Description
At Asda, we're focused on delivering fresh, safe, and high-quality Produce to our customers.
As a Technologist - Produce, you'll play a key role in supporting our food safety, quality, legality, and integrity agenda across the Produce category.
Responsibilities
- Supporting food safety, quality, and compliance across the Produce category
- Managing product specifications, technical documentation, and supplier due diligence programmes
- Investigating product quality and compliance issues, identifying root causes and corrective actions
- Analysing customer feedback, complaints, and technical KPIs to drive continuous improvement
- Working with suppliers and internal teams to improve freshness, shelf life, consistency, and reduce waste
- Supporting supplier audits, performance reviews, product launches, and sourcing initiatives
- Contributing to Asda's sustainability and responsible sourcing commitments
Requirements
Essential
- Experience within a Technical, Quality, Food Safety, or Compliance role in retail, manufacturing, agriculture, or fresh food
- Good understanding of food safety principles, quality management systems, and due diligence requirements
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and support evidence-based decision making
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information clearly to a range of stakeholders
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously
- A keen eye for detail and a solution-focused approach to problem solving
- A passion for delivering great products and outcomes for customers
Desirable
- Experience working within Fresh Produce
- HACCP Level 3 qualification
- Internal auditing, BRCGS, Lead Assessor training, or related experience
- Experience supporting supplier audits and technical compliance programmes
- Understanding of project management and change delivery
Benefits
- Discretionary company bonus
- Company pension up to 7% matched
- 15% colleague discount in store and online
- Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities
- Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
- Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments