Junior Food Technologist

Griffith Foods is the caring, creative product development partner helping food companies meet the evolving needs of consumers while sustaining the planet. As a family business founded in 1919 and headquartered in Alsip, Illinois USA, Griffith Foods is known for true, collaborative innovation guided by their Purpose of “We Blend Care and Creativity to Nourish the World”. The company’s product capabilities range from seasonings and marinades to coating systems and sauces that are better for people and better for the planet.

Duties and responsibilities

• Work collaboratively & cross functionally within the Marketlink Global Network.
• Liaise and collaborate with MarketLink sourcing countries to maintain and manage the raw material ingredient libraries held at Griffith Foods, Somercotes.
• Create, formulate, and provide process parameters for new products aligned with customer, legislative, and food safety requirements within the scope of Griffith strategic areas and in conjunction with the Sales & Marketing departments.
• Utilise raw material libraries held for all Marketlink sourcing countries.
• Ensure effective operation of Griffith computer systems including timely entry of formula data into GL Apps to ensure effective commercialisation of new products; utilisation of the CRM system; sample management systems.
• Maintain the basic business through formula optimization (price, quality), and/or range extensions, evaluation of new / alternative raw materials in product applications and reducing company complexity.
• Participate and engage fully in production trials of new products both internally and at customer locations; provide technical support in resolving on-going issues. A degree of travel and flexibility is required.
• Develop close working relationships with selected / assigned customers through regular direct contact thereby ensuring that the business understands the customer’s requirements (ingredient, product, and legislative restrictions), their operational processes and their technical requirements.
• Write and conduct presentations, workshops and trainings to the customer showing our products in application & a marketable format.
• Communicate and prepare technical reports (internal & external). Maintain accurate technical development records, both computer and paper based.
• Work to tight deadlines set by our customer & ensure that briefs are effectively met within stated timescales.
• Proactively and visibly support the Health and Safety standards, rules and regulations of the organisation.

Knowledge and experience

• Minimum 2 years' appropriate postgraduate development experience.
• Technical expertise.
• Relevant industry experience.
• Ability to work in a team setting and able to work autonomously.
• Strong computing skills especially with the Microsoft Office package.
• Excellent communicator with written and spoken English.
• Ability to manage own time and workload to achieve deadlines.

Compensation

The starting base salary for this position is £24,784.50 fix gross per year.