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A leading chilled food manufacturer are currently seeking a Process Implementation Technologist to work with the development team to identify and implement product improvement initiatives as well as project manage these opportunities from identification to successful completion. Reporting into the Purchasing Director:
Key responsibilities include:
Interactions with key ingredients suppliers in terms of VAVE activities, innovation, new technologies and joint exploration of possibilities and opportunities for product development wherever possible in order to reduce costs.
Responsible for ensuring all ingredient change is implemented safely, cost effectively and on time, including both new ingredient introduction and specification changes.
Work hand in hand with the Technical Team to ensure all new ingredients are trialled in a controlled manner and acceptance is signed off by the relevant teams
Identification and implementation of value engineering opportunities through the use of suppliers, company employees suggestions and site engineering teams.
Ensure all VAVE activities are project managed professionally, working closely to all cross functional team, also ensuring packaging write off are kept to the bear minimum (if at all).
To coordinate ingredients kitchen trials as well as factory trials (once the kitchen trials have been accepted as successful)
To coordinate packaging trials if required, working with the Technical Team
Confirming final approval/sign off of ingredients prior to instigation of the change.
Ensuring that satisfactory specification details for new ingredients are handed over to the Implementation team prior to instigation of the ingredients.
To maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of our current and potential supply base through regular attendance to on site meetings.
Deliver savings in a timely manner, ensuring that all activities are professionally undertaken such that projects are organised, prioritised and controlled in line with company objectives and procedures.
This is a challenging role which offer key financial benefits to the organisation upon successful delivery of the
Improvement.
You will ideally have a degree or equivalent in Food science technology or be in a similar position within a manufacturing environment in a VAVE capacity or product innovation / product development / product implementation role
A team player who can bring people with them in meetings and secure agreements to project proposals; Self motivated, autonomous and driven by achievements; Strong project management skills; Strong costing knowledge in order to ascertain cost of change and payback of investment and Strategic thinking ability.
To apply for this role, please contact sfrith@redlineplc.Com 0161 491 7832
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