Benefits: Competitive basic salary + 20 days holiday + your birthday off + health care scheme + other company benefits
Hours: Full time, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (some flexibility will be required to attend product trials/launches)
Company background
FSC is a family business with more than 30 years of award-winning experience in creating, rolling out and managing bespoke customer food-on-the-move solutions. Our customers include a selection of blue-chip companies in various industries, such as Shell, Dunelm and National Trust.
We offer a range of consultancy services drawing on our in-depth knowledge of the
food-on-the-move sector and have managed projects in South America, North America, Asia, Scandinavia and several European countries.
Our Head Office is in the world-famous village of Cheddar, and we have an Innovation Centre near Bristol in Flax Bourton where your role would be based. Although many of the team are based throughout the UK and Europe, we regularly get together to review performance, share best practice and socialise! As well as working in a challenging and fast-moving environment, we believe its important to have a big chunk of fun and no day is ever the same at FSC.
At FSC we believe in ethical stewardship of all aspects within our business. This means that we thrive in a diverse, equitable culture where we celebrate inclusion and empowerment within our teams, and seek to always support our global community, minimising our carbon footprint wherever possible. To help grow this awareness we have adopted a companywide ESG focus.
The role will involve
Delivering new products & customer launches to market as part of a team, through:
Driving the development of quality and safe products from blue sky to launch taking into consideration specific product parameters and customer requirements
Ensuring that ingredient/product information is accurate, up-to-date and consistent in the NPD system
Understanding project critical paths and implications of deviations
Building relationships with the manufacturers, understanding capabilities and spending time on-site with their development teams to create exciting products efficiently, following the products through to the launch and beyond.
Co-ordinating sample requests, overseeing product processes, and conducting organoleptic and shelf-life evaluations across product ranges and applications including sign off with Food Safety Team.
Generate product labelling in compliance with relevant legislation to include proofreading from design to printing
Liaising and communicating with internal and external stakeholders throughout the development launch process
Support continuous improvement by identifying innovative ideas and ingredient opportunities that maximise cost savings and enhance business efficiency.
Generate internal project documentation during the development process such as product information sheets, product labelling sheets, trial forms, post launch reviews
Generate external project documentation with relevant stakeholders throughout the development process, using different media types, to include shelf edge labels, allergen matrixes, manuals and QAS documents
Attending factory trials and product launches at various locations across the UK and Ireland, minimising food waste from trials and data capturing while in attendance.
Assist in sending samples for customer request, photography or external events
Being active in hosting customer visits, setting up product displays and other supporting actions
Investigating new food trends and competitor activity from local to global levels and feeding back to the central team to share knowledge.
Taking positive steps to engage in discussions, opportunities and actions to minimise environmental impacts internally and externally to the benefit of all
Skills
Computer literate, particularly EXCEL.
A self-starter who shows initiative and excels in multitasking with attention to detail.
Excellent organisational skills and natural can-do attitude.
Relishes working in a fast-paced environment in a hands-on capacity independently and as a part of a team.
Can quickly grasp and adapt to new software with ease.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
If required to drive to suppliers/clients or between offices, a valid UK driving licence is essential.
A strong interest in food outside of work and awareness of market trends.
Qualifications (academic and work-related)
Essential
BSc Food Science/Technology (or similar)
Valid driving licence
Preferred
UK Food Labelling Course Completion
Experience
3+ years experience in NPD/Process within FMCG, and having visited/worked with different food categories
Specification management/artwork proofing with an FMCG food company.
Experience in working in a fast-paced environment, working with a high volume of SKUs.
Knowledge of UK labelling legislation.
A strong interest in food outside of work and awareness of market trends .
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