Description
As our Product Expert, you will be our go-to champion for product quality, technical insight, and category knowledge. Working closely within our Technical & Product team, you will help guide seasonal product transitions, support quality intake standards, and provide engaging, hands-on learning for our operations and intake colleagues.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Champion food safety, quality, and product integrity across our blueberry and grape ranges.
- Provide supportive seasonal guidance, training, and skill-building for technical intake and packhouse teams.
- Oversee product freshness checks, shelf-life studies, quality reviews, and technical intake validations.
- Partner collaboratively with Procurement, At Source teams, Technical Managers, and Site Operations to explore category trends and nurture strong supplier relationships.
- Help ensure our product specifications and site guidelines align smoothly with safety standards, BRC expectations, and internal best practices.
- Use product insights and data to continuously improve quality, streamline intake processes, and solve technical challenges constructively.
We offer a range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores
- Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
- Genuine career progression and development opportunities
- Subsidised staff canteen
- Free parking
- Competitive pension and life assurance
- Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP
To be considered for this role, you will need:
- Relevant experience or a degree in science, food technology, chemistry, microbiology, engineering, manufacturing or business
- Knowledge of safety, legality, compliance and quality across supply chain and produce range
- Previous experience/knowledge of high risk coupled with thermal processing knowledge/experience
- Strong analytical and decision making skills
- Excellent communication skills and solution focussed problem solver
- A proven track record of people management and delivering strong results through a team in a people management role