Technologist - Produce
| Posting date: | 22 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £32,000 to £47,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 June 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, Greater Manchester, M60 0AG |
| Company: | Co-op Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1040874_1716375914 |
Summary
Technologist - Produce
£32,000 - £47,000 plus benefits, including company car (Work Level 6A)
Manchester city centre, in this role you'll work in a hybrid way - splitting your time between home, supplying sites and the office. You'll also have the opportunity for both UK and global travel to our suppliers (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy)
We're looking for a Technologist to join our Food Technical Team. You'll join a fast paced, exciting team whose main responsibility is to provide safe, legal, high quality food that excites and delights our consumers. You'll work within our Produce & Horticulture team, in a highly passionate, driven and supportive environment. You'll support our team aim of 'our produce has purpose', as we strive to make a positive impact for growers, customers, the environment, and our Co-op.
What you'll do
- Make sure produce is safe, of a high quality and meets legal requirements
- Own and drive the quality specification of Co-op brand produce, partnering with suppliers and category colleagues to ensure quality is defined and measurable for our customers
- Manage supplier performance by driving compliance to quality, safety, legal and ethical policies and processes; you'll proactively address under-performance within Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSOP) guidelines at all times
- Conduct ongoing assessment of the supply base to ensure we use suppliers whose competencies, capability, capacity, and alignment with our policy requirements meet or exceed customer expectations
- Work collaboratively with the category team to support the launch of new products, from product approval to specification and QAS signoff, following the Stage & Gate process
- Share expertise and identify solutions that drive innovation in category, and improvements in product quality, safety, and legality
- Identify and deliver shelf-life improvements, efficiencies, and value chain opportunities in the supply base to support the category commercial strategy
This role would suit people who have
- A food science/technology degree or relevant experience in Produce
- An understanding of the operational side of food retail
- Excellent people and networking skills
- Strong communication and influencing skills
- A co-operative and collaborative approach
Why Co-op?
If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).
- An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
- 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
- A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
- Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
- Coaching and training to support your career development
- Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
- YuLife app - rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands
At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.
Building a diverse environment
We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing