with good prioritization skills, the ability to work to short deadlines and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently with minimum direction required

What to do next:

Sound like the career move you've been after and would like to hear more, pick up the phone to Anna now on 028 9031 3720 or send an updated CV - in Word format - via the link on the page.

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