Product Technologist

TN United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000

Job description

My award winning client based in West Drayton are looking for a Product Technologist to join their fast growing team. Salary £40-45K depending on experience. Monday - Friday with an early finish on a Friday.

Minimum Requirements:

• Must have experience working for an importer or a retailer dealing with far east suppliers for the manufacture of food contact items.
• Must have an excellent knowledge of EU and UK legislation particularly for food contact materials.
• Experience in managing a testing procedure to comply with EU / UK regulations for multiple products and devising a testing strategy is essential.
• Good knowledge of supply chain from concept to shelves.
• Strong communication skills to liaise with factories, internal stakeholders, and clients.
• Knowledge of materials and manufacturing methods would be advantageous.

Responsibilities:

• Work with product development to provide technical feedback on new products to highlight any potential issues at the design stage.
• Conduct any pre-production risk assessments where required.
• Work with design to instruct on the correct safety and legal warnings required for product packaging.
• Work with design and product development to ensure correct warnings and information are applied to the products.
• Review and approve artwork ensuring information is correctly applied in with legal and safety requirements.
• Review and maintain factory Ethical Audit program ensuring annual SMETA or BSCI audits are rearranged on an annual basis.
• Follow up with factories on Corrective Action Plans.
• Liaise with key accounts ensuring the Ethical Audit program meets key account requirements.
• Arrange safety and technical audits as required by key accounts.
• Ensure Ethical Audit database is maintained and reports digitally stored.
• Follow up with suppliers to obtain information regarding the construction of a product.
• Review test reports provided and commission new testing where necessary ensuring account requirements are adhered to.
• Maintain product testing procedure and ensure testing reports are digitally stored.
• Manage budget for testing to keep costs to a minimum.
• Produce technical files for relevant products.
• Review and monitor updates to legislation and testing standards ensuring any changes are actioned and adhered to.
• Liaise with Sales team and update trackers with status of testing for key accounts.
• Create EU Declaration of Conformity for each product and send to key accounts where required.
• Compile technical documentation and liaise with clients to ensure authorisation prior to shipment.
• Provide technical feedback on packaging and shipping cartons.
• Advise on sustainable alternatives for packaging and product.
• Compile and maintain log of customer complaints from consumer and retail customers.
• Liaise with stakeholders to follow action plan to resolve customer complaints with the customer and work with the supplier where appropriate to prevent issues in future production.
• Provide technical feedback on any other areas of business as directed.