Food Technologist - Bristol, United Kingdom - TVS Supply Chain Solutions

TVS Supply Chain Solutions
TVS Supply Chain Solutions
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Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Purpose:


  • To provide a customerfacing, technicalfocused team ensuring food product quality and safety is both maintained and further developed

Main Duties & Responsibilities:


  • Act as technical expert across the Defence Food Team.
  • Specify products to meet the customer requirement across multiple suppliers.
  • Ensure products procured are safe, legal and compliant to Defence Food Quality Standards.
  • Identify and implement product innovation across the Core Ranges.
  • Manage taste panels and range reviews with suppliers and customers.
  • Manage and resolve day to day issues with suppliers timely and effectively.
  • Support the Category team with developing the sourcing strategy to meet business objectives.
  • Support strategic supplier negotiations.
  • Support the Quality Manager in tender evaluations.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation.
  • Optimise the Core Ranges for the benefit of the MOD.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience:


  • Qualified to HNC or equivalent in a Food Science and Technology discipline.
  • QMS Knowledge.
  • Prior Quality Assurance or Product Development experience.
  • Computer literate experience in using Microsoft Word and Excel.

Your package will include:

  • Competitive Salary and pension scheme with life assurance
  • 25 Days Holiday (plus 8 statutory Bank Holidays)
  • Employee Assistance Programme supporting wellness with immediate access to:
  • GP consultation and second opinions
  • Mental health support
  • Financial and Legal support
  • Wellbeing and healthy living support
  • Employee referral scheme with financial reward
  • Professional Membership and Study Sponsorship
  • Pass scheme (£100 to undertake training of your choice)
At TVS SCS we encourage and support our employees to realise their potential.

They are empowered to take initiative and achieve high impact results that really make a difference to our business and our customers.


Where we are:


TVS are operating as part of Team Leidos, a team of defence and logistics specialists, supporting a major transformation contract providing an end to end supply chain service delivering commodity and inventory savings to the UK Ministry of Defence.


Based at Emersons Green we are now recruiting for a Category Manager working for TVS at the Team Leidos offices at Emersons Green in Bristol as part of a vibrant and dynamic team, committed to transforming the way the MOD works.


Please note we work on a hybrid model working at Emersons Green, Bristol Therefore, you must be located within reasonable commuting distance to Bristol.


About TVS:


TVS supply chain solutions are a global provider of outsourced supply chain management solutions, delivering real change to our customers across a wide range of sectors including the MOD, Utilities organisations, beverage companies, automotive and the rail industry.

TVS internationally have an annual turnover in excess of $8billion and employ over 39,000 employees across the globe.

The company has a strong growth strategy and ethos for continuous improvement, to enable the continued delivery of world class service to its customers, which remains cost effective and Industry leading.

TVS have signed the Armed Forces covenant and are a forces friendly employer.


Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Benefits:


  • Additional leave
  • Casual dress
  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Flexitime
  • Free parking
  • Onsite parking
  • Referral programme
  • Sick pay
  • Wellness programme
  • Work from home

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • BRISTOL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in BRISTOL
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