Food Ingredients Specifications Coordinator
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Nottingham
- Salary
- 34500.00 - 37600.00 GBP Annual + Hybrid Working + Great Benefits
- Posted
- 28 Apr 2022
- Closes
- 26 May 2022
- Sectors
- Manufacturing & Industrial
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
GBR Recruitment are exclusively working with a progressive innovative food manufacturing client recruiting for an experienced Ingredients Specifications Coordinator, to support the companies East Midlands based Technical Legislation team ensuring the legal policy compliance of all branded & retailer branded products manufactured or sold by the company.
You will play a key role in obtaining new or revised ingredient specifications from suppliers, reviewing them ensuring their compliance to legislation & internal policies as well as requesting & agreeing appropriate amendments with those chosen suppliers.
This is a day role working Hybrid (part home & part factory offices) working Monday to Friday no shift work.
Duties & Tasks:
* The role requires knowledge of UK & EU Food products legislation, working to the company's specific product specification policies plus its customer policies
* You will have worked with Technical Food Legislation IT systems. With the recipe management system being the primary source of product, ingredient and supplier information. It is essential for legal compliance, specification management and the transfer of technical data to all customers which forms part of the company's contract with them
* Effectively & professionally liaising with external contacts within the ingredient suppliers
* Working closely with the sites other key teams including Product Development, Procurement, Group Vendor Assurance, and other members of the technical function at sites & in central roles
* Working closely with several other manufacturing sites, plus other Group sites & 3rd party co-manufacturers / co-packers ensuring full compliance
* Covering all brand related ingredients used & SKUs.
* Responsible for signing off (the approval or rejection) of all ingredient specifications
* Effectively managing ingredient specifications through the internal approval process system working with product / ingredient approvers with the site technical teams. Ensuring the approvers internally & externally sign off specifications in a timely manner for production
* Accurately populating the internal systems with all ingredient specification data
* Responsible for tracking & reporting on the up-to-date approval status of all specifications
* Generating the UIC numbers for new ingredients introduced into the business
* Providing professional advice on the suitability of new ingredients (or changes to current specifications or suppliers) regarding relevant legislation, policies & standards
* Dealing effectively & efficiently with any ingredient related customer requests, alerts or incidents that may occur
* Giving exceptional support to the Export business side of the operation by successfully collecting additional information as necessary for the non-EU markets
* Audit support (internal & external)
* Producing PO numbers for the technical team
Extensive Employee Benefits:
* 5% Additional Annual Bonus Scheme (paid out at 140% previous years = more 7.5%)
* 33 days Holiday (buy or sell too)
* Healthcare Plan
* Income Protection
* & More
You will play a key role in obtaining new or revised ingredient specifications from suppliers, reviewing them ensuring their compliance to legislation & internal policies as well as requesting & agreeing appropriate amendments with those chosen suppliers.
This is a day role working Hybrid (part home & part factory offices) working Monday to Friday no shift work.
Duties & Tasks:
* The role requires knowledge of UK & EU Food products legislation, working to the company's specific product specification policies plus its customer policies
* You will have worked with Technical Food Legislation IT systems. With the recipe management system being the primary source of product, ingredient and supplier information. It is essential for legal compliance, specification management and the transfer of technical data to all customers which forms part of the company's contract with them
* Effectively & professionally liaising with external contacts within the ingredient suppliers
* Working closely with the sites other key teams including Product Development, Procurement, Group Vendor Assurance, and other members of the technical function at sites & in central roles
* Working closely with several other manufacturing sites, plus other Group sites & 3rd party co-manufacturers / co-packers ensuring full compliance
* Covering all brand related ingredients used & SKUs.
* Responsible for signing off (the approval or rejection) of all ingredient specifications
* Effectively managing ingredient specifications through the internal approval process system working with product / ingredient approvers with the site technical teams. Ensuring the approvers internally & externally sign off specifications in a timely manner for production
* Accurately populating the internal systems with all ingredient specification data
* Responsible for tracking & reporting on the up-to-date approval status of all specifications
* Generating the UIC numbers for new ingredients introduced into the business
* Providing professional advice on the suitability of new ingredients (or changes to current specifications or suppliers) regarding relevant legislation, policies & standards
* Dealing effectively & efficiently with any ingredient related customer requests, alerts or incidents that may occur
* Giving exceptional support to the Export business side of the operation by successfully collecting additional information as necessary for the non-EU markets
* Audit support (internal & external)
* Producing PO numbers for the technical team
Extensive Employee Benefits:
* 5% Additional Annual Bonus Scheme (paid out at 140% previous years = more 7.5%)
* 33 days Holiday (buy or sell too)
* Healthcare Plan
* Income Protection
* & More